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South Korean National Security Advisor Chung Eui-yong, center left, National Intelligence Service Director Suh Hoon, center right, and other delegates return from North Korea at Seoul Airport in Seongnam, South Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018. A South Korean delegation met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday during a visit to arrange an inter-Korean summit planned for this month and help rescue faltering nuclear diplomacy between Washington and Pyongyang.(Yun Dong-jin/Yonhap via AP)

North Korea’s Kim has faith in Trump, frustrated at skeptics

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG and FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during a joint press conference at the 2018 Beijing Summit Of The Forum On China-Africa Cooperation at the Great Hall of the People, Tuesday Sept. 4, 2018, in Beijing, China. The two-day summit in Beijing bringing together the leaders of China and 53 African nations ended Tuesday, with a joint declaration. (Lintao Zhang/Pool via AP)

China boosting trade with North Korea to undermine Donald Trump: Report

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during Beijing Summit Of The Forum On China-Africa Cooperation - Joint Press Conference at the Great Hall of the People Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018, in Beijing, China. (Lintao Zhang/Pool Photo via AP)

Xi Jinping, China’s president, to skip North Korea celebrations

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

South Korean President Moon Jae-in, second from left, presides over a meeting with his security ministers, including National Security Advisor Chung Eui-yong, second from right, and National Intelligence Service Director Suh Hoon, third from right, one day before Chung and Suh make a one-day trip to North Korea at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018. A South Korean presidential delegation on Wednesday, Sept. 5, plans to leave for North Korea for talks to arrange a summit planned later this month and rescue a faltering nuclear diplomacy between Washington and Pyongyang. (Hwang Gwang-mo/Yonhap via AP)

N.Korea media: Kim vows nuclear-free Korea amid standoff

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

FILE- in this April 27, 2018, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in raise their hands after signing on a joint statement at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea. As North Korea prepares for a massive parade Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of its founding, worry is rising in South Korea that a tentative detente is slipping away. Senior Chinese official Li Zhanshu will also attend the parade, which would underscore China’s role as an important player in efforts to solve the nuclear crisis. (Korea Summit Press Pool via AP, File)

North Korean parade a tricky prelude to inter-Korean summit

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

In this Aug. 27, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump listens during a phone call with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto about a trade agreement between the United States and Mexico, in the Oval Office of the White House. Trump is making trade policy the connective tissue that ties together his “America First” foreign policy and his political strategy for the 2020 presidential election. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump sees mixing trade, foreign policy as good politics

By Ken Thomas - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo taken between May 7 and 8, 2018, released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, speaks to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Dalian in northeastern China's Liaoning Province. As North Korea celebrates the 70th anniversary of its founding on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018, the presence - or absence - of Xi could highlight just how much vitality has been restored to ties between Pyongyang and its most powerful backer after a prolonged chill. (Ju Peng/Xinhua via AP, File)

China’s leader Xi looms large over North Korean anniversary

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

In this Aug. 20, 2018, photo, North Koreans enjoy the day on a seashore near Mount Chilbo, North Korea. Mount Chilbo, one of the country’s most cherished natural attractions, is gearing up for a future it hopes will include a lot of economic development. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Hope, caution as Kim Jong Un shifts to North Korea’s economy

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

In this April 27, 2018, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, left, poses with South Korean President Moon Jae-in for a photo inside the Peace House at the border village of Panmunjom in Demilitarized Zone, South Korea. Moon will send an envoy to North Korea next week for talks on a nuclear standoff and to set up a summit planned for next month, his office said Friday, Aug. 31, 2018. (Korea Summit Press Pool via AP. File)

S. Korean envoy to travel to North for pre-summit talks

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

In this Nov. 9, 2017, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, right, chats with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

China claims Donald Trump ‘distorting the facts’ on North Korea influence

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Russia holds up release of report on North Korea sanctions

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the South Korea Defense Ministry, South Korean Maj. Gen. Kim Do-gyun, second from left, arrives for the meeting at the northern side of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, North Korea, Thursday, June 14, 2018. The rival Koreas were holding rare high-level military talks Thursday to discuss reducing tensions across their heavily fortified border. (South Korea Defense Ministry via AP)

South Korea downplays Pentagon plan to restart joint drills

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

South Korea army's Multiple Launch Rocket System vehicles park during a military exercise in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Monday, April 2, 2018. Another spring on the Korean Peninsula, another round of war games by the U.S. and South Korean militaries. This week's drills, however, will feature a new and unusually low-key approach, with the allies resisting bringing in their big guns, and the North, for the time being, avoiding its usual belligerent propaganda against exercises that it claims are an invasion rehearsal. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Donald Trump: South Korea military drills will not resume

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

US ready for talks when it’s clear NKorea will denuclearize

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

Japanese tourist Tomoyuki Sugimoto gestures as he arrives at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing from Pyongyang, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018. Sugimoto was expelled by North Korea after being detained on unspecified charges. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japanese man returns home after release by North Korea

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

North Korea expels Japanese man who had been detained

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

This Aug. 15, 2018, photo shows the &quot;2018 Korea Commodities&quot; catalog, produced by the North's Committee for the Promotion of International Trade, at a bookstore in a hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea now has an official shopper’s guide that’s glossy, is full of testimonials from satisfied customers and even lists phone numbers and email contact details for the dozens of companies pitching their latest products - though good luck getting through to any of them. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Ostrich skin and Neo-Viagra? A shopping guide to North Korea

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, June 12, 2018, photo, U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with North Korea leader Kim Jong-un at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore. Mr. Trump has already met twice with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but he is eager to re-create in Finland the heady experience that he had last month with Mr. Jong-un. That Singapore summit became a mass media event complete with powerful presidential images. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

North Korea blasts U.S. for canceling talks

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 6, 2018, file photo, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, second from left, is greeted by North Korean Director of the United Front Department Kim Yong Chol, center, and North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho, second from right, as he arrives at Sunan International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea. South Korea on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018, called the U.S. decision to call off a trip to North Korea by Pompeo &quot;unfortunate&quot; and said continued diplomacy would be most crucial in resolving the nuclear standoff with the North. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool, File)

China blasts Trump comment; Seoul regrets Pompeo trip delay

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

The Latest: China blasts Trump comments as ‘irresponsible’

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