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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

FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2018, file photo, South Korean Ham Sung-chan, 93, right, hugs his North Korean brother Ham Dong Chan, 79, during the Separated Family Reunion Meeting at the Diamond Mountain resort in North Korea. After nearly 70 years of a separation forced by a devastating 1950-53 war that killed and injured millions and cemented the division of the Korean Peninsula into North and South, Ham and his North Korean brother only got a total of 12 hours together. (Lee Ji-eun/Yonhap via AP. File)

After decades lost, Korean brothers’ reunion ‘way too short’

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

President Donald Trump, accompanied by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, speaks during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump cancels Pompeo’s North Korea visit: ‘We are not making sufficient progress’

By Gabriella Muñoz and David R. Sands - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 24, 2018, to board Marine One helicopter for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump asks Pompeo to delay visit to North Korea

By ZEKE MILLER and MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

In this Aug. 22, 2018, photo, Kim Kyung-jae, 86, speaks in front of letters sent from his North Korean sister during an interview at his office in Seoul, South Korea. Kim is one of a dwindling number of elderly South Koreans who, frustrated with North Korea’s reluctance to allow more frequent reunions and by the small chance that they’ll be selected before they die, found unofficial networks to communicate with their North Korean relatives. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Elderly Koreans shut out of family reunions use backchannels

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

Eiko Kawasaki, a Korean born in Japan, speaks during an interview in Tokyo Friday, Aug. 24, 2018. Kawasaki was born in Japan and lived 43 years in North Korea before defecting. She has not seen her children, still in North Korea, for years. Kawasaki and four other defectors filed a lawsuit against North Korea’s government this week in Tokyo District Court, demanding 500 million yen, or about $5 million, in damages for human rights violations. (AP Photo/Yuri Kageyama)

North Korean defectors sue in Japan, alleging rights abuses

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the State Department in Washington on Aug. 16, 2018. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Pompeo to visit NKorea next week, names Ford exec as envoy

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

More than 200 American faith leaders gathered at the Demilitarized Zone separating the Koreas to pray for peace. (PHOTO CREDIT: HSA-UWC)

World faith leaders pray for peaceful reunification of Korea

By Special Sections Department

U.S. Gen. Vincent Brooks commander of the United Nations Command, U.S. Forces Korea and Combined Forces Command, speaks during a press conference at the Seoul Foreign Correspondents Club in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018. Brooks said he is cautiously optimistic that nuclear diplomacy will work out with North Korea. But he also says that Seoul and Washington must continue to apply pressure so that &quot;there's not a reason or even an ability&quot; for the North to back out. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

US commander says pressure key to nuclear diplomacy

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

North Korean Ra Sun Ok, 58, left, talks with her South Korean relative Na Sung-phil, 51, during a separated family reunion meeting at the Diamond Mountain resort in North Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018. Dozens of elderly South Koreans crossed the heavily fortified border into North Korea on Monday for heart-wrenching meetings with relatives most haven't seen since they were separated by the turmoil of the Korean War. (Korea Pool Photo via AP)

Separated Korean families have 2nd day of emotional reunions

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

In this May 22, 2018, file photo, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin testifies before the Senate Appropriations Financial Services and Government Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Trump administration hits Russian ships for violating North Korea sanctions

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

South Koreans leave for North Korea to take part in family reunions with their North Korean family members at a hotel in Sokcho, South Korea, Monday, Aug. 20, 2018. About 200 South Koreans and their family members will cross into North Korea for heart-wrenching meetings with relatives most haven’t seen since they were separated by the turmoil of the Korean War. (Lee Ji-eun/Yonhap via AP)

South Koreans enter North to reunite with kin split by war

By Kim Tong-hyung and Chang Yong Jun - Associated Press

In this Aug. 17, 2018, photo, Lee Soo-nam, 76, shows photos of his brother Ri Jong Song in North Korea during an interview at his home in Seoul, South Korea. Lee is among about 200 war-separated South Koreans and their family members who are crossing into North Korea for heart-wrenching meetings with relatives they haven’t seen for decades. The week-long event beginning Monday, Aug. 20, 2018, at North Korea’s Diamond Mountain resort come as the rival Koreas boost reconciliation efforts amid a diplomatic push to resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

‘Dream or reality?’ Koreans to meet after decades apart

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

North Korean soldiers salute as others bow before the giant bronze statues of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and his son Kim Jong Il during the anniversary of the end of World War II and liberation from Japanese colonial rule in Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. North Korea has marked the anniversary with a series of ceremonies ahead of what is expected to be a much bigger event next month, the 70th anniversary of its national foundation day. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Nuke talks uncertain, US hits shippers with NKorea sanctions

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

Men leave after paying their respects before the giant bronze statues of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and his son Kim Jong Il during the anniversary of the end of World War II and the country's liberation from Japanese colonial rule in Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. North Korea has marked the anniversary with a series of ceremonies ahead of what is expected to be a much bigger event next month, the 70th anniversary of its national foundation day. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

North Korea marks war anniversary, preps for big spectacle

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

Defense Secretary James Mattis' authority to set U.S. troop levels for Afghanistan and the fight against Islamic State could ease the bitter bureaucratic battles that divided the Obama White House and the Pentagon over war strategy. (Associated Press/File)

‘Space Force’ key to counter Russia, China threats, military insiders say

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon, right, and his North Korean counterpart Ri Son Gwon arrive to hold their meeting at the northern side of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, North Korea, Monday, Aug. 13, 2018. Senior officials from the rival Koreas met Monday to set a date and venue for a third summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, part of an effort to breathe new life into resolving the nuclear standoff between Washington and Pyongyang. (Korea Pool/Yonhap via AP)

Rival Korea leaders to meet in Pyongyang in September

By YOUKYUNG LEE - Associated Press

Japan checking report of Japanese man held in North Korea

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

National security adviser John Bolton speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018, in Washington. The White House says President Donald Trump has directed a "vast, government-wide effort" to protect American elections after Russian attempts to interfere in 2016. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

EDITORIAL: Hiccups en route to peace

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

U.S. President Donald Trump leaves the G7 Leaders Summit in La Malbaie, Que., on Saturday, June 9, 2018., with White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, left, and National Security Adviser John Bolton. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

John Bolton, Nikki Haley pressure Trump on North Korea nuke talks

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times