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FILE - In this July 27, 2013, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, second left, flanked by Yang Hyong Sop, second right, vice president of the Presidium of North Korea's parliament, his uncle Jang Song Thaek, right, and Choe Ryong Hae, vice Marshal, left, as he tours the newly opened Fatherland Liberation War Museum, as part of celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice in Pyongyang, North Korea. Despite Beijing’s opposition, Kim carried out a torrid run of weapons tests while pursuing a nuclear arsenal capable of targeting the U.S. mainland. Kim also executed a slew of senior officials, including his uncle, Jang, who had close ties with China, on treason charges. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Key moments in relations between North Korea, China

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

South Korean army soldiers look toward the North's side at the Imjingak Pavilion, near the demilitarized zone of Panmunjom, in Paju, South Korea, Thursday, June 20, 2019. Chinese President Xi Jinping departed Thursday morning for a state visit to North Korea, where he's expected to talk with leader Kim Jong Un about his nuclear program while negotiations have stalled with Washington. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

The Latest: China’s Xi gets huge welcome in North Korea

Associated Press

In this June 18, 2019 photo, people watch a TV news program reporting about Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to North Korea with a file footage of Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea. From nukes to huge food aid shipments to a shared skepticism about the United States, Xi and Kim will have a long list of topics to discuss when Xi heads north Thursday, June 20.(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Xi, Kim summit topics: Friendship, food aid and maybe nukes

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

Russia, China block UN from saying NKorea violated sanctions

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

This Sept. 25, 2013, file photo, the Kaesong industrial complex, seen from the Dora Observation Post near the border village of Panmunjom, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea. U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean Kim Jong Un will likely be all smiles as they shake hands later this week in Hanoi for a meeting meant to put flesh on what many critics call their frustratingly vague first summit in Singapore. But behind the grins is a swirl of competing goals and fears. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

Kaesong Industrial Complex reopening could help spur denuclearization, South Korea businessmen say

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this June 2, 2019, photo provided on Monday, June 3, 2019, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, right, and his wife Ri Sol Ju, left, clap hands in a musical performance by the wives of Korean People's Army officers in North Korea. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: &quot;KCNA&quot; which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea is not denuclearizing as Singapore summit anniversary approaches

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before departing for a trip to Iowa, on the South Lawn of White House, Tuesday, June 11, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump lauds Kim Jong-un on summit anniversary as critics cry foul

By Guy Taylor and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this Monday, June 3, 2019, photo provided on Tuesday, June 4, 2019, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, center, waves with his wife Ri Sol-ju, center left, during the grand gymnastics and artistic performance at the May Day Stadium in Pyongyang. The woman next to Ri Sol-ju appears to be Kim's sister, Kim Yo-jong, who state media said attended the performance. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: &quot;KCNA&quot; which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

Kim Yo-jong, Kim Jong-un’s sister, back in public eye at North Korea’s mass games

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

U.S. President Donald Trump, center, gets off from the Marine One while departing from Japan at the Haneda International airport in Tokyo Tuesday, May 28, 2019. (Toshifumi Kitamura/Pool Photo via AP)

Donald Trump cools Iran, North Korea rhetoric amid war fears, Democrats’ criticism

By Dave Boyer and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, speaks as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe listens during a news conference at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo Monday, May 27, 2019. (Kiyoshi Ota/Pool Photo via AP)

Donald Trump says North Korean missile launches could be bid for attention

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 28, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un take a walk after their first meeting at the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi hotel, in Hanoi. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

NKorea says talks won’t resume unless US changes position

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

In this Nov. 6, 2017, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, second from left, reviews an honor guard during a welcome ceremony, escorted by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo. Trump’s Japan visit starting on Saturday, May 25, 2019, is to focus on personal ties with Abe rather than substantive results on trade, security or North Korea. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, Pool, File) **FILE**

Trump-Abe summit sparks fears of new North Korean provocation

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Saturday, May 18, 2019, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign rally at Eakins Oval in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Joe Biden camp reacts to North Korea calling him a ‘fool’: ‘No surprise’ regime favors Trump

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

This Thursday, May 9, 2019, photo provided Friday, May 10, by the North Korean government shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, observing a military test in North Korea. North Korea fired two suspected short-range missiles toward the sea on Thursday, South Korean officials said, its second weapons launch in five days and a possible warning that nuclear disarmament talks with Washington could be in danger. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: &quot;KCNA&quot; which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

Chinese companies flood N. Korean trade fair despite Trump and U.N. sanctions

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Saturday, May 18, 2019, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign rally at Eakins Oval in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

North Korea calls Biden ‘fool of low IQ’ over Kim criticism

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

This Monday, May 9, 2016 photo shows The Associated Press' North Korea Bureau Chief Eric Talmadge in front of the April 25 House of Culture where the party congress is held in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang. Talmadge, who tenaciously chronicled life and politics in North Korea, one of the world’s least-understood nations, died after suffering a heart attack in Japan. He was 57. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Eric Talmadge, AP’s North Korea bureau chief, dead at 57

By FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

South Korean Violinist Won Hyung Joon and his North Korean soprano partner, Kim Song Mi perform at the Shanghai Oriental Arts Center in Shanghai on Sunday, May 12, 2019. Won, a South Korean, performed together with Kim, a North Korean, in a rare joint performance they hope would help bring the divided Koreas closer together via music. Their performance comes three days after North Korea fired two suspected short-range missiles in the second such weapons test in five days.(AP Photo/Dake Kang)

North, South Korean musicians hold rare joint performance

By DAKE KANG and HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

This undated photo released by the U.S. Justice Dept., Thursday, May 9, 2019, shows the North Korean cargo ship Wise Honest. The Trump administration says it has seized a North Korean cargo ship that U.S. officials say was used to transport coal in violation of international sanctions.

U.S. seizes control of North Korean cargo ship used to skirt international sanctions

By Ben Wolfgang and Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

A TV screen shows a file footage of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, May 4, 2019. North Korea on Saturday fired several unidentified short-range projectiles into the sea off its eastern coast, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said, a likely sign of Pyongyang's growing frustration at stalled diplomatic talks with Washington meant to provide coveted sanctions relief in return for nuclear disarmament. The signs read: &quot;Strengthening military alertness.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

White paper urges Trump to work with China on North Korea strategy

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

North Korean state media said leader Kim Jong-un observed live-fire drills Saturday of long-range multiple rocket launchers and unspecified tactical guided weapons. (Associated Press)

North Korea missile tests could upend Trump-Kim diplomacy, GOP lawmakers warn

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times