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This satellite image provided by DigitalGlobe captured on March 2, 2019, and shows the launch tower at the Sohae Satellite Launch Facility in Tongchang-ri, North Korea. North Korea is restoring facilities at the long-range rocket launch site, which it dismantled last year as part of disarmament steps, according to foreign experts and a South Korean lawmaker who was briefed by Seoul's spy service. The finding follows a high-stakes nuclear summit last week between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump that ended without any agreement. (DigitalGlobe, a Maxar company, via AP)

Seoul: Increased vehicle movement at North Korea’s ICBM center

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

National security adviser John Bolton talks to the media before President Donald Trump's speech to the Venezuelan American community at Florida International University in Miami, Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

John Bolton rejects notion of ‘failed’ Trump-Kim summit: ‘He’s not desperate for a deal’

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks as Sec of State Mike Pompeo looks on during a news conference after a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, in Hanoi. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

US, North Korea offer dueling accounts of talks breakdown

By DEB RIECHMANN and HYUNG-JIN KIM and CATHERINE LUCEY - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks as Sec of State Mike Pompeo looks on during a news conference after a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, in Hanoi. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump-Kim Jong-un summit ends early with no deal

By Dave Boyer and David R. Sands - The Washington Times

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un listens to President Donald Trump speak during a meeting, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, in Hanoi. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Donald Trump touts deep U.S. intel in North Korea: ‘We know every inch of that country’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump meets North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, in Hanoi. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump, Kim end summit with standoff over easing US sanctions

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and DEB RIECHMANN and FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

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

The Latest: NKorea disputes Trump account of summit collapse

Associated Press

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center right, is welcomed upon arrival by train, back, in Dong Dang in Vietnamese border town Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019, ahead of his second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump. For his second summit with President Trump, Kim opted to travel retro _ riding the rails like his grandfather decades before. The decision was likely part security and part optics, designed to bring back memories of North Korean &quot;eternal president&quot; Kim Il Sung's many travels by train. (AP Photo/Minh Hoang)

Mirroring grandfather, Kim rides the rails to Trump summit

By ERIC TALMADGE and ADAM SCHRECK - Associated Press

President Donald Trump and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc wave flags before a meeting at the Office of Government Hall, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, in Hanoi. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump, Kim Jong-un arrive in Vietnam for second denuclearization summit

By Dave Boyer and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves from a car after arriving by train in Dong Dang in Vietnamese border town Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019, ahead of his second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Minh Hoang)

The Latest: NKorea: Kim to stay in Vietnam through Saturday

Associated Press

Trump Negotiating Table Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Why Trump is right about North Korea

By Glyn Ford

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center right, is greeted on his arrival at the Dong Dang railway station in Dong Dang, Vietnam's border town Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019, ahead of his second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump. (Minoru Iwasaki/Kyodo News via AP)

Donald Trump sees Vietnam as North Korea economic model

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Kim Jong-nam was fatally poisoned in 2017 at airport. Pyongyang was accused of recruiting a Vietnamese woman to assassinate him. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Kim Jong-un has fences to mend during Vietnam summit

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Vietnamese security stand outside the entrance to Dong Dang train station where North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is expected to arrive at the border town with China, in Dong Dang, Vietnam, Monday, Feb. 25, 2019. With North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on an armored train barreling through China toward Vietnam's capital, and U.S. President Donald Trump about to board a jet for Hanoi, Vietnamese officials scrambled Monday to finish preparations for a rushed summit that will capture global attention. (AP Photo/Minh Hoang)

One-on-One: Trump, Kim confront North Korea’s nuke plans

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and DEB RIECHMANN and FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

This undated file image distributed on Sept. 3, 2017, by the North Korean government, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at an undisclosed location. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

Donald Trump picked the right place to make the right point to Kim Jong-un

By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times

T-shirts with portraits of President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un are displayed in a tourist area in Hanoi, Vietnam. The two leaders will hold their second summit this week. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump’s summit with Kim Jong-un faces high expectations

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (right) will be meeting with President Trump this week for denuclearization talks, but it’s Kim Yong-chol (background) who has prevented concrete action since their first summit in Singapore in June. (Associated Press)

Kim Yong-chol, Kim Jong-Un aide, aims to outwit Trump negotiators

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A worker removes t-shirts printed with portraits of U.S. President Donald Trump, right on shirt, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at a custom t-shirt shop in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. Hanoi is gearing up to host the second Trump-Kim summit scheduled for 27-28 February. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

Top House Democrats demand details of Trump North Korea outreach

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this June 12, 2018, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, right, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Sentosa Island in Singapore. With their second summit fast approaching, speculation is growing that Trump may try to persuade Kim to commit to denuclearization by giving him something he wants more than almost anything else, an announcement of peace and an end to the Korean War. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Possible peace declaration looms large over Trump-Kim summit

By Eric Talmadge - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2018, file photo, South Korean President Moon Jae-in, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ride in a car during a parade through a street in Pyongyang, North Korea. The upcoming Trump-Kim meeting will be a crucial moment for South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who is desperate for more room to continue his engagement with North Korea, which has been limited by tough U.S.-led sanctions against Pyongyang. (Pyongyang Press Corps Pool via AP, File)

2nd Trump-Kim summit crucial moment for Moon’s presidency

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press