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Cheap and green: North Korean capital upgrades mass transit

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 27, 2008 file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, the cooling tower of the Yongbyon nuclear complex is demolished in Yongbyon, North Korea, in a sign of its commitment to stop making plutonium for atomic bombs. When U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un first met in Singapore in 2018, there was pomp, there was circumstance, but there wasn’t much substance. As they get ready to sit down again in Vietnam on Feb. 27-28, 2019, there’s growing pressure that they forge a deal that puts them closer to ending the North Korean nuclear weapons threat. (Gao Haorong,/Xinhua via AP, File)

Trump-Kim summit to focus on NKorea nuke complex, US rewards

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

In this Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, file photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un delivers a speech at the Ministry of the People's Armed Forces to mark the 71st anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Army, in Pyongyang, North Korea. 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: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP) ** FILE **

Christopher Hill, Joseph DeTrani urge Kim Jong-un to ‘show some denuclearization,’ clarify demands

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - 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. While President Donald Trump waits in the wings, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Beijing on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019 for his fourth summit with China’s Xi Jinping, yet another nod to the leader Kim most needs to court as he tries to undermine support for international sanctions while giving up little, if any, ground on denuclearization. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

U.S. envoy goes to North Korea to prepare second Kim-Trump summit

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun, left, talks with South Korean National Security Director Chung Eui-yong during a meeting at the Presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 4, 2019. Biegun and South Korean officials met Sunday to discuss an expected second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (South Korea Presidential Blue House via AP)

US envoy, South Korean official discuss 2nd Trump-Kim summit

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 12, 2018, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump reaches to shake hands with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

EDITORIAL: North Korea appears to be playing a familiar bait-and-switch game

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE - In this June 12, 2018, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump reaches to shake hands with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Stephen Biegun preps North Korea economic package to reward Kim Jong-un denuclearization

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this file photo released on Jan. 1, 2019, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un delivers a New Year's speech in North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

Kim Jong-un praises ‘personal letter’ from Donald Trump

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

This Aug. 29, 2017, file photo by the North Korean government shows what was said to be the test launch of a Hwasong-12 intermediate-range missile in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018, says it will never unilaterally give up its nuclear weapons unless the United States removes its nuclear threat first. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

North Korea has approximately 20 undeclared missile bases: Report

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, photo provided on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walks with his wife Ri Sol Ju at Pyongyang Station in Pyongyang, North Korea, before leaving for China. While President Donald Trump waits in the wings, Kim arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for his fourth summit with China’s Xi Jinping, yet another nod to the leader Kim most needs to court as he tries to undermine support for international sanctions while giving up little, if any, ground on denuclearization. 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)

Analysis: With Trump in waiting, Kim courts China’s support

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

In this undated image from video distributed on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019, by North Korean broadcaster KRT, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a speech in North Korea. North Korean leader Kim says he hopes to extend his high-stakes nuclear summitry with President Donald Trump into 2019, but also warns Washington not to test North Koreans' patience with sanctions and pressure. (KRT via AP)

Kim ready to talk more with Trump but says not to test North

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

In this Dec. 20, 2018, photo, a propaganda message is displayed on the facade of the pyramid-shaped Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea. Transformed into the backdrop for a gargantuan propaganda display, the capital city's yet-to-be-completed 105-story Ryugyong Hotel is once again the talk of North Korea. In a brilliant flip of the script, the uninhabited, pyramid-like building that towers over the North's capital has been festooned with more than 100,000 lights that for several hours every night flash propaganda far and wide. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Ryugyong Hotel lit up with North Korea propaganda

By Eric Talmadge - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 1, 2018, file photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers his New Year's speech at an undisclosed place in North Korea. Kim Jong Un will be keeping North Korea watchers busy on New Year’s Day, when he is expected to give his annual speech laying out the country’s top priorities for the year ahead. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

Kim Jong Un expected to ring in 2019 with big policy speech

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

In this Dec. 18, 2018, photo, people cross a street as pyramid-shaped Ryugyong Hotel is seen in the background in Pyongyang, North Korea. Transformed into the backdrop for a gargantuan propaganda display, Pyongyang's yet-to-be-completed 105-story Ryugyong Hotel is once again the talk of North Korea. In a brilliant flip of the script, the uninhabited, pyramid-like building that towers over the North's capital has been festooned with more than 100,000 lights that for several hours every night flash propaganda far and wide. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

World’s tallest empty hotel lit up with N. Korean propaganda

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

North Korea’s ‘Singapore shops’ expose gap in sanctions push

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, meets Philippines Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Mike Pompeo: North Korea talks not ‘like instant pudding’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks during a joint press conference with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the Paekhwawon State Guesthouse in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Pyongyang Press Corps Pool via AP, File)

North Korea denuclearization talks ‘sluggish’ with U.S.

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A protester, left, wearing a mask of U.S. President Donald Trump kicks his fellow protester wearing a mask of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a rally to denounce policies of South Korean President Moon Jae-in on North Korea in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018. Kim's return visit to Seoul appears unlikely to take place this month, a senior South Korean official said last week. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

US NKorea envoy to visit SKorea amid uncertainty over talks

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 25, 2002, file photo, then North Korean leader Kim Jong Il claps from the balcony as soldiers salute him during a military parade, celebrating the foundation of the armed forces in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Koreans are marking the anniversary of the death of leader Kim Jong Il seven years ago with visits to statues and vows of loyalty to his son, Kim Jong Un. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara, File)

North Korea marks 7th anniversary of Kim Jong Il’s death

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2018, file photo, South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon, left, shakes hands with his North Korean counterpart Ri Son Gwon after exchanging the joint statement during their meeting at the southern side of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea. South Korea says the United Nations Security Council has granted sanctions exemption for surveys on North Korean railroad sections the Koreas want to connect with the South. (Korea Pool/Yonhap via AP, File)

Koreas gain UN sanctions exemption for joint rail survey

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press