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In this image made from video provided by Korea Broadcasting System (KBS), North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in shake hands at the end of their joint press conference in Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018. (Korea Broadcasting System via AP)

Moon Jae-in: Kim jong-un agrees to dismantle missile engine test site, allow inspections

Associated Press

South Koreans wave their national flags during a rally to wish for the successful inter-Korean summit near the presidential Blue House in Seoul, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Monday that he will push for &quot;irreversible, permanent peace,&quot; and for better dialogue between Pyongyang and Washington, during &quot;heart-to-heart&quot; talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this week. The signs read: &quot; Denuclearization.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Kim, Moon start possibly most challenging Korean summit yet

By ERIC TALMADGE and HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 27, 2018 file photo, a man watches a TV screen showing file footages of U.S. President Donald Trump, right, South Korean President Moon Jae-in, center, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea. The main focus of outside attention to this week’s inter-Korean summit is whether it can find ways to resolve the stalemated diplomacy on North Korea’s nuclear program. Also at stake is what steps the Koreas will take to lower decades-long military tensions and improve ties. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

Denuclearization, improving ties on Korean summit agenda

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

North Korean saleswomen try to make a sale at the 14th Pyongyang Autumn International Trade Fair in Pyongyang, North Korea on Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. Despite continuing sanctions and political uncertainties, this year the fair is making something of a comeback, with more than 320 companies and a large Chinese continent participating. North Korea is hoping its recent diplomatic outreach to its neighbors and its talks with Washington will help break down support for sanctions and open the way for it to boost its trade with the outside world. (AP Photo/Eric Talmadge)

At Pyongyang trade fair, North Korea is ready to make a deal

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley addresses the United Nations Security Council, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

US and Russia clash over enforcing UN sanctions on NKorea

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks during a cabinet meeting at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. A senior South Korean official on Monday played down the chance that this week's inter-Korean summit will result in major progress in efforts to rid North Korea of its nuclear program. (Hwang Gwang-mo/Yonhap via AP)

The Latest: UK urges N. Korea to take steps to denuclearize

Associated Press

This Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, photo shows the Arch of Reunification, a monument to symbolize the hope for eventual reunification of the two Koreas, in Pyongyang, North Korea. While Pyongyang's talks with Washington over the future of Kim Jong Un's nuclear arsenal have bogged down, South Korean President Moon Jae-in is pushing hard to link the roads and railways of the two Koreas and to help improve the North's often decrepit infrastructure. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

When Moon meets Kim: Can roads pave way to denuclearization?

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

A photo, from the April 27, 2018, inter-Korean summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, left, is displayed at the Unification Observation Post in Paju, near the border with North Korea, South Korea, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. Moon is to fly to Pyongyang, North Korea, next Tuesday, Sept. 18, for a three-day trip that he says will focus on facilitating talks between the United States and North Korea and finding ways to ease a military standoff along the Koreas' heavily fortified border. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korea’s Moon Jae-in wants ‘heart-to-heart’ summit talks with Kim Jong-un

By Hyung-jin Kim - 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 a joint statement at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea. President Moon faces his toughest challenge yet in his third summit with Kim in Pyongyang, where he will be pressed to deliver substantive agreements beyond the vague aspirational statements on denuclearization that have been repeated in past months. (Korea Summit Press Pool via AP, File)

Moon faces toughest challenge yet in 3rd summit with Kim

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 12, 2018, file photo, North Korea leader Kim Jong Un, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands at the conclusion of their meetings at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore. In recent weeks it’s become clear that Donald Trump wants to meet with Kim Jong Un again, and the North Korean leader has told the White House he’d like more face-to-face talks with the American president. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool, File)

Could Trump meet Kim in New York this month? AP takes a look

By FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

This undated photo released on Sept, 12, 2018, from South Korea Unification Ministry via Newsis, shows a liaison office building between South and North Korea in Kaesong, North Korea. The rival Koreas on Friday, Sept. 14, 2018, have opened their first liaison office near their tense border to facilitate better communication and exchanges. (South Korea Unification Ministry/Newsis via AP)

Koreas open 1st liaison office for better communication

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

North Korean students take part in a torch light march held in conjunction with the 70th anniversary of North Korea's founding day celebrations in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, Sept. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

North Korea wraps up 70th anniversary with mass rally

By Eric Talmadge - Associated Press

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, raises hands with China's third highest ranking official, Li Zhanshu, during a parade for the 70th anniversary of North Korea's founding day in Pyongyang, North Korea, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018. North Korea staged a major military parade, huge rallies and will revive its iconic mass games on Sunday to mark its 70th anniversary as a nation. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

North Korea uses 70th anniversary to push economy, not nukes

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 26, 2013, file photo, North Korean girls stand at attention at the end of a performance of the &quot;Arirang&quot; mass games at May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea, on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice. North Korea is bringing back one of its most iconic art forms - mass games performed by tens of thousands of people working in precise unison - to mark its 70th anniversary on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018. The performance, which takes months if not years of intense preparation and training, is being called “Glorious Country” this year. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File)

N. Korea revives iconic mass games for 70th anniversary gala

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

A portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is displayed on a large screen with the words &quot;We will go and go along the road of loyalty, Shining Fatherland&quot; during a evening gala performance on the eve of the 70th anniversary of North Korea's founding day in Pyongyang, North Korea, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018. North Korea will be staging a major military parade, huge rallies and reviving its iconic mass games on Sunday to mark its 70th anniversary as a nation. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

North Korea to fete 70th birthday with tanks, dancing masses

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, photo, South Korean President Moon Jae-in smiles as he presides over a meeting to make preparations for upcoming summit between South and North Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea, from Sept. 18-20 at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea. Moon said Friday, Sept. 7, that he's pushing for &quot;irrevocable progress&quot; on efforts to rid North Korea of its nukes by the end of this year as he prepares for his third summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (Hwang Gwang-mo/Yonhap via AP)

SKorea seeks ‘irrevocable progress’ on nukes by year’s end

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KEN THOMAS - Associated Press

In this Aug. 29, 2018 photo, North Korean defector Sim Ju-il shows how to do North Korean military goosesteps during an interview in Seoul, South Korea. Even two decades after he fled North Korea, even with an abiding hatred of the ruling dictatorship, Sim sometimes still relives the days when he goose-stepped past the nation’s revered founder, Kim Il Sung, as a young man. Goose-stepping soldiers are the most spectacular part of North Korea’s massive military parades. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Past goose-steppers proud of place in North Korean parades

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, photo provided on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, by South Korea Presidential Blue House via Yonhap News Agency, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un receives the letter from South Korean President Moon Jae-in from South Korean National Security Director Chung Eui-yong, left, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (South Korea Presidential Blue House/Yonhap via AP)

Kim Jong-un North Korea denuclearization an effort to secure legitimacy

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

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

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