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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

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during Beijing Summit Of The Forum On China-Africa Cooperation - Joint Press Conference at the Great Hall of the People Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018, in Beijing, China. (Lintao Zhang/Pool Photo via AP)

Xi Jinping, China’s president, to skip North Korea celebrations

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this April 27, 2018, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, left, poses with South Korean President Moon Jae-in for a photo inside the Peace House at the border village of Panmunjom in Demilitarized Zone, South Korea. Moon will send an envoy to North Korea next week for talks on a nuclear standoff and to set up a summit planned for next month, his office said Friday, Aug. 31, 2018. (Korea Summit Press Pool via AP. File)

Donald Trump, South Korea’s Moon Jae-in talk North Korea denuclearization

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

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 on a joint statement at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea. As North Korea prepares for a massive parade Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of its founding, worry is rising in South Korea that a tentative detente is slipping away. Senior Chinese official Li Zhanshu will also attend the parade, which would underscore China’s role as an important player in efforts to solve the nuclear crisis. (Korea Summit Press Pool via AP, File)

North Korean parade a tricky prelude to inter-Korean summit

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo taken between May 7 and 8, 2018, released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, speaks to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Dalian in northeastern China's Liaoning Province. As North Korea celebrates the 70th anniversary of its founding on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018, the presence - or absence - of Xi could highlight just how much vitality has been restored to ties between Pyongyang and its most powerful backer after a prolonged chill. (Ju Peng/Xinhua via AP, File)

China’s leader Xi looms large over North Korean anniversary

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

In this Aug. 20, 2018, photo, North Koreans enjoy the day on a seashore near Mount Chilbo, North Korea. Mount Chilbo, one of the country’s most cherished natural attractions, is gearing up for a future it hopes will include a lot of economic development. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Hope, caution as Kim Jong Un shifts to North Korea’s economy

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 12, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Sentosa Island, in Singapore. Japan’s annual defense review says North Korea poses a serious threat to Japan since it hasn’t taken concrete steps to scrap its nuclear program after making a denuclearization pledge at a summit with the U.S. in June. The defense paper approved Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018, by the Cabinet said Japan must add costly missile defense systems to be fully prepared while watching if North Korea keeps its promise. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File )

Trump: China thwarting North Korea diplomacy over U.S. trade dispute

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

South Korea army's Multiple Launch Rocket System vehicles park during a military exercise in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Monday, April 2, 2018. Another spring on the Korean Peninsula, another round of war games by the U.S. and South Korean militaries. This week's drills, however, will feature a new and unusually low-key approach, with the allies resisting bringing in their big guns, and the North, for the time being, avoiding its usual belligerent propaganda against exercises that it claims are an invasion rehearsal. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Donald Trump: South Korea military drills will not resume

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

This Aug. 15, 2018, photo shows the &quot;2018 Korea Commodities&quot; catalog, produced by the North's Committee for the Promotion of International Trade, at a bookstore in a hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea now has an official shopper’s guide that’s glossy, is full of testimonials from satisfied customers and even lists phone numbers and email contact details for the dozens of companies pitching their latest products - though good luck getting through to any of them. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Ostrich skin and Neo-Viagra? A shopping guide to North Korea

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, June 12, 2018, photo, U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with North Korea leader Kim Jong-un at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore. Mr. Trump has already met twice with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but he is eager to re-create in Finland the heady experience that he had last month with Mr. Jong-un. That Singapore summit became a mass media event complete with powerful presidential images. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

North Korea blasts U.S. for canceling talks

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

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

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

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

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

FILE - In this April 27, 2018, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, poses with South Korean President Moon Jae-in for a photo inside the Peace House at the border village of Panmunjom in Demilitarized Zone, South Korea. The war-separated rivals will take their reconciliation steps to the Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, where they will jointly march in the opening ceremony and field combined teams in basketball, rowing and canoeing. (Korea Summit Press Pool via AP. Pool, File)

Koreas extend conciliatory steps to Asian Games

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

In this June 1, 2018, file photo, South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon, center, speaks to the media before leaving for the border village of Panmunjom to attend South and North Korean meeting, at the Office of the South Korea-North Korea Dialogue in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Seoul: Rival Koreas to meet to prepare for leaders’ summit

By Youkyung Lee - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, speaks with Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov during the East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers Meeting on the sidelines of the 51st ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting in Singapore, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Yong Teck Lim)

Mike Pompeo warns Russia, China not to violate North Korea sanctions

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this July 4, 2017, file photo distributed by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, second from right, inspects the preparation of the launch of a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in North Korea's northwest. Recent media reports citing intelligence assessments suggest North Korea is continuing to build and improve the infrastructure for its nuclear and missile programs. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

U.S. intel detects new North Korean missile activity

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017. The State Department says President Donald Trump is "on the same page" with the rest of U.S. government with his fiery threat to North Korea. Nauert said the White House, State Department and Pentagon are all in agreement. She says the world, too, is speaking with one voice. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Trump administration: North Korea missile moves don’t undermine peace push

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the Indo-Pacific Business Forum at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Monday, July 30, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

North Korea tops Pompeo agenda at Asia security meeting

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press