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FILE - This undated file photo distributed on Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017, by the North Korean government, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at an undisclosed location in North Korea. If the U.S. attacks North Korea, the world could see another nuclear war. Yet negotiations won’t work - leader Kim won’t live up to his promises even if he were to make any. And China - if only it would help more!Those are the sentiments that have produced a collective shrug from many as they watch the North make rapid strides toward developing nuclear missiles capable of striking anywhere in the United States. 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 Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

How can U.S. stop North Korea nukes? 3 experts have ideas

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

U.S. Tomahawk cruise missiles would be capable of pre-emptively targeting North Korean ballistic launch sites. (Associated Press/File)

U.S. military weapons eyed for Pacific allies after North Korea’s nuclear tests

By Carlo Muñoz and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this undated file image distributed on Sunday, 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)

‘Distracted’ White House may have opened door to N. Korean nuclear provocation, says top diplomat

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

South Korean army soldiers prepare barbed wires during a military exercise in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Monday, Sept. 4, 2017. Following U.S. warnings to North Korea of a &quot;massive military response,&quot; South Korea's military on Monday fired missiles into the sea to simulate an attack on the North's main nuclear test site a day after Pyongyang detonated its largest ever nuclear test explosion. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

The Latest: South Korea conducts live-fire naval drills

Associated Press

In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, South Korea's Hyunmoo II ballistic missile is fired during an exercise at an undisclosed location in South Korea, Monday, Sept. 4, 2017. In South Korea, the nation's military said it conducted a live-fire exercise simulating an attack on North Korea's nuclear test site to "strongly warn" Pyongyang over the latest nuclear test. Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the drill involved F-15 fighter jets and the country's land-based "Hyunmoo" ballistic missiles. The released live weapons "accurately struck" a target in the sea off the country's eastern coast, the JCS said. (South Korea Defense Ministry via AP)

Military strike on North Korea one U.S. option after hydrogen bomb test

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

South Korean President Moon Jae-in, left, arrives to presides over a meeting of the National Security Council at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017. North Korea said it set off a hydrogen bomb Sunday in its sixth nuclear test, which judging by the earthquake it set off appeared to be its most powerful explosion yet. (Yonhap via AP)

The Latest: S. Korea, Japan to build support for sanctions

Associated Press

In this undated image distributed on Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017, by the North Korean government, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at an undisclosed location. North Korea’s state media on Sunday, Sept 3, 2017, said leader Kim Jong Un inspected the loading of a hydrogen bomb into a new intercontinental ballistic missile, a claim to technological mastery that some outside experts will doubt but that will raise already high worries on the Korean Peninsula. 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 Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea conducts 6th nuclear test, says it was H-bomb

By FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

Copies of the Korean version of &quot;Capitalist People's Republic of Korea&quot;, center, are displayed at Kyobo Book Store in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017. North Korea on Thursday vowed to execute reporters from two South Korean newspapers, saying they insulted the country's dignity while reviewing and interviewing the British authors of a book about life in the isolated country. The signs read &quot;Capitalist People's Republic of Korea.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

N. Korea threatens S. Korean reporters over book review

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

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Toward a more muscular missile defense

By Ed Feulner

Time to turn up economic pressures on North Korea

By Sen. Cory Gardner

South Korean army soldiers aim their machine guns during the annual Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise in Yongin, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017. In a first, North Korea on Tuesday fired a midrange ballistic missile designed to carry a nuclear payload that flew over Japan and splashed into the northern Pacific Ocean, officials said. The aggressive missile launch — likely the longest ever from North Korea — over the territory of a close U.S. ally sends a clear message of defiance as Washington and Seoul conduct war games nearby. (Hong Gi-won/Yonhap via AP)

South Korean jets simulate strike to ‘wipe out’ Kim Jong-un

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

The North Korean government shows what was said to be the test launch of a Hwasong-12 intermediate range missile on Tuesday as leader Kim Jong-un called for more ballistic missile tests targeting the Pacific Ocean. (Associated Press)

North Korea missile answers Donald Trump’s rhetoric

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 24, 2017 photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, a South Korean missile is test-fired at an undisclosed location in South Korea. South Korea has released footage of its own missile tests it says were conducted last week in a response to the latest North Korean missile launch that flew over northern Japan. (South Korea Defense Ministry via AP)

No fire or fury, but muted Trump response to NKorea missile

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

In this April 15, 2017, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves during a military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea to celebrate the 105th birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung, the country's late founder and grandfather of current ruler Kim Jong Un. North Korea fired a ballistic missile from its capital Pyongyang that flew over Japan before plunging into the northern Pacific Ocean, officials said Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, an especially aggressive test-flight that will rattle an already anxious region. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

North Korea fires test missile into Japanese airspace

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

People watch a TV news program reporting a North Korea's missile launch, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017. North Korea fired a ballistic missile from its capital Pyongyang that flew over Japan before plunging into the northern Pacific Ocean, officials said Tuesday, an especially aggressive test-flight that will rattle an already anxious region. The signs at left top read &quot; North Korea fired a ballistic missile.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

The Latest: Japan leader gets on phone with Trump on missile

Associated Press

North Korea should follow Kazakhstan’s lead

By L. Todd Wood

North Korea reveals new missiles in latest provocation

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

A U.S. Air Force U-2 spy plane takes off on the runway at the Osan U.S. Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. U.S. and South Korean troops kicked off their annual drills Monday that come after U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea exchanged warlike rhetoric in the wake of the North's two intercontinental ballistic missile tests last month. (Lee Sang-hack/Yonhap via AP)

As North Korea vows response, U.S. dismisses calls to pause drills

By Lee Jin-man and Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 30, 2015, file photo, Marines of South Korea, right and the U.S aim their weapons near amphibious assault vehicles during the U.S.-South Korea joint landing military exercises as a part of the annual joint military exercise Foal Eagle between South Korea and the United States in Pohang, South Korea. America’s annual joint military exercises with South Korea always frustrate North Korea. The war games set to begin Monday, Aug. 21, 2017 may hold more potential to provoke than ever, given President Donald Trump’s “fire and fury” threats and Pyongyang’s as-yet-unpursued plan to launch missiles close to Guam. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

A look at US-S. Korea war games and how North might respond

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Gen. Joseph Dunford: War would be ‘horrific’ but North Korea nukes ‘unimaginable’

By Christopher Bodeen, Hyung-jin Kim and Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press