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A South Korean man watches North Korean leader Kim Jong-un delivering his New Year's speech on a TV news program shown at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. North Korea's development of banned long-range missiles is in &quot;final stages,&quot; the country's leader Kim was quoted as saying in his New Year's message. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea says ICBM test could be imminent

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

US, North Korea trade warnings over potential ICBM test

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2016, file photo, a man watches a TV news program showing a file image of a missile launch conducted by North Korea, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump took to Twitter on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017, to vow that North Korea’s push to develop a nuclear weapon capable of reaching parts of the United States “won’t happen.” It may already have. The letters read &quot;North attempted to fire a mid-range Musudan missile in June.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Trump claim on N. Korean nukes may underestimate program

By FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

South Koreans watch a TV news program showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's New Year's speech, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. North Korea's development of banned long-range missiles is in &quot;final stages,&quot; the country's leader Kim was quoted as saying in his New Year's message. The letters read &quot;New Year for Reunification.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

N. Korea’s leader hints of long-range missile test launch

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

North Korea lashes out at threat of more sanctions

Associated Press

FILE - In this May 9, 2016 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un listens during the party congress in Pyongyang, North Korea. Since North Korea’s latest nuclear test, Pyongyang and Seoul have been openly trading threats of decapitation strikes and annihilating capitals populated by millions of civilians. And the talk of how each side might throw that first pre-emptive punch has become more detailed than ever. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File) **FILE**

North, South Korea trade threats over pre-emptive strike

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

Responding to Trump, China says committed to Korea stability

Associated Press

South Korean soldiers walk by a signboard showing the distance to the North Korea's capital Pyongyang and to South Korea's capital Seoul from Imjingang Station near the border village of the Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Saturday, April 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) ** FILE **

Seoul says North Korea capable of another nuclear test

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

In this Oct. 10, 2015, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un salutes at a parade in Pyongyang, North Korea. South Korean and international monitoring agencies reported Friday, Sept. 9, 2016, an earthquake near North Korea's northeastern nuclear test site, a strong indication that Pyongyang had detonated its fifth atomic test explosion. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Seoul condemns North Korea’s 5th nuclear test, calls it ‘fanatic recklessness’

By Foster Klug and Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

South Korean army soldiers ride a K-1 tank during the annual exercise in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Monday, Aug. 22, 2016. South Korea and the United States began annual military drills Monday despite North Korea's threat of nuclear strikes in response to the exercises that it calls an invasion rehearsal. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korea, U.S. start drills despite North Korea’s nuclear threat

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

South Korean Army soldiers prepare to fire 105mm howitzers during an exercise in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016. A medium-range ballistic missile fired Wednesday by North Korea flew about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) and landed near Japan's territorial waters, Seoul and Tokyo officials said, one of the longest flights by a North Korean missile.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

N. Korea fires mid-range missile close to Japan

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un watches parade participants from a balcony at the Kim Il-sung Square on May 10, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Associated Press) **FILE**

North Korea blamed for massive data breach affecting 10 million internet shoppers

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Han Song Ryol, director-general of the U.S. affairs department at North Korea's Foreign Ministry, talks during an interview with The Associated Press in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, July 28, 2016. Han said that Washington "crossed the red line" and effectively declared war by putting leader Kim Jung-un on its list of sanctioned individuals and said a vicious showdown could erupt if the U.S. and South Korea hold annual war games as planned next month. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon)

North Korea: U.S. has crossed red line; relations on war footing

By Eric Talmadge - Associated Press

North Korean men and women walk past buildings under construction on “Ryomyong Street,” in Pyongyang, North Korea in this June 27, 2016, photo. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Pyonghattan 2.0: More skyscrapers go up in North Korea capital

By Eric Talmadge - Associated Press

A North Korean man and woman walk under a mural with a message which reads "Long live the great victory of the army-first policy" in the city center of Wonsan on Wednesday, June 22, 2016, in Wonsan, North Korea. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

North Korea missile launch a concern for U.S.

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

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North Korea accused of stealing F-15 blueprints in cyberattack against South

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un delivers remarks at a military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this Oct. 10, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File) **FILE**

North Korea heaps praise on ‘wise’ Donald Trump

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this May 22, 2013, file photo, Ri Yong Gil, then North Korean military chief, poses for a photo before leaving Pyongyang Airport, North Korea, for China. Ri who Seoul had said was executed is actually alive and in possession of several new senior-level jobs, the North’s state media said Tuesday, May 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon, File)

Ri Yong-gil, North Korean general thought to be executed, is actually alive

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

BBC's journalist Rupert Wingfield-Hayes arrives at the airport in Beijing, China, Monday, May 9, 2016. North Korea on Monday expelled the BBC journalist it had detained days earlier for allegedly "insulting the dignity" of the authoritarian country, while it continued to keep other foreign media away from the first-in-decades ruling party congress they had been invited to attend. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

BBC journalists expelled from North Korea for ‘speaking very ill of the system’

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

North Koreans carry umbrellas as they walk past the House of Culture, decorated in the colors and flags of their ruling party, the Workers' Party, in Pyongyang. Members of North Korea's ruling party have gathered in Pyongyang ahead of their biggest political conference in decades. (Associated Press photographs)

Workers’ Party congress a choreographed power play for Kim Jong-un

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times