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FILE - In this Friday, April 25, 2014 file photo, U.S. President Barack Obama, left, and South Korean President Park Geun-hye listen to a reporter's question during a joint news conference at the Blue House in Seoul, South Korea. South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said Monday, May 12, 2014, that North Korea isn't a real country and exists for the benefit of only one person, a reference to dictator Kim Jong Un. He says the North has no human rights or public freedoms. The comments followed a series of sexist and racist slurs by North Korea against the leaders of South Korea and the United States. Pyongyang's state media likened Park to an &quot;old prostitute&quot; and Obama to a &quot;monkey&quot; in recent dispatches. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, file)

South Korea says North Korea “must disappear soon”

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

South Korean Defense Ministry spokesperson Kim Min-seok speaks about the outcome of a government investigation into unmanned drones recently found near the inter-Korean border areas, during a news conference at the ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, May 8, 2014. Seoul's Defense Ministry announced Thursday that a joint investigation by South Korea and the U.S. concluded three drones found in the South in March and April were flown by North Korea on military surveillance missions. A ministry statement called the drone flights a military provocation and said that South Korea will strongly react to it. North Korea has denied it sent such drones, accusing South Korea of plotting another fabrication that shows its confrontational stance on the North. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon. Pool)

Seoul: North Korea preparing for 4th nuclear test

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

A man watches a television news program reporting about North Korea's live-fire artillery drills at a Seoul train station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, April 29, 2014. North Korea conducted live-fire artillery drills Tuesday near the countries' disputed western sea boundary, South Korean military officials said, in a possible indication of rising frustration in Pyongyang as it unsuccessfully pushes for outside aid. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

North Korea sends South Korea on alert with live-fire border drills

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 6, 2013 photo, a World Food Program vehicle drives on a mountain road near the city of Kimchaek, in northeastern North Korea. A funding crunch for aid to North Korea has become so severe 500,000 rural schoolchildren are as of April 2014, no longer receiving assistance and aid to millions more could soon dry up, according to a report obtained by The Associated Press. The report underscores the flight of international donors to countries with less political baggage and more willingness to let aid workers do their jobs. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

AP Exclusive: Foreign food aid drying up in NKorea

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

In this Friday, March 28, 2014 photo, singers of the Moranbong Band perform on their stage in Pyongyang, North Korea. Step aside, Sea of Blood Opera. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s favorite guitar-slinging, miniskirt-sporting girl group, the Moranbong Band, is back. And these ladies know how to shimmy. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)

Pyongyang’s pop queens stage comeback

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

North Korean spectators watch from the stands of Kim Il Sung Stadium as runners line up a the start of the Mangyongdae Prize International Marathon in Pyongyang, North Korea on Sunday, April 13, 2014. The annual race, which includes a full marathon, a half marathon, and a 10-kilometer run, was open to foreign tourists for the first time this year. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

North Korea’s capital hosts international marathon

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

Cui Tiankai (Associated Press file photo)

Obama admin unfairly pitting China against North Korea: diplomat

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Institute: Water woes endanger NKorea reactor

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

Accompanied by Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera, left, U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, right, reviews honor guards at the Japanese Ministry of Defense headquarters April 6, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan. Secretary Hagel is visiting Japan, China and Mongolia. It is his fourth trip to Asian nations since taking office. (AP Photo/Alex Wong, POOL)

U.S. sending 2 warships to Japan to counter North Korea

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera participate in a joint news conference at the Japanese Ministry of Defense headquarters Sunday April 6, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan. Secretary Hagel announced that the U.S. is planning to forward-deploy two additional AEGIS ballistic missile defense ships to Japan by 2017. (AP Photo/Alex Wong/POOL)

US sending 2 warships to Japan to counter NKorea

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, center, is escorted by his Japanese counterpart Itsunori Onodera, right, as they inspect an honor guard at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo, Sunday, April 6, 2014. Against the backdrop of Russia's takeover of Ukraine's Crimean region, Hagel said Saturday he will convey to Japanese leaders that the U.S. is strongly committed to protecting their country's security. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

US to deploy 2 more destroyers to Japan by 2017

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Mourners leave messages Wednesday for the family of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon at Cheongpyeong Heaven and Earth Training Center near Seoul. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

Rev. Moon lauded for efforts to reunify Koreas

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times