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Injuried people are helped at the street near the scene in Seoul, South Korea, early Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. South Korean officials said around 50 people were in cardiac arrest and a number feared dead after being crushed by a large crowd pushing forward on a narrow street during Halloween festivities in the capital Seoul. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

S. Korea in shock, grief as 151 die in Halloween crowd surge

By Kim Tong-Hyung and Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

This photo provided on Oct. 10, 2022, by the North Korean government purports to show a missile test at an undisclosed location in North Korea, as taken sometime between Sept. 25 and Oct. 9. 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 language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

Koreas exchange warning shots along sea border amid tensions

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, on Oct. 14, 2022. South Korea says North Korea has fired about 100 shells off its west coast and 150 rounds off its east coast in its latest weapons test Tuesday night, Oct. 18. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

North fires more shells toward inter-Korean sea buffer zone

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

Iranian athlete Elnaz Rekabi competes during the women's Boulder &amp; Lead final during the IFSC Climbing Asian Championships in Seoul, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022. Rekabi left South Korea on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022 after competing at an event in which she climbed without her nation's mandatory headscarf covering, authorities said. Farsi-language media outside of Iran warned she may have been forced to leave early by Iranian officials and could face arrest back home, which Tehran quickly denied. (Rhea Khang/International Federation of Sport Climbing via AP)

Iran’s Elnaz Rekabi, who competed without hijab, returns to Tehran

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Iranian athlete Elnaz Rekabi competes during the women's Boulder & Lead final during the IFSC Climbing Asian Championships, in Seoul, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022. Rekabi left South Korea on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022 after competing at an event in which she climbed without her nation's mandatory headscarf covering, authorities said. Farsi-language media outside of Iran warned she may have been forced to leave early by Iranian officials and could face arrest back home, which Tehran quickly denied. (Rhea Khang/International Federation of Sport Climbing via AP)

Worry grows for Iran woman athlete who climbed without hijab

By Hyung-jin Kim and Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

This photo provided on Oct. 10, 2022, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspects a missile test at an undisclosed location in North Korea, as taken sometime between Sept. 25 and Oct. 9. 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 language watermark on image as provided by source reads: &quot;KCNA&quot; which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

North Korea takes inspiration from Putin’s nuke threats

By Foster Klug - Associated Press

A TV screen shows an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. North Korea said Monday its recent barrage of missile launches were tests of its tactical nuclear weapons to “hit and wipe out” potential South Korean and U.S. targets, state media reported Monday. Leader Kim Jong-un signaled he would conduct more provocative tests in coming weeks. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korea says it has ability to intercept North’s missiles

By Hyung-jin Kim and Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

This photo provided on Oct. 10, 2022, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspects a missile test at an undisclosed location in North Korea, as taken sometime between Sept. 25 and Oct. 9. 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 language watermark on image as provided by source reads: &quot;KCNA&quot; which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea confirms simulated use of nukes to ‘wipe out’ enemies

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

In this image taken from video, South Korean Air Force's F15K fighter jets prepare to take off Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, in an undisclosed location in South Korea. South Korea says North Korea flew 12 warplanes near their mutual border on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, prompting South Korea to scramble 30 military planes in response. (South Korean Defense Ministry via AP)

Seoul scrambles as North Korea sends military jets near tense border

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol answers reporter's question at the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. Yoon on Monday accused the country’s media of damaging its alliance with the United States after a TV broadcaster released a video suggesting that he insulted U.S. Congress members following a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden in New York last week. (Ahn Jung-won/Yonhap via AP)

South Korea’s president scolds media over hot mic moment

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

This photo provided by the North Korean government shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un delivering a speech during a parliament in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Sept. 8, 2022. 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 language watermark on image as provided by source reads: &quot;KCNA&quot; which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

Seoul says North Korea will self-destruct if it uses nukes

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

This image made from video of a still image broadcast in a news bulletin by North Korea's KRT on April 26, 2017, shows what was said to be a &quot;Combined Fire Demonstration&quot; held to celebrate the 85th anniversary of the North Korean army, in Wonsan, North Korea. North Korea is apparently moving to sell millions of rockets and artillery shells _ many of them likely from old stock _ to its Cold War ally Russia. U.S. officials say it shows Russia’s desperation with the war in Ukraine and that Moscow could buy additional military hardware from North Korea. Russia has called a U.S. intelligence report on the purchasing plan “fake.” (KRT via AP Video, File)

What help are North Korean weapons to Russia?

By Hyung-Jin Kim and Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

An electronic signboard shows canceled flights as Typhoon Hinnamnor travels toward the Korean Peninsula at Jeju International Airport on Jeju Island, South Korea, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. (Byun Ji-chul/Yonhap via AP)

Flights grounded in South Korea as Typhoon Hinnamnor nears

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

U.S. Army's Paladin self-propelled howitzers fires during a joint military exercise between South Korea and the United States at Rodriguez Live Fire Complex in Pocheon, South Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. (Im Byung-shik/Yonhap via AP)

U.S. and South Korean forces wrap up biggest joint exercises in years

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, speaks in front of what the North says an intercontinental ballistic missile displayed at an exhibition of weapons systems in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Oct. 11, 2021. North Korea test-launched a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile and two shorter-range weapons into the sea Wednesday, May 25, 2022, South Korea said, hours after President Joe Biden ended a trip to Asia where he reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to defend its allies in the face of the North’s nuclear threat. 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)

Waiting for the North-Korean-nuclear-test Godot

By Bruce Klingner

Peter Møller, attorney and co-head of the Danish Korean Rights Group, speaks during a news conference in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. Dozens of South Korean adoptees who were sent to Danish parents as children in the 1970s and ‘80s have formally demanded Tuesday, Aug 23, 2022, the South Korean government investigate the circumstances surrounding their adoptions, which they say were corrupted by systemic practices that falsified or obscured children's origins. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Danish adoptees call for South Korea to probe adoption issues

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

Unification Church followers hold signs during a rally in downtown Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022, protesting negative Japanese media coverage of their religion after the suspect in the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minster Shinzo Abe blamed the church for his family’s troubles. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Unification Church followers decry ‘biased’ Japanese media

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

In this photo provided on Aug. 14, 2022, by the North Korean government, Kim Yo-jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, delivers a speech during the national meeting against the coronavirus, in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. In a Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, commentary published by local media, Kim says her country will never accept South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s “foolish” offer of economic benefits in exchange for denuclearization steps, accusing Seoul of recycling past proposals Pyongyang already rejected. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea ridicules Seoul’s offer to trade nukes for economic help

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol delivers a speech during a news conference to mark his first 100 days in office at the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (Chung Sung-Jun/Pool Photo via AP)

South Korean leader: Seoul won’t seek own nuclear deterrent

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un review an honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. A special train believed to be carrying Kim Jong Un departed Beijing on Wednesday after a two-day visit by the North Korean leader to the Chinese capital. (Shen Hong/Xinhua via AP)

China, North Korea will ‘continuously test’ resolve of U.S.-South Korea alliance, ex-commander warns

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times