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A rescue boat searches for victims late Wednesday, May 29, 2019, after a tourist boat crashed with a river cruise boat, in River Danube in Budapest. The boat capsized and sunk in the river Wednesday evening, with dozens of people on board, including passengers and crew, Hungarian media reported.(Peter Lakatos/MTI via AP)

The Latest: Police take cruise ship captain into custody

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North Korea appeared to ratchet up tensions this month by launching two short-range missiles that were assessed as having technological capabilities beyond those of its older Scud short-range missiles. (Associated Press/File)

North Korea missile, nuclear tests show technology advancements

By Bill Gertz

People watch a TV showing file footage of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, May 9, 2019. North Korea on Thursday fired at least one unidentified projectile from the country's western area, South Korea's military said, the second such launch in the last five days and a possible warning that nuclear disarmament talks could be in danger. The signs read: North Korea fired unidentified projectiles&quot;. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea fires 2 suspected missiles in possible new warning

By Kim Tong-hyung, Hyung-jin Kim and Foster Klug - Associated Press

North Korea appeared to ratchet up tensions this month by launching two short-range missiles that were assessed as having technological capabilities beyond those of its older Scud short-range missiles. (Associated Press/File)

South Korea says North Korea’s latest launches were missiles

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM and FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks during a meeting with his aids at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, April 15, 2019. Moon says he's ready for a fourth summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to help salvage faltering nuclear negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang. (Bee Jae-man/Yonhap via AP)

South Korean president calls for 4th summit with Kim Jong Un

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

In this Thursday, April 4, 2019 photo, a wildfire burns in Goseong, South Korea. A few people died and thousands were evacuated after strong winds fanned a large fire Friday burning in a mountainous South Korean province that hosted the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, officials said. (Lee Jong-geun/Yonhap via AP)

Coastal forest fire kills 2, destroys 120 homes in S. Korea

By JUNG-YOON KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un listens to President Donald Trump speak during a meeting, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, in Hanoi. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

North Korea courts Russia after Trump-Kim summit failure

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this April 8, 2012, file photo, a soldier stands in front of the Unha-3 rocket at a launching site in Tongchang-ri, North Korea. North Korea is reportedly restoring facilities at its long-range rocket launch site that it had dismantled as part of disarmament steps last year. A major South Korean newspaper reports that the country's spy service gave such an assessment to lawmakers in a private briefing on Tuesday. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File)

Normal operations restored at North Korean launch site, experts say

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

This satellite image provided by DigitalGlobe captured on March 2, 2019, and shows the launch tower at the Sohae Satellite Launch Facility in Tongchang-ri, North Korea. North Korea is restoring facilities at the long-range rocket launch site, which it dismantled last year as part of disarmament steps, according to foreign experts and a South Korean lawmaker who was briefed by Seoul's spy service. The finding follows a high-stakes nuclear summit last week between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump that ended without any agreement. (DigitalGlobe, a Maxar company, via AP)

Seoul: Increased vehicle movement at North Korea’s ICBM center

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 23, 2018, file photo, former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, center, appears for his first trial at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea. A South Korean court on Wednesday, March 6, 2019, has approved the release of Lee on 1 billion won ($885,000) bail during his ongoing corruption trial. (Chung Sung-Jun/Pool Photo via AP, File)

South Korean ex-president Lee granted bail in bribery case

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

South Korean President Moon Jae-in, right, presides over a meeting of the National Security Council at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, March 4, 2019. Moon said Seoul will actively try to get the nuclear negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang quickly back on track. (Bae Jae-man/Yonhap via AP)

Seoul calls for three-way talks after Trump-Kim collapse

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 25, 2015, file photo, U.S. Army soldiers from the 25th Infantry Division's 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team and a South Korean Army soldier participate in a demonstration of the combined arms live-fire exercise during the annual joint military exercise Foal Eagle between South Korea and the United States at the Rodriquez Multi-Purpose Range Complex in Pocheon, north of Seoul, South Korea. Even as he announced failed nuclear negotiations with North Korea on Thursday, President Donald Trump again called regular military drills with South Korea “very, very expensive” and said South Korea must pay more for those joint exercises. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

Trump’s cost complaint casts doubt on SKorea military drills

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

In this June 12, 2018, file photo, South Korean President Moon Jae-in, top center, watches the summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore on a TV screen before the start of a weekly Cabinet meeting at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea. (Bee Jae-man/Yonhap via AP, File)

South Korea says failure to reach nuclear deal ‘unfortunate’

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (right) will be meeting with President Trump this week for denuclearization talks, but it’s Kim Yong-chol (background) who has prevented concrete action since their first summit in Singapore in June. (Associated Press)

Kim Yong-chol, Kim Jong-Un aide, aims to outwit Trump negotiators

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2017, file photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, U.S. Air Force B-1B bombers, F-35B stealth fighter jets and South Korean F-15K fighter jets fly over the Korean Peninsula during joint drills. Ahead of the second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, some observers say there is an uncertainty over the future of the decades-long military alliance between Washington and Seoul. (South Korea Defense Ministry via AP, File)

Worry about US-SKorea alliance grows before Trump-Kim summit

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

This March 20, 2018 photo provided on Jan. 3, 2019 by Italian senator Valentino Perin, shows the senator, right, posing for a photo with then North Korean diplomat Jo Song Gil on the occasion of a cultural event with the Veneto region at a restaurant in San Pietro di Felletto, near Treviso, northern Italy. Italy's foreign minister said Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019 that Italy is investigating whether the 17-year-old daughter of former North Korean diplomat Jo Song Gil was forcibly returned to Pyongyang as her parents apparently tried to defect. (Valentino Perin via AP)

Italy’s checking if NKorean envoy’s daughter was forced back

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2018, file photo, South Korean President Moon Jae-in, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ride in a car during a parade through a street in Pyongyang, North Korea. The upcoming Trump-Kim meeting will be a crucial moment for South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who is desperate for more room to continue his engagement with North Korea, which has been limited by tough U.S.-led sanctions against Pyongyang. (Pyongyang Press Corps Pool via AP, File)

2nd Trump-Kim summit crucial moment for Moon’s presidency

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, right, speaks during the Korean Sport &amp; Olympic Committee general assembly at the National Training Center in Jincheon, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 11, 2019. South Korea has chosen its capital, Seoul, for its bid for the 2032 Summer Olympics, which it hopes to jointly host with rival North Korea as a peace gesture. (Kim In-chul/Yonhap via AP)

South Korea picks Seoul for 2032 Olympic bid

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

In this Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, file photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un delivers a speech at the Ministry of the People's Armed Forces to mark the 71st anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Army, in Pyongyang, North Korea. 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) ** FILE **

Christopher Hill, Joseph DeTrani urge Kim Jong-un to ‘show some denuclearization,’ clarify demands

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 27, 2017, file photo, former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition annual leadership meeting in Las Vegas. Cheney says the Senate should not only confirm CIA nominee Gina Haspel, but should restart the spy agency's harsh detention and interrogation practices used on terror suspects after 9/11. Cheney told Fox Business on Thursday that if it were his call, he would have the program active and ready to be employed if needed. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Dick Cheney calls on Trump to resist temptation for a bad deal with N. Korea

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times