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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

In this Jan. 16, 2019, photo, Park I Seul speaks during an interview in Seoul, South Korea. As she pursued her dream of becoming a fashion model, Park realized she was neither tall or skinny, like typical runway models, nor “big enough” to be a plus-size model. She also realized one day that the only way to meet the lofty ideals of South Korea’s beauty standards was for her to continuously deny herself. Her newfound view of her body is part of a growing movement by South Korean women who have begun to resist what they see as extreme pressure to look a certain way. (AP Photo/Jung Yoon Kim)

South Korean women begin to resist intense beauty pressure

By JUNG YOON KIM - Associated Press

A statue of a girl representing thousands of Korean women enslaved for sex by Japan's imperial forces before and during World War II, is seen during a weekly rally near the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. Hundreds of South Koreans are mourning the death of a former sex slave for the Japanese military during World War II by demanding reparations from Tokyo over wartime atrocities. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

SKoreans mourn death of wartime sex slave who fought Tokyo

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

In this Jan. 2, 2019, photo, South Korean adoptee Adam Crapser speaks during an interview in Seoul, South Korea. Crasper was deported from the U.S. four decades after his adoption by American parents is suing the Seoul government and a private adoption agency over what he calls gross negligence. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Adam Crapser, adoptee deported by U.S., sues South Korea, agency

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

Suh Wook, chief director of operations at the South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks during a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. South Korea's military accused Japan of a &quot;clear provocation&quot; over what it says was a threatening low-altitude flight by a Japanese patrol plane over a South Korean warship. (Lee Ji-eun/Yonhap via AP)

Seoul accuses Japanese patrol plane of threatening flight

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Bo Hi Pak, founding chairman of The Washington Times, dies at age 89

Bo Hi Pak, the founding chairman of The Washington Times Corp. (courtesy photo)

Washington Times Corp. Founding Chairman Bo Hi Pak dies

By Special to The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 27, 2018, file photo, a North Korean flag flutters in the wind atop a 160-meter tower in North Korea's village Gijungdongseen, as seen from the Taesungdong freedom village inside the demilitarized zone in Paju, South Korea. South Korea's spy agency on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, has told lawmakers that North Korea's acting ambassador to Italy Jo Song Gil went into hiding with his wife in November. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

North Korean envoy to Italy vanishes _ did he defect?

By FRANCES D'EMILIO and KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

In this undated image from video distributed on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019, by North Korean broadcaster KRT, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a speech in North Korea. North Korean leader Kim says he hopes to extend his high-stakes nuclear summitry with President Donald Trump into 2019, but also warns Washington not to test North Koreans' patience with sanctions and pressure. (KRT via AP)

Kim ready to talk more with Trump but says not to test North

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon, bottom left, and officials arrive to board a train to leave for the North Korea at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018. South Korean officials have traveled to North Korea by train to attend a groundbreaking ceremony for an aspirational project to modernize North Korean railways and roads and connect them with the South. (Jin Sung-chul/Yonhap via AP)

Koreas break ground on railways but sanctions block project

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks during a joint press conference with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the Paekhwawon State Guesthouse in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Pyongyang Press Corps Pool via AP, File)

North Korea denuclearization talks ‘sluggish’ with U.S.

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A South Korean army soldier, center bottom, shakes hands with a North Korean army soldier before crossing the Military Demarcation Line inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) to inspect the dismantled North Korean guard post in the central section of the inter-Korean border in Cheorwon, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018. South Korea and North Korea have removed some of their guard posts along the border as part of their military agreement last September. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, Pool)

Korean border troops verify removal of each other’s posts

By AHN YOUNG-JOON and HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 12, 2018, file photo, North Korea leader Kim Jong Un, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands at the conclusion of their meetings at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore. To hear a beaming Donald Trump at his June summit with Kim Jong Un in Singapore, the solution to North Korea’s headlong pursuit of nuclear weapons, a foreign policy nightmare that has flummoxed U.S. leaders since the early 1990s, was at hand. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool, Fie)

Clashing views color future of stalled N.Korea nuclear talks

By FOSTER KLUG and MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

In this May 3, 2018 photo, A South Korean pastor Lee Jae-rock, center, is questioned by reporters upon his arrival for hearing at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea. Lee has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for raping or sexually molesting eight female followers who believed he was God. (Ko Bum-jun/Newsis via AP)

S. Korea pastor gets 15-year jail term for raping followers

Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 30, 2015 file photo, college students hold portraits of the deceased former South Korean sex slaves who were forced to serve for the Japanese military in World War II, and lit candles during a rally against Japanese government in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea. South Korea says it will dissolve a foundation funded by Japan to compensate South Korean women who were forced to work in Japan's World War II military brothels. Seoul's Ministry of Gender Equality and Family said Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018, it will take legal steps to dissolve the foundation. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Seoul says it will close Japan-funded sex slavery foundation

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaking during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

US sounds word of caution on expansion of Korea ties

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

N.Korea official urges Japan to apologize over forced labor

Associated Press

In this March 12, 2014, file photo, a North Korean soldier, center top, looks at the southern side as three South Korean soldiers guard at the border village of Panmunjom, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, South Korea. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File) **FILE**

North Korea deports American even as it boasts of new weapon

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