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FILE - In this April 27, 2018 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in shake hands after signing on a joint statement at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea. The two Koreas will hold a high-level meeting on Wednesday, May 16, 2018, to discuss setting up military and Red Cross talks aimed at reducing border tension and restarting reunions between families separated by the Korean War. (Korea Summit Press Pool via AP, File)

North Korea threatens to cancel Trump-Kim summit over drills

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

A combination of two file photos shows U.S. President Donald Trump, left, in Cleveland, Ohio, May 5, 2018, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, in Panmunjom, South Korea, April 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, Korea Summit Press Pool via AP, File) **FILE**

North Korea cancels talks with South, threatens to pull out of U.S. summit: Report

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this June 27, 2008, file image from TV, the demolition of the 60-foot-tall cooling tower at its main reactor complex in Yongbyon North Korea. North Korea's Foreign Ministry said Saturday May 12, 2018, it will hold a &quot;ceremony&quot; for the dismantling of its nuclear test site on May 23-25 in what would be a dramatic but symbolic event to set up the summit meeting between Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump scheduled for next month. (AP Photo/APTN, File)

North Korea says it will dismantle nuke test site May 23-25

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, center, is welcomed by North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Ri Kil Song, right, on his arrival at Pyongyang Airport, North Korea Wednesday, May 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)

China’s foreign minister in N. Korea seeks role for Beijing

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in raise their hands after signing a joint statement at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea, Friday, April 27, 2018. (Korea Summit Press Pool via AP)

Kim Jong-un vows to close North Korea nuclear site in May ahead of Trump meeting

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks during a joint announcement with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone Friday, April 27, 2018. (Korea Broadcasting System via AP) ** FILE **

Kim Jong-un says he’ll give up nuclear weapons if U.S. promises not to attack North Korea

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

In this April 27, 2018, photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at Peace House of the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea. Seoul says North Korean leader Kim plans to shut down the country's nuclear test site in May and reveal the process to experts and journalists from the United States and South Korea. Seoul's presidential spokesman Yoon Young-chan said Sunday, April 29, Kim made the comments during his summit with South Korean President Moon on Friday, April 27. (Korea Summit Press Pool via AP)

North Korea offers to give up nukes if US vows not to attack

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, second from right, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, second from left, attend during a summit at Peace House of the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea, Friday, April 27, 2018. North Korean leader Kim made history by crossing over the world's most heavily armed border to greet South Korean President Moon for talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons. At right is Kim's sister Kim Yo Jong. (Korea Summit Press Pool via AP)

The Latest: UN chief applauds ‘truly historic’ Koreas summit

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Choi Jung-hoon, a former North Korean army official who defected to South Korea in 2006, helps run Free North Korea Radio, which has been piping news into the North. (Guy Taylor/The Washington Times)

North Korean defectors watch Kim Jong-un’s South Korea visit with dread

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

People watch a TV screen showing images of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, left, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, March 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Kim Jong-un, Moon Jae-in meeting failure could scuttle Trump summit

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2018 file photo, Kim Yo Jong, left, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, shakes hands with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. North Korea's abrupt diplomatic outreach in recent months comes after a flurry of weapons tests that marked 2017, including the underground detonation of an alleged thermonuclear warhead and three launches of developmental ICBMs designed to strike the U.S. mainland. Inter-Korean dialogue resumed after Kim in his New Year’s speech proposed talks with the South to reduce animosities and for the North to participate in February’s Winter Olympics in Pyongchang. North Korea sent hundreds of people to the games, including Kim's sister, who expressed her brother's desire to meet with Moon for a summit. South Korean officials later brokered a potential summit between Kim and Trump. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool, File)

Road to N. Korea’s denuclearization is littered with failure

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

File-In this April 9, 2018, file photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea said Saturday, April 21, 2018, it has suspended nuclear and long-range missile tests and plans to close its nuclear test site. The North's official Korean Central News Agency said the country is making the move to shift its national focus and improve its economy.(Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

N. Korea, setting stage for talks, halts nuclear, ICBM tests

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

A South Korean army solider passes by a signboard showing the distance to North Korea's capital Pyongyang and to South Korea's capital Seoul from Imjingang Station in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Friday, April 20, 2018. North and South Korea have installed a telephone hotline between their leaders as they prepare for a rare summit next week aimed at resolving the nuclear standoff with Pyongyang. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Koreas set up 1st hotline between leaders ahead of summit

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 5, 2018, file photo, provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, front right, shakes hands with South Korean National Security Director Chung Eui-yong after Chung gave Kim the letter from South Korean President Moon Jae-in, in Pyongyang, North Korea. The upcoming meeting between the leaders of the rival Koreas will be the ultimate test of Moon’s belief that his nation should lead international efforts to deal with North Korea. 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)

Moon faces tough challenges ahead of summit with Kim

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Workers plant flowers in the shape of the Korean Peninsula on a lawn in Seoul to wish for a successful inter-Korean summit this month. (Associated Press/File)

Moon Jae-in’s North Korea diplomacy efforts bring hope

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

SKorean baseball league postpones games over pollution

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

South Korean soldiers stand as vehicles carrying a South Korean delegation pass the Unification Bridge, which leads to the Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone in Paju, South Korea, Thursday, March 29, 2018. The delegation led by Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon will hold a high-level talks with North Korea at the northern side of the Panmunjom. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in, North and South Korea leaders, to meet April 27 in historic summit

By Lee Jin-man and Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

In this image taken from video footage run Wednesday, March 28, 2018, by China's CCTV via AP Video, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands in Beijing, China. The Chinese government confirmed Wednesday that North Korea's reclusive leader Kim went to Beijing and met with Chinese President Xi in his first known trip to a foreign country since he took power in 2011. The official Xinhua News Agency said Kim made an unofficial visit to China from Sunday to Wednesday. (CCTV via AP Video)

Kim, Xi portray strong ties after NKorea leader’s China trip

By GILLIAN WONG and KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

In this March 11, 2018, photo, Erica Mitchell, a Chicago native and an accomplished player in women's sled hockey, who came to the games as a spectator, poses at the Gangneung Hockey Center in Gangneung, South Korea. Mitchell was one of many people with disabilities who spoke to The Associated Press about accessibility problems at the Paralympic Games in South Korea’s rural east, despite what organizers described as a “perfectly” organized event that provided the “highest level” of access. (AP Photo/Kim Tong-hyung)

Paralympics fans had difficult time, changes may not happen

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Buying the Brooklyn Bridge from North Korea

By Peter Vincent Pry