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Hyundai resumes production in China after supply disruption

By YOUKYUNG LEE - Associated Press

South Korean army soldiers aim their machine guns during the annual Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise in Yongin, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017. In a first, North Korea on Tuesday fired a midrange ballistic missile designed to carry a nuclear payload that flew over Japan and splashed into the northern Pacific Ocean, officials said. The aggressive missile launch — likely the longest ever from North Korea — over the territory of a close U.S. ally sends a clear message of defiance as Washington and Seoul conduct war games nearby. (Hong Gi-won/Yonhap via AP)

South Korean jets simulate strike to ‘wipe out’ Kim Jong-un

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Hyundai halts China production as missile row cuts sales

By YOUKYUNG LEE - Associated Press

A U.S. Air Force U-2 spy plane takes off on the runway at the Osan U.S. Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. U.S. and South Korean troops kicked off their annual drills Monday that come after U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea exchanged warlike rhetoric in the wake of the North's two intercontinental ballistic missile tests last month. (Lee Sang-hack/Yonhap via AP)

As North Korea vows response, U.S. dismisses calls to pause drills

By Lee Jin-man and Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

Gen. Joseph Dunford: War would be ‘horrific’ but North Korea nukes ‘unimaginable’

By Christopher Bodeen, Hyung-jin Kim and Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

In this July 4, 2017, file photo, South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks as he presides over a meeting of the National Security Council at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea. Moon believes the best way to solve the North Korean nuclear crisis is engagement of the sort that two past liberal leaders used to win historic summits with Pyongyang. (Kim Ju-hyung/Yonhap via AP, File)

Why North Korea has no interest in talking to the South

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., on Aug. 8, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Analysis: Trump’s threat fits with North Korea’s image of US

By FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

President Donald Trump talks about North Korea during a briefing on the opioid crisis, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump, North Korea trade escalating threats of fire

By FOSTER KLUG and MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing on the opioid crisis, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. From left are, White House senior adviser Kellyanne Conway, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, Trump, first lady Melania Trump, and National Drug Control Policy acting Director Richard Baum. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump, North Korea trade escalating threats of fire

By FOSTER KLUG and MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

In this May 23, 2005, file photo, a North Korea cargo ship Paik Du San cast anchor as the bags of fertilizer are loading its at Ulsan port in Ulsan, South Korea. North Korea has been condemned and sanctioned for its nuclear ambitions, yet has still received food, fuel and other aid from its neighbors and adversaries for decades. How does the small, isolated country keep getting what it wants and needs to prevent its collapse? (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man, File)

North Korea’s evolving ways to get what it wants and needs

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

This Friday, July 28, 2017, photo distributed by the North Korean government on Saturday, July 29, 2017, shows what was said to be the launch of a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile at an undisclosed location in North Korea. The clear message after Friday’s late-night test, the second in a month of a missile that may be able to reach most of the U.S. mainland: Get used to this _ it’s the new normal. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

Analysis: North Korea’s 2nd ICBM test augurs a new normal

By FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2015 file photo provided by the South Korean Unification Ministry, South Korean National Security Director, Kim Kwan-jin, right, and Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo, second from right, shake hands with Hwang Pyong So, left, North Korea' top political officer for the Korean People's Army, and Kim Yang Gon, a senior North Korean official responsible for South Korean affairs, during their meeting at the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea. ISouth Korea has urged North Korea to accept its offers for talks as Pyongyang continues to ignore Seoul's proposal for a military meeting to ease animosities along their tense border. (The South Korean Unification Ministry via AP, File)

AP Explains: What’s behind N. Korean silence to talks offer

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

In this Feb. 29, 2016, photo, American student Otto Warmbier cries while speaking to reporters in Pyongyang, North Korea. The family of Warmbier who died days after being released from North Korea in a coma says the 22-year-old &quot;has completed his journey home.&quot; Warmbier died Monday, June 19, 2017, relatives said in a statement. He arrived in Ohio on June 13, 2017, after being held for more than 17 months. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

Death of American detained in North Korea baffles experts

By FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

A suspected North Korean drone crashed near the border between North and South Korea in Inje. South Korean officials found the unmanned aircraft and it found that it had taken photos of a U.S. missile defense shield. Investigators found hundreds of photos. (Associated Press)

South Korean officials find drone along border

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A South Korean protester sits next to a poster with an illustration of U.S. President Donald Trump to oppose a plan to deploy an advanced U.S. missile defense system called Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul Monday, June 5, 2017. South Korea's presidential office says a senior defense official has been suspended for deliberately failing to report the arrival of several more launchers for a contentious U.S. missile defense system meant to deal with North Korean threats. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Seoul to conduct review before allowing more U.S. THAAD missile launchers

Associated Press

FILE - In this May 2, 2017, file photo, a U.S. missile defense system called Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, is installed on a golf course in Seongju, South Korea. (Kim Jun-beom/Yonhap via AP, File)

Moon Jae-in, South Korea’s new leader, orders probe of U.S. missile launchers

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

A demonstrator protests the presence of the U.S. military's Terminal High Altitude Areal Defense (THAAD) missile defense system in Seongju County south of Seoul. (Guy Taylor/The Washington Times)

South Korea THAAD protesters see U.S. militarism, not protection

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

South Korean special envoy Lee Hae-chan, left, passes on a hand-written letter from South Korean President Moon Jae-in to Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Friday, May 19, 2017. A senior foreign policy adviser to Chinese President Xi stressed the importance of relations with South Korea on Friday as the two countries attempt to mend a rift in ties over the deployment of a U.S. missile-defense system to guard against North Korean threats. (Jason Lee/Pool Photo via AP)

China’s Xi says willing to help end rift with South Korea

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

Chinese, S. Korean officials meet in attempt to repair ties

Associated Press

South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks as he presides over a meeting of the National Security Council at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, May 14, 2017. North Korea on Sunday test-launched a ballistic missile that landed in the Sea of Japan, the South Korean, Japanese and U.S. militaries said. The launch is a direct challenge to the new South Korean president elected four days ago and comes as U.S., Japanese and European navies gather for joint war games in the Pacific. (Yonhap via AP)

Moon Jae-in, new South Korean leader, to go to White House summit in June

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