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A man watches a TV news program showing photos published in North Korea's Rodong Sinmun newspaper of North Korea's &quot;Pukguksong-2&quot; missile launch and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 13, 2017. In an implicit challenge to President Donald Trump, North Korea fired a ballistic missile early Sunday in its first such test of the year. The letters read &quot;Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missiles developed for ground use.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea missile test: U.N. Security Council meeting sought

By Eric Talmadge - Associated Press

A man watches a TV news program showing a file footage of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un with letters reading: &quot;The North fired a missile&quot; at the Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017. North Korea reportedly fired a ballistic missile early Sunday in what would be its first such test of the year and an implicit challenge to President Donald Trump's new administration. Details of the launch, including the type of missile, were scant. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

UN Security Council meeting sought over NKorea missile test

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

A PAC-3 Patriot missile unit is deployed by the Japan Self-Defense Force against the North Korea's rocket launch at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017. North Korea reportedly fired a ballistic missile early Sunday in what would be its first such test of the year and an implicit challenge to U.S, President Donald Trump, who was hosting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo in Florida. Details of the launch, including the type of missile, were scant. (Takuto Kaneko/Kyodo News via AP)

North Korea test fires ballistic missile; Japan, South Korea condemn launch

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, photo, a man walks by the Olympic rings with a sign of 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. One year before the Olympics, the country is in political disarray, and winter sports are the last thing on many people’s minds. To say that South Koreans are distracted from what had been billed as a crowning sports achievement is an understatement. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Political scandal overshadows South Korea 2018 Olympic prep

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

Canadian skaters train in Gangneung, South Korea, on Wednesday in a test event for the 2018 Olympics, which has been marred by political scandal. (Associated Press)

Pyeongchang Olympic prep overshadowed by political scandal

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

In this Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, photo, a man walks by the Olympic rings with a sign of 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. One year before the Olympics, the country is in political disarray, and winter sports are the last thing on many people’s minds. To say that South Koreans are distracted from what had been billed as a crowning sports achievement is an understatement. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Political scandal overshadows South Korea 2018 Olympic prep

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

The Sunhak Peace Prize presentation was made by founder Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon, and Sunhak Committee Chair, Dr. Il Sik Hong, at the UPF World Summit with the International Association of Parlimentarians for Peace attended by 800 former and current members of parliament from 120 countries.

2017 Sunhak Peace Prize Awarded to Italian Surgeon Gino Strada and Afghan Educator Sakena Yacoobi

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

South Korean President Park Geun-hye arrives to meets with National Assembly Speaker Chung Sye-kyun at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. South Korea's president said Tuesday she will allow parliament to choose her prime minister, a major political concession to growing anger as she scrambles to defuse an escalating influence-peddling scandal. (Bae Jae-man/Yonhap via AP) KOREA OUT

Park Geun-hye, South Korea president, to let parliament choose her prime minister

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

South Korean President Park Geun-hye speaks during an address to the nation, at the presidential Blue House in Seoul Friday, Nov. 4, 2016. Park took sole blame Friday for a "heartbreaking" scandal that threatens her government and vowed she will accept a direct investigation into her actions amid rising suspicion that she allowed a mysterious confidante to manipulate power from the shadows. (Ed Jones/Pool Photo via AP)

Park Geun-hye, South Korean leader, says with voice shaking that scandal is ‘all my fault’

By Foster Klug and Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

South Korean President Park Geun-hye reshuffled her Cabinet on Wednesday in what critics say is an attempt to divert public attention away from a snowballing corruption scandal involving a longtime friend, who is now in police custody. (Associated Press)

Park Geun-hye of South Korea reshuffles cabinet as scandals prompt calls for resignation

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2015, file photo, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, center, is greeted by Senior Military Assistant U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Ron Lewis as they arrive at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., to travel to Afghanistan. A Pentagon investigation concluded that Lewis, Carter's former senior military aide, used his government credit card at strip clubs or gentlemen's clubs in Rome and Seoul, drank in excess and had &quot;improper interactions&quot; with women, The Associated Press has learned. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Report faults top Pentagon aide’s behavior at overseas clubs

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 9, 2016 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un listens during the party congress in Pyongyang, North Korea. Since North Korea’s latest nuclear test, Pyongyang and Seoul have been openly trading threats of decapitation strikes and annihilating capitals populated by millions of civilians. And the talk of how each side might throw that first pre-emptive punch has become more detailed than ever. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File) **FILE**

North, South Korea trade threats over pre-emptive strike

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

In this Oct. 10, 2015, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un salutes at a parade in Pyongyang, North Korea. South Korean and international monitoring agencies reported Friday, Sept. 9, 2016, an earthquake near North Korea's northeastern nuclear test site, a strong indication that Pyongyang had detonated its fifth atomic test explosion. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Seoul condemns North Korea’s 5th nuclear test, calls it ‘fanatic recklessness’

By Foster Klug and Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

In this Dec. 19, 2013, file photo, North Korean workers assemble jackets at a factory of a South Korean-owned company at the jointly run Kaesong Industrial Complex, in Kaesong, North Korea. South Korea says Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016, it will halt operations at joint industrial park with North Korea in response to the North's recent rocket launch. (Kim Hong-Ji/Pool Photo via AP, File)

North Korean submarine missile launch shows improved ability

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

South Korean army soldiers ride a K-1 tank during the annual exercise in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Monday, Aug. 22, 2016. South Korea and the United States began annual military drills Monday despite North Korea's threat of nuclear strikes in response to the exercises that it calls an invasion rehearsal. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korea, U.S. start drills despite North Korea’s nuclear threat

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

In this Sept. 7, 2013, file photo, members of the Tokyo 2020 delegation celebrate after Tokyo was awarded the 2020 Olympic Games during the 125th IOC session in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The next three Olympics are headed for relatively calmer ports of call in South Korea, Japan and China following the organizational drama surrounding the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia and the just completed Summer Games in Brazil, but challenges remain, especially when it comes to finances and generating enthusiasm among home audiences. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano, File)

After Rio, Olympics headed for Asian venues seen as safe

By Christopher Bodeen - Associated Press

Protesters shout slogans during a rally to denounce deploying the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, in front of the Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 13, 2016. The site in South Korea that will be the base for an advanced U.S. missile defense system that the government says is designed to cope with North Korean threats will be announced Wednesday, Seoul officials said. The banner in the center reads: "Oppose deploying the THAAD." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korea set to disclose a site for THAAD, a U.S. missile defense system

Associated Press

In this photo distributed on Wednesday, May 11, 2016, by the North Korean government, Ri Yong Gil, then North Korean military chief, poses for a photo. Seoul’s intelligence agents get battered in the press and by lawmakers for their gaffes, including one regarding Ri Yong Gil, the former head of North Korea’s military. Officials in Seoul’s National Intelligence Service, the country’s main spy agency, reportedly said Ri had been executed, but at this month’s ruling-party congress, he was seen not only alive but also in possession of several new titles. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP) JAPAN OUT UNTIL 14 DAYS AFTER THE DAY OF TRANSMISSION

Do blunders mean South Korea’s spying apparatus is broken?

By FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

South Korean army soldiers pass by a TV news program showing a file footage of a missile launch conducted by North Korea at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 15, 2016. A North Korean launch of a missile on the birthday of its revered founder appears to have failed, South Korean and U.S. defense officials said Friday. The letters at a screen read: "North Korea launched a missile from its east coast." (AP Photo/Ahnn Young-joon)

Seoul says North Korean missile launch apparently fails

By Foster Klug and Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

With her domestic agenda likely gridlocked, some analysts say South Korean President Park Geun-hye will try to remain relevant beyond her borders. (Associated Press)

Park Geun-hye of South Korea to focus on North Korea threat after party’s election defeat

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times