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In this Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017 photo, naturalized luge athlete Aileen Frisch speeds down the track during the official training for the Luge World Cup competition at the Alpensia Sliding Centre in Pyeongchang, South Korea. South Korea has recruited foreign-born athletes in recent years to flesh out its roster as it prepares to host the 2018 Winter Olympics. (Lee Jin-wook/Yonhap via AP)

South Korea’s Olympic ringers sing their way onto the team

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH - Associated Press

The vehicle carrying ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye leaves from her private home to prosecutors office in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon).

Park Geun-hye to be questioned in South Korea corruption scandal

Associated Press

In this March 15, 2017 photo, employees wait for customers at Lotte Duty Free in Jeju Island, South Korea. The once-cordial ties between South Korea and its biggest trading partner have soured as China targets businesses, sports teams and culture to protest deployment of an advanced U.S. anti-missile system in South Korea. (Jo Jong-ho/Yonhap via AP)

Candy, makeup, K-pop get doused amid China’s ire over THAAD

By YOUKYUNG LEE and CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un delivers remarks at a military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this Oct. 10, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File) **FILE**

Rex Tillerson: Use of pre-emptive force an option with North Korea

By Matthew Pennington and Lee Jin-man - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, shake hands during their meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, Thursday, March 16, 2017. Tillerson said Thursday cooperation with allies Japan and South Korea is &quot;critical&quot; to addressing the threat from North Korea's nuclear and missile programs.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

Tillerson says NKorea ‘need not fear’ United States

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

England, Argentina in with South Korea in U20 World Cup

By JOHN DUERDEN - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrives at Haneda international airport in Tokyo, as the first stop of his tour to Asia, Wednesday, March 15, 2017. (Toru Hanai/Pool Photo via AP)

US envoy makes 1st Asia trip as anxiety rises over NKorea

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

North Korea Deputy U.N. Ambassador Kim In Ryong, holds a press briefing, Monday March 13, 2017 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

North Korea blames US and South Korea for Malaysia attack

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

North Korea Deputy U.N. Ambassador Kim In Ryong, holds a press briefing, Monday March 13, 2017 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

North Korea blames US and South Korea for Malaysia attack

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson smiles as President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Tillerson heads to Asia with North Korea tensions high

By MATTHEW LEE and MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

In this photo provided by U.S. Forces Korea, trucks carrying U.S. missile launchers and other equipment needed to set up the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system arrive at the Osan air base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Monday, March 6, 2017. The U.S. military has begun moving equipment for the controversial missile defense system to ally South Korea. The announcement Tuesday by the U.S. military comes a day after North Korea test-launched four ballistic missiles into the ocean near Japan. (U.S. Force Korea via AP)

THAAD missile shield to South Korea gives Donald Trump advantage over China on North Korea

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by U.S. Forces Korea, trucks carrying U.S. missile launchers and other equipment needed to set up the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system arrive at the Osan air base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Monday, March 6, 2017. The U.S. military has begun moving equipment for the controversial missile defense system to ally South Korea. The announcement Tuesday by the U.S. military comes a day after North Korea test-launched four ballistic missiles into the ocean near Japan. (U.S. Force Korea via AP)

US moves controversial missile defense to South Korea

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

The North Korean regime launched test missiles last year in flights precisely designed to avoid interception by rocketing them into much higher altitudes, the Congressional Research Service reported. (Associated Press/File)

AP Explains: Why anti-missile system tricky issue for Seoul

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

US moves parts of controversial missile defense to SKorea

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

A man watches a TV news program reporting about North Korea's missile firing at Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, March 6, 2017. North Korea on Monday fired four banned ballistic missiles that flew about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles), with three of them landing in Japan's exclusive economic zone, South Korean and Japanese officials said, in an apparent reaction to huge military drills by Washington and Seoul that Pyongyang insists are an invasion rehearsal. The letters on the top read &quot; North Korea, Fire missile.&quot; The letters on the top read &quot; North Korea, Fire missile.&quot; (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

U.S. THAAD missile defense system arrives in South Korea

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

A mock North Korea's Scud-B missile, center left, and South Korean missiles are displayed at Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, in this Feb. 2, 2017, file photo. North Korea on Monday, March 6, 2017, fired a projectile into the waters off its east coast, South Korea's military said, in an apparent missile test that comes days after Washington and Seoul began huge military drills that Pyongyang insists are an invasion rehearsal. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

North Korea fires 4 banned ballistic missiles into sea

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

Protests mount in China against South Korea’s missile system

By LOUISE WATT - Associated Press

Lee Jae-yong, front, a vice chairman of Samsung Electronics Co., arrives for the hearing at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, in this Jan. 18, 2017, file photo. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

Lee Jae-yong, Samsung vice chairman, indicted in South Korea

By Youkyung Lee and Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

South Korean skater Choi wins gold at Asian Winter Games

By JIM ARMSTRONG - Associated Press

In this Feb. 22, 2017 photo, South Korea's goalkeeper Matt Dalton watches teammates' play in their ice hockey men's top division match against Kazakhstan at the Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, northern Japan. Growing up in rural southern Ontario, Dalton never figured that his career path in professional hockey would take him to South Korea. Dalton, along with a handful of other North American players, has acquired South Korean citizenship and is a key member of the men's national ice hockey team as it prepares to take on the world's best as host of the 2018 Winter Olympics. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

For naturalized Dalton, the puck stops in South Korea

By JIM ARMSTRONG - Associated Press