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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, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017. In his first public remarks abroad as U.S. defense secretary, Jim Mattis is criticizing North Korea for provocative acts that require new consultations with Japan and South Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Mattis warns NKorea against any attack on US or its allies

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 30, 2017 file photo, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, center, stands with Jordan's King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein during an honor cordon at the Pentagon. Pyongyang will cast a decidedly dark shadow over U.S. defense secretary’s first trip overseas. Mattis is to make his debut with a visit to staunch U.S. allies South Korea and Japan, both of which host tens of thousands of American troops and, for good reason, see North Korea as their biggest national security threat. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

4 reasons N. Korea looms over US defense chief’s Asia trip

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

EXCHANGE: Vienna students connecting with South Korean peers

By MARILYN HALSTEAD - Associated Press

Mattis to visit Asia on 1st overseas trip as Pentagon chief

By Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 3. 2014, file photo, a visitor looks at portraits of late former &quot;comfort women&quot; who were forced to serve for the Japanese troops as a sexual slave during World War II, at the House of Sharing, a nursing home and museum for 10 former sex slaves, in Toechon, South Korea. ‘Comfort women” were present wherever the Japanese Imperial Army invaded and occupied in Asia from the early 1930s through the end of World War II. That aspect of wartime history was kept quiet until the early 1990s, when a South Korean woman came forward, joined by some others, seeking Japanese help and accountability. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Definitions of ‘comfort women’ reveal Japan-S. Korea divide

By MARI YAMAGUCHI and HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

China, Russia say united against South Korea missile defense

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

North Koreans gather during a mass rally to vow to carry through the tasks set forth by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in his New Year's address, at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)

US sees ‘qualitative improvement’ in NKorea capability

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2015 file photo, South Korean army K-55 self-propelled artillery vehicles move during a military exercise near the demilitarized zone between the two Koreas in Paju, South Korea. South Korea will form a special military unit this year tasked with removing North Korea's leadership in the event of war as Seoul looks for options to counter its rival's nuclear weapons and missiles, an official said Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon. File)

S. Korea to form brigade to remove North’s leadership in war

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

A journalist watches a screen showing a press release from the South Korean Ministry of the Interior about the birth map showing the number of women in childbearing age at his office in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 30, 2016. South Korea's government closed its website that drew fury for showing the number of women in childbearing age by each city district and region. The letters at left top read &quot;Birth Map.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

SKorea shuts website mapping women of childbearing age

By YOUKYUNG LEE - Associated Press

Dallas Stars left wing Jamie Benn, left, congratulates teammate center Devin Shore (17) after Shore scored a goal against the Colorado Avalanche during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Dallas, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016. The Stars won 4-2. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

NHL still searching for reason to play at 2018 Winter Games

By JOHN WAWROW - Associated Press

Pursuing peace on the Korean Penisula — and a myriad of other goals

By Ambassador Joseph R. DeTrani

Japan's Defense Minister Tomomi Inada visits Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japanese war dead, in Tokyo Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016. (Yosuke Mizuno/Kyodo News via AP)

Japan’s defense minister visits Yasukuni after Pearl Harbor

By ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press

The most impossible job in the world

By Michael Kirby

In this Monday, Dec. 26, 2016 photo, health officials wearing protective suits carry a sack containing killed chickens after they were slaughtered at a chicken farm where a suspected case of bird flu was reported in Incheon, South Korea. South Korea's government said Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016 that about 26 million head of poultry will be culled by Wednesday including about one-third of the country's egg-laying hens after the H5N6 strain of avian influenza was found in farms and parks. (Yun Tae-hyun/Yonhap via AP)

Gloomy start to year of rooster as bird flu hits South Korea

By YOUKYUNG LEE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2016 file photo, members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions carry an effigy of South Korean President Park Geun-hye as they march during a rally calling for Park to step down in Seoul, South Korea. The jailed confidante of the disgraced president begins a trial Monday, Dec. 19 that will explore a scandal that led to Park's impeachment after millions took to the streets in protest. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

Keeping South Korea on balance

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Choi Soon-sil, center, the jailed confidante of disgraced South Korean President Park Geun-hye, appears for the first day of her trial at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 19, 2016. (Korea Pool via AP)

Choi Soon-sil, Park Geun-hye confidante, denies in trial that she extorted money

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

Possible South Korean presidential contender Moon Jae-in laughs during a press conference at the Seoul Foreign Correspondents Club in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016. Opposition politician Moon says South Korea should reconsider its plans to deploy an advanced U.S. missile defense system to cope with North Korean threats. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

S. Korean presidential hopeful casts doubt over US missiles

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Park Geun-hye, South Korea leader, offers conditional resignation amid scandal

By Foster Klug and Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

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 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