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CHRISTOPHER R. HILL: North Korea’s endgame

By Christopher R. Hill

ED FEULNER: Nurturing a Crucial Alliance

By Ed Feulner

YUMI HOGAN: Korea President Park: A Symbol of Hope

By Yumi Hogan

WILLIAM WON KYUN HWANG: Freedom: The Common Glue Between America and Korea

By William Won Kyun Hwang

South Korean President Park Geun-hye must balance Seoul's alliance with Washington with being excluded from the TPP Pacific trade deal. (Associated Press)

Obama to host Park Geun-hye as South Korea’s growing ties to China threaten alliance

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

United States team assistant's Fred Couples, left, and Jim Furyk, right, drive player's Jordan Spieth and Dustin Johnson on a cart during their final practice round ahead of the Presidents Cup golf tournament at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea, in Incheon, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015.(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Jim Furyk doesn’t have clubs and still travels

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press

In this Dec. 12, 2012, file photo, a screen at the General Satellite Control and Command Center shows the moment North Korea's Unha-3 rocket is launched in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea said Monday, Sept. 14, 2015, it is ready to launch satellites aboard long-range rockets to mark a key national anniversary next month, a move expected to rekindle animosities with its rivals South Korea and the United States. (AP Photo/File)

North Korea warns it has restarted all nuclear bomb fuel plants

By Hyung-jin Kim and Foster Klug - Associated Press

U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Microsoft woes dent U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement as Obama pushes Trans-Pacific Partnership

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A man watches a TV news program reporting South Korea and North Korea reached an agreement, at the Seoul Railway Station, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korea halts propaganda broadcasts as Koreas reach deal

By Hyung-jin Kim and Foster Klug - Associated Press

Watch Abrams tanks at Rodriguez Live Fire Range, South Korea. Footage of 1/9 CAV, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division highlights Abrams tanks at Rodriguez Live Fire Range, South Korea.

Abrams Tanks at Rodriguez Range Korea

Pope Francis, left, waves during his visit to the birthplace of Saint Kim Taegon Andrea, also known as Saint Andrew Kim Taegon, the first Korean-born Catholic priest, prior to a meeting with Asian youths at the Solmoe Sanctuary in Dangjin, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Issei Kato, Pool) ** FILE **

Will the Catholic Church have a growing role in Korean reconciliation?

By Andrea Gagliarducci - Catholic News Agency

South Korean amy soldiers walk on Unification Bridge, which leads to the demilitarized zone, near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) ** FILE **

Seoul takes hard line as talks between rival Koreas drag on

By Foster Klug and Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

South Korean amy soldiers walk on Unification Bridge, which leads to the demilitarized zone, near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2015. South Korean and North Korean officials have resumed the second round of their high-level talks in the border village of Panmunjom on Sunday afternoon in an effort to ease mutual tension, South Korea’s presidential office said. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Talks between the rival Koreas stretch into a third day

By ERIC TALMADGE and FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

South Korean army soldiers adjust barricades set up on Unification Bridge, which leads to the demilitarized zone, near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015. The barricade reads: "Vehicles disapproved." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Rival Koreas hold high-level talks to defuse war fears

By Eric Talmadge and Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

A man locks a shutter of his shop after an evacuation order is issued to the residents and visitors at the Imjingak Pavilion near the border village of Panmunjom, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015. South Korea's military fired dozens of shells Thursday at rival North Korea after the North lobbed a single artillery round at a South Korean border town, the South's Defense ministry said. (Kim Seung-doo/Yonhap via AP) KOREA OUT

South Koreans calm despite North Korean threat

By ERIC TALMADGE and KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

In this Dec. 26, 2014 file photo, a North Korea's mock Scud-B missile, center, stands among South Korean missiles displayed at Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

North Korea gives 48-hour ultimatum to South in border standoff

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

South Korean army soldiers stood guard near Yeoncheon, South Korea, where a shell fell Thursday. The military retaliated by firing dozens of shells at its rival North Korea. (Associated Press)

North Korea, South Korea exchange artillery fire as rising tensions alarm U.S. officials

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Monday, Aug. 17, 2015 photo, Kim Sung-jin, 14, broadcasts himself eating delivery Chinese food in his room at home in Bucheon, south of Seoul, South Korea. Every evening, he gorges on food as he chats before a live camera with hundreds, sometimes thousands, of teenagers watching. That’s the show, and it makes Kim money: 2 million won ($1,700) in his most successful episode. Better known to his viewers by the nickname Patoo, he is one of the youngest broadcasters on Afreeca TV, an app for live-broadcasting video online launched in 2006. (AP Photo/Julie Yoon)

South Korean teen, ‘Patoo,’ a reality TV phenom

By YOUKYUNG LEE - Associated Press

South Korean protesters shout slogans during a rally demanding to stop the joint military exercises, Ulchi Freedom Guardian or UFG, between the U.S. and South Korea near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Aug. 17, 2015. The UFG exercise kicked off Monday for a 12-day run to prepare for a possible North Korea's attack. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Seoul: N. Korea resumes loudspeaker broadcasts amid tension

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

In this Dec. 26, 2014 file photo, a North Korea's mock Scud-B missile, center, stands among South Korean missiles displayed at Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

North Korea threatens ‘indiscriminate’ military strikes on South, nuclear strikes on U.S.

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times