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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a statement to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II during a press conference at his official residence in Tokyo Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. Abe has expressed "profound grief" for all who perished in World War II in a statement marking the 70th anniversary of the country's surrender. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Shinzo Abe, Japanese prime minister, stops short of apology for World War II

By Ken Moritsugu and Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Korean adoptees pose for a photograph on the steps of the Capitol Friday, Sept. 10, 1999, in Washington. More than 400 Korean adoptees gathered for the first time, many of them the abandoned children of U.S. servicemen and Korean women. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Indiana man helping Korean adoptees find their roots

By Ernest Rollins - Associated Press

A North Korean waitress walks through a door under a clock with Chinese emblems at a restaurant in Rason city in North Korea, in this Aug. 29, 2011, photo. North Korea said Friday, Aug. 7, 2015, that it will establish its own time zone next week by pulling back its current standard time by 30 minutes. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

North Korea push clocks back as a snub to Japan

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 28, 2015 file photo, North Korean Ambassador to China Ji Jae Ryong speaks at a press conference held at the North Korean Embassy in Beijing. If any hopes have been raised that the progress between the United States and Iran to halt Tehran’s development of nuclear weapons could bring a change in Pyongyang, North Korea has gone out of its way to thwart them. In a flurry of public comments since the deal, the North has been blunt - its nuclear weapons are not a bargaining chip, it is already a member of the nuclear club and if Washington wants to talk, it must recognize the North as such or put an immediate end to its hostile policies toward Pyongyang. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

For North Korea, Iran-style nuclear deal not an option

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

Men and women pump their fists in the air and chant &quot;Defend!&quot; as they carry propaganda slogans calling for reunification of their country during the &quot;Pyongyang Mass Rally on the Day of the Struggle Against the U.S.,&quot; attended by approximately 100,000 North Koreans to mark the 65th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War at the Kim Il Sung stadium, Thursday, June 25, 2015, in Pyongyang, North Korea. The month of June in North Korea is known as the &quot;Struggle Against U.S. Imperialism Month&quot; and it's a time for North Koreans to swarm to war museums, mobilize for gatherings denouncing the evils of the United States and join in a general, nationwide whipping up of the anti-American sentiment. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

N. Korea: No interest in something like Iranian nuclear deal

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In this 2012 file photo, female North Korean soldiers water a cornfield in Kohyon-ri, North Korea. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon)

North Korea says it has been hit by worst drought in 100 years

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

In this April 22, 2014, file photo, a protester holds a placard during a rally against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)

PETER MORICI: Obama’s Asian trade deal sells out American workers

By Peter Morici

South Korean President Park Geun-hye delivers a speech during a ceremony marking Memorial Day at the National Cemetery in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, June 6, 2015. South Korea marked the 60th anniversary of Memorial Day for those killed in the 1950-53 Korean War. (Kim Hong-Ji/Pool Photo via AP)

South Korea’s Park scrubs U.S. visit over MERS outbreak

By Andrew Nachemson - The Washington Times

An unidentified Chinese tourist wearing a mask by way of precaution against the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome virus visits Gyeongbok Palace in Seoul, South Korea Monday, June 1, 2015. Authorities say more than 680 people in South Korea are placed in isolation after having contacts with those infected with a virus that has killed hundreds of people in the Middle East. (Choi Jae-koo/Yonhap via AP) KOREA OUT

South Korea reports 2 deaths from MERS

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

Microbiologist Ruth Bryan works with BG nerve agent simulant in Class III Glove Box in the Life Sciences Test Facility at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, on May 11, 2003. The specialized airtight enclosure is also used for hands-on work with anthrax and other deadly agents. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Active-duty troops, contractors taking antibiotics for possible anthrax exposure

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

South Korea's delegation, center, led by Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Hwang Joon-kook, center top, U.S. delegation, right, and Japan's delegation, left, attend at their meeting about North Korea in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Envoys from S. Korea, U.S., Japan discuss N.Korean nuke threat

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

This undated image attached to an email sent Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2001 by Bruce Ivins shows Ivins handling &quot;cultures of the now infamous 'Ames' strain of Bacillus anthracis&quot; at his lab according to the text of the message. The Government Accountability Office says the science the FBI used to investigate the 2001 anthrax attacks was flawed. The GAO released a report Friday on its findings. The agency didn't take a position on the FBI's conclusion that Army biodefense researcher Bruce Ivins acted alone in making and sending the powdered spores that killed five people and sickened 17 others. The report adds fuel to the debate among experts, including many of Ivins' co-workers at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland, over whether Ivins could have made and mailed the anthrax-filled envelopes. (AP Photo) **FILE**

Defense Dept. sends live anthrax sample to Maryland lab

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon attends a meeting with South Korean President Park Geun-hye at the presidential Blue House in Seoul Wednesday, May 20, 2015. Ban said Wednesday that North Korea had cancelled an invitation for him to visit a factory park in the country that represents the last major cooperation project between the rival Koreas. (Jung Yeon-je/Pool Photo via AP)

Ban Ki-moon, U.N. chief, says North Korea cancels invitation to visit

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (Associated Press) **FILE**

U.S.: North Korea ‘many years’ from developing submarine missile

By Matthew Pennington - Associated Press

A South Korean man watches a TV news program showing an image published in North Korea's Rodong Sinmun newspaper of North Korea's ballistic missile believed to have been launched from underwater, at Seoul Railway station in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, May 9, 2015. North Korea said Saturday it has successfully test-fired a newly developed ballistic missile from a submarine in what would be the latest display of the country's advancing military capability. The letters on the screen read &quot;The submarine-launched missile would enable the country to conduct whatever military operation it wants at sea&quot;. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-oon)

North Korea says it tests ballistic missile from submarine

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In this Nov. 19, 2014 file photo, North Korea's new Ambassador to Russia Kim Hyun Joon, left, poses with Russian President Vladimir Putin for a photo after presenting his credentials from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to Putin in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool,File)

North Korea aims to be more business friendly — with Putin

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

In this Friday, April 10, 2015 photo, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, right, shakes hands with his South Korean counterpart Han Min Koo upon his arrival at the Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea. Carter was on his first visit to Asia since becoming defense secretary in February. He met Friday with President Park Geun-hye and senior members of her government. Earlier in the week he was in Japan. Aides said Carter intended to discuss the South China Sea situation with U.S. officials at Pacific Command in Hawaii on Saturday. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

On Carter’s first Asia trip as Pentagon chief, calm prevails

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2010 file photo, North Korea missiles on trucks make its way during a massive military parade to mark the 65th anniversary of the communist nation's ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea. Nuclear-armed North Korea has hundreds of ballistic missiles that can target its neighbors in Northeast Asia but it will need foreign technology to upgrade its arsenal and pose a more direct threat to the United States, U.S. researchers said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

U.S. researchers: Hundreds of NKorea missiles threaten Asia

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter speaks, Monday, April 6, 2015, at the the McCain Institute at Arizona State University in Tempe, Ariz. The Obama administration is opening a new phase of its strategic "rebalance" toward Asia and the Pacific by investing in high-end weapons such as a new long-range stealth bomber, refreshing its defense alliance with Japan and expanding trade partnerships, Carter said Monday. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Ashton Carter stresses partnerships in Pacific ahead of trip to Japan, South Korea

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

In this photo taken Thursday, March 19, 2015, Carolina Alvarado, left, Dr. Kate Kuzminski, center, and Adam Parascandola, right, carry Delilah, a Tosa Mix, to her new home at the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in San Francisco after her arrival from South Korea. More than 50 dogs were rescued from a dog meat farm and brought to the San Francisco Bay Area to start new lives. Humane Society International officials say the last 13 dogs were brought Thursday to the SPCA. The dogs are mostly in good condition. They were rescued from overseas farms under a program that works with farm owners to remove the dogs and teach the farmer how to crop farm instead. (AP Photo/San Francisco Chronicle, Michael Macor)

Dogs rescued from S. Korean meat farms brought to California

By Kristin J. Bender - Associated Press