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South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo leaves after a press conference at the World Scout Jamboree in Buan, South Korea, Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023. Prime Minister Han said during a In a news conference that the country is determined to continue the event as planned through Aug. 12. He promised additional measures to ensure the safety of participants, including more medical staff, air-conditioned vehicles and structures that provide shade. The letters read "2023 Saemangeum, the 25th World Scout Jamboree." (Kim Joo-hyung/Yonhap via AP)

South Korea presses on with World Scout Jamboree as heat forces thousands to leave early

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

In this undated photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un tries a weapon during his three-day inspection from Aug. 3 until Aug. 5, 2023, at major munitions factories in North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korean leader Kim tours weapons factories and vows to advance his arms and his war readiness

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

Police officers patrol at Ori subway station following Thursday's attack in Seongnam, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023. South Korean police detained a man suspected of stabbing a high school teacher with a knife Friday in the city of Daejeon. The stabbing follows a separate, apparently random attack on Thursday in which 14 people were wounded near a busy subway station in Seongnam. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korea detains suspect in high school teacher’s stabbing a day after separate attack wounded 14

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at a press conference in Tokyo Friday, Aug. 4, 2023. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool Photo via AP)

Kishida hopes to further strengthen strategic cooperation with U.S. and South Korea at summit

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Tents are pitched at a scout camping site during the World Scout Jamboree in Buan, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023. More than 100 people were treated for heat-related illnesses at the World Scout Jamboree being held in South Korea, which is having one of its hottest summers in years. (Choe Young-soo/Yonhap via AP)

British scouts to leave South Korean Jamboree site after 100 participants suffer heat ailments

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, left, head to a banquet hall of the ruling Workers’ Party’s headquarters in Pyongyang, North Korea Thursday, July 27, 2023. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

Russia sends SOS with ‘Victory Day’ visit, casts aside reputation to get support for war in Ukraine

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

FILE - A North Korean flag flutters in the wind atop a 160-meter (525-foot) tower in the North's Kijong-dong village near the truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone in Paju, South Korea on Sept, 28, 2017. North Korea hurled misogynistic insults Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023 at a newly confirmed United States special envoy to monitor the country’s human rights issues and warned of unspecified security consequences if Washington continues to criticize its human rights conditions. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

North Korea calls U.S. human rights envoy a ‘political housemaid’ in protest of criticisms

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

Attendees of the World Scout Jamboree leave a convenience store at the Scout camping site in Buan, South Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023. Dozens of people were treated for heat-related illnesses at the World Scout Jamboree being held in South Korea, which is having one of its hottest summers in years. (Chung Gyeong-jae/Yonhap via AP)

108 attendees at the World Scout Jamboree treated for heat-related illnesses in South Korea

Associated Press

Illustration on the Platinum Anniversary of the Korean War ceasefire by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Seventy years ago, the Korean War didn’t quite end

By Clifford D. May

FILE - Ju Yeongbong, an official at an association of dog farmers, center, shouts slogans with other members during a rally in Seoul, South Korea on April 25, 2023. Ju Yeongbong, an official of the farmers’ association, said farmers want to continue for about 20 more years until older people, their main customers, die, allowing the industry to naturally disappear. Observers say most farmers are also in their 60s to 70s. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

South Korean dog meat farmers push back against growing moves to outlaw their industry

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

Morocco players celebrate following the Women's World Cup Group H soccer match between South Korea and Morocco in Adelaide, Australia, Sunday, July 30, 2023. (AP Photo/James Elsby)

Morocco makes history in 1-0 defeat of South Korea at Women’s World Cup

Associated Press

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and other Russian officers walk before they lay a wreath of flowers in front of the statues of late North Korean leaders Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung on the occasion of the upcoming 70th anniversary of an armistice that halted fighting in the 1950-53 Korean War, in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, July 26, 2023. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

Kim Jong-un shares center stage with Russian, Chinese delegates at military parade

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

Anti-war activists stage a rally commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice Agreement near the Unification Bridge, which leads to the Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone in Paju, South Korea, Thursday, July 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Divided peninsula, divided commemorations for Korean War’s 70th anniversary

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, watches a military parade to mark the 90th anniversary of North Korea's army at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea on April 25, 2022. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

Rival Koreas mark armistice anniversary in two different ways that highlight rising tensions

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

Colombia's Linda Caicedo, left, and South Korea's JI So-yun compete for the ball during the Women's World Cup Group H soccer match between Colombia and South Korea at the Sydney Football Stadium in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Cancer survivor Caicedo scores in Colombia’s 2-0 win over South Korea at the Women’s World Cup

By James Robson - Associated Press

A TV screen shows a file image of American soldier Travis King during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, July 24, 2023. The deputy commander of the U.N. Command said Monday it has started conversations with North Korea over King who ran into the North last week across the Koreas' heavily armed border. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

U.N. command, North Korea have first contact on defecting American GI Travis King

By Andrew Salmon and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

The USS nuclear-powered submarine USS Annapolis docks at a South Korean naval base on Jeju Island, South Korea, Monday, July 24, 2023. The nuclear-propelled U.S. submarine has arrived in South Korea in the second deployment of a major U.S. naval asset to the Korean Peninsula this month, South Korea's military said Monday, adding to the allies' show of force to counter North Korean nuclear threats. (Park Ji-ho/Yonhap via AP)

North Korea fires 2 short-range ballistic missiles after U.S. submarine arrives in South Korea

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

This family photo shows a portrait of American soldier Travis King displayed at the home of his grandfather Carl Gates, Wednesday, July 19, 2023, in Kenosha, Wis. Pvt. King bolted into North Korea while on a tour of the Demilitarized Zone on Tuesday, July 18, a day after he was supposed to travel to a base in the U.S. (Family Photo via AP)

U.N. Command says it’s communicating with North Korea about detained U.S. soldier

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

South Korean army soldiers work in font of a military guard post at the Imjingak Pavilion in in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Friday, July 21, 2023. The White House on Thursday expressed deep concern about the well-being of a U.S. soldier who bolted across the heavily armed North Korea border earlier this week as North Korean officials have yet to respond to U.S. requests for basic information about the AWOL soldier. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea fires cruise missiles, stays mum on U.S. soldier who crossed into country

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

A group of tourists stands near a border station at Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone in Paju, South Korea, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Not long after this photo was taken, Travis King, a U.S. soldier, pictured with dark blue shirt and dark cap, fourth left, bolted across the border and became the first known American detained in the North in nearly five years. (AP Photo/Sarah Jane Leslie)

Propaganda tool? Bargaining chip? What North Korea may have in mind for Travis King

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press