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China's President Xi Jinping delivers a speech after arriving for the upcoming handover anniversary by train in Hong Kong, Thursday, June 30, 2022. Xi has arrived in Hong Kong ahead of the 25th anniversary of the British handover and after a two-year transformation bringing the city more tightly under Communist Party control. (Selim Chtayti/Pool Photo via AP)

China lashes out against ‘Asian version of NATO’

By Guy Taylor and David R. Sands - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden, center, meets with South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, during the NATO summit in Madrid, Wednesday, June 29, 2022. Seated behind Biden is, from left, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Signs of breakthrough in South Korea-Japan tensions on sidelines of NATO summit

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

South Korean Unification Minister Kwon Youngse speaks during a news conference in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, June 27, 2022. Kwon said that North Korea is increasingly targeting the rival South with its nuclear arms buildup and called for Beijing and Moscow to step up efforts to persuade the North to refrain from conducting a possibly imminent nuclear test explosion. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Seoul urges China, Russia to prevent North Korean nuke test

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, rear center, attends a meeting of the Central Military Commission of the ruling Workers' Party, which were held between June 21 and 23, 2022, in Pyongyang, 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: &quot;KCNA&quot; which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

Is North Korea moving nukes to its border?

By Hyung-Jin Kim and Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, attends a meeting of the Central Military Commission of the ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday, June 22, 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: &quot;KCNA&quot; which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

N. Korea talks of new army duties suggest nuclear deployment

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

The Nuri rocket, the first domestically built space rocket, lifts off from a launch pad at the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Korea, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. South Korea launched its first domestically built space rocket on Tuesday in the country's second attempt, months after its earlier liftoff failed to place a payload into orbit. (Kim In-chul/Yonhap via AP)

S. Korea launches homegrown space rocket in 2nd such attempt

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

BTS arrives at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday, April 3, 2022, in Las Vegas. The surprise announcement by BTS that they were taking a break to focus on members’ solo projects stunned their global fanbase, shaking their label's stock price and leaving many questions about the K-pop supergroup’s future. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

BTS break sparks debate on activism, military exemptions

By Juwon Park - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol Ju prepare medicines at an unannounced place in North Korea Wednesday, June 15, 2022 to send them to Haeju City where an infectious disease occurred. 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: &quot;KCNA&quot; which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

N. Korea reports another disease outbreak amid COVID-19 wave

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman speaks with South Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Cho Hyun-dong and Japanese Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Takeo Mori (duo not pictured) during a joint news conference after their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, June 8, 2022. (Jeon Heon-Kyun/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. stresses allied cooperation in face of North Korea threats

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

U.S. President Joe Biden, center right, with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, center left, speaks at the Combat Operations Floor of the Osan Air Base, Sunday, May 22, 2022, in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. Gen. Paul J. LaCamera, U.S. Forces Korea, United Nations Command, and Combined Forces Command Commander, is at right. Lt. Gen. Sung Chun Choi, Commander, Air Force Operations Command, South Korea's Air Force is at left. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden’s ‘patience’ policy with North Korea not working, key GOP voice says

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, U.S. and South Korea Air Force fighter jets fly in formation during a joint drill on Tuesday, June, 7, 2022. The South Korean and U.S. militaries flew 20 fighter jets over South Korea's western sea Tuesday in a continued show of force as a senior U.S. official warned of a forceful response if North Korea goes ahead with its first nuclear test explosion in nearly five years. (South Korea Defense Ministry via AP) **FILE**

U.S., South Korea fly 20 fighter jets amid North Korea tensions

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

A teacher takes the body temperature of a schoolgirl to help curb the spread of the coronavirus before entering Kim Song Ju Primary School in Central District in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Oct. 13, 2021. According to North Korea, its fight against COVID-19 has been impressive: About 3.3 million people have been reported sick with fevers, but only 69 have died. (AP Photo/Cha Song Ho, File)

Widespread disbelief over North Korea’s tiny COVID death rate

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attend a a ruling party politburo meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea Saturday, May 21, 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: &quot;KCNA&quot; which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea reports more fevers as Kim claims virus progress

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

U.S. President Joe Biden, right, speaks during a news conference with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, at the People's House, Saturday, May 21, 2022, in Seoul. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

U.S. and South Korea open to expanded joint military drills to deter North

By Aamer Madhani and Josh Boak - Associated Press

U.S. President Joe Biden, disembarks from Air Force One on his arrival at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Friday, May 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, Pool)

Two Secret Service agents sent home for alleged drunken altercation ahead of Biden’s first Asia trip

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol visit the Samsung Electronics Pyeongtaek campus, Friday, May 20, 2022, in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden kicks off Asia trip with Samsung tour in South Korea to solidify trade ties

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin greets U.S.President Joe Biden as he arrives at Osan Air Base, Friday, May 20, 2022, in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden starts Asia trip with global issues and tech on agenda

By Aamer Madhani and Josh Boak - Associated Press

President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol visit the Samsung Electronics Pyeongtaek campus, Friday, May 20, 2022, in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

China, North Korea cast shadow over Biden Asia mission

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - People watch a TV screen showing a news program reporting with an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at a train station in Seoul, South Korea on May 16, 2022. North Korean propaganda describes an all-out effort to fight a suspected COVID-19 outbreak that has sickened nearly 2 million people. But defectors say fear is palpable among North Korean citizens who lack access to hospital care and struggle to afford even basic medicine. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

Tea and infomercials: N. Korea fights COVID with few tools

By Hyung-Jin Kim and Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attends an emergency consultative meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea Sunday, May 15, 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: &quot;KCNA&quot; which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

White House braced for possible North Korea missile, nuke tests during Biden’s Pacific trip

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times