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President Joe Biden attends a briefing on preparing for and responding to hurricanes this season at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Wednesday May 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden not planning to visit DMZ during South Korea trip, says White House

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

An employee of Pyongyang Dental Hygiene Products Factory disinfects the floor of a dining room as the state increased measures to stop the spread of illness in Pyongyang, North Korea on May 16, 2022. North Korea on Wednesday, May 18, reported 232,880 new cases of fever and another six deaths as leader Kim Jong-un accused officials of “immaturity” and “slackness” in handling the escalating COVID-19 outbreak ravaging across the unvaccinated nation. (AP Photo/Cha Song Ho, File)

North Korea boasts COVID-19 recovery as WHO worries over missing data

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, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021. Before acknowledging domestic COVID-19 cases, Thursday, May 12, 2022, North Korea spent 2 1/2 years rejecting outside offers of vaccines and steadfastly claiming that its superior socialist system was protecting its 26 million people from “a malicious virus” that had killed millions around the world. (AP Photo/Cha Song Ho, File)

What’s behind North Korea’s COVID-19 admission?

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

People watch a TV screen showing a news program reporting about North Korea's missile launch with file footage, at a train station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, May 12, 2022. South Korea says North Korea has fired a total of three short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff says the three missiles launched from the North's capital region on Thursday afternoon flew toward the waters off the country's eastern coast. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

North Korea fires 3 ballistic missiles amid 1st virus outbreak

By Hyung-jin Kim and Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

Labor Secretary Marty Walsh finds a taste of home in Seoul

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks during an inaugural dinner at a hotel in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, May 10, 2022. (Jeon Heon-Kyun/Pool Photo via AP)

South Korea’s new president vows help for North Korea if they disavow nukes

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a speech during a military parade to mark the 90th anniversary of North Korea's army at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea on April25, 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, File)

South Korea: North Korea test-fired missile from submarine

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

South Korea’s president-elect Yoon Suk Yeol attends a ceremony to disband a presidential election camp at the National Assembly Library in Seoul, South Korea Thursday, March 10, 2022. (Song Kyung-seok/Pool Photo via AP)

New conservative South Korean leader prepares for inauguration with pledge for deeper ties to U.S.

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attends a photo session with the officers and soldiers who took part in a celebration the 90th founding anniversary of the Korean People's Revolutionary Army, in North Korea Wednesday, April 27, 2022. North Korea launched a suspected ballistic missile toward its eastern waters on Wednesday, May 4, South Korean and Japanese officials said, days after Kim vowed to bolster his nuclear arsenal “at the fastest possible pace” and threatened to use them against rivals. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

North Korea fires ballistic missile amid rising animosities

By Hyung-jin Kim, Kim Tong-hyung and Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un acknowledges the officers and soldiers who took part in a celebration the 90th founding anniversary of the Korean People's Revolutionary Army, in North Korea on April 27, 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, File)

Kim warns N. Korea could ‘preemptively’ use nuclear weapons

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

Citizens walk past celebrative posters displayed on the 90th founding anniversary of the Korean People's Revolutionary Army in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, April 25, 2022. The poster reads &quot;Historic root of our revolution&quot;. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)

North Korea begins military parade amid revived tensions

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

This undated photo provided Sunday, April 17, 2022, by the North Korean government shows leader Kim Jong Un at an undisclosed location in North Korea. It said Sunday the country has successfully test-launched a newly developed tactical guided weapon. The official Korean Central News Agency said Kim observed the launch. 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 Korea nuclear test may be imminent as Kim amps up pressure

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Sung Kim, left, shakes hands with South Korea's Special Representative for the Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Noh Kyu-duk as they pose for a photo during a meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, April 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, Pool)

U.S., South Korea urge North’s return to talks after missile tests

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

Citizens take a photo at a light festival in celebration of 110th birth anniversary of their late leader Kim Il Sung at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea Thursday, April 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)

N. Korea marks key anniversary but no word on army parade

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

A South Korean Air force's KT-1 aircraft takes off in Yecheon, South Korea on Oct. 4, 2015. Two KT-1 trainer aircraft of the South Korean air force, crashed into a mountain in the southeastern city of Sacheon after colliding, emergency officials said. (Yonhap via AP)

2 South Korean air force planes collide and crash, killing 4

By Kim Tong-hyung and Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

This photo distributed by the North Korean government shows what it says a test-fire of a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), at an undisclosed location in North Korea on March 24, 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 says it test-fired biggest ICBM; U.S. adds sanctions

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye leaves the Samsung Medical Center for a home in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 24, 2022. Three months after receiving a pardon over one of South Korea’s worst government-corruption scandals, former President Park was finally going home on Thursday, following her release from a hospital in capital Seoul. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Thousands welcome home pardoned S. Korean ex-President Park

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

Lee Yong-soo, a South Korean sexual slavery survivor who has been demanding since the early 1990s that the Japanese government fully accept culpability and offer an unequivocal apology, speaks during an interview in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, March 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) ** FILE **

South Korean slavery victim seeks U.N. justice as time runs out

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends at a meeting of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea on Feb. 28, 2022. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

Seoul: North Korean missile exploded in air in failed launch

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

South Korea's President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol speaks during a news conference at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea Thursday, March 10, 2022. Yoon was elected South Korea’s president in a win expected to herald a drive to seek a stronger alliance with the United States and take a tougher line on North Korea. (Kim Hong-ji/Pool Photo via AP)

Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s president-elect, wants tougher stance on North Korea

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