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In this March 13, 2013 photo, Maj. Gen. Paul LaCamera, new Commanding General of the 4th Infantry Division and Fort Carson to LaCamera is photographed at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs, Colo. Preparing for peace is a major shift for LaCamera and his soldiers. The general was among the first American combat troops into Afghanistan in 2001. In the years since, he and Fort Carson's nearly 25,000 other troops have been commuting to war, with all-too-brief stops at home between fighting in Iraq or Afghanistan. (AP Photo/The Colorado Springs Gazette, Mark Reis) MAGS OUT

Gen. Paul LaCamera warns North Korean conventional forces are a threat, too

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Park Sang-hak, speaks to the media upon his arrival at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 10, 2021. South Korean police in Monday summoned the activist who said he flew hundreds of thousands of anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets toward North Korea in defiance of a new controversial law that criminalizes such activities. (Hong Hye-in/Yonhap via AP)

S.Korean police summon activist over anti-N.Korean leaflets

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 15, 2011, file photo, Park Sang-hak, center, a refugee from the North who now runs the group Fighters for a Free North Korea from a small Seoul office, and South Korean conservative activists prepare to release balloons bearing leaflets condemning North Korean leader during an anti-North Korea rally against &quot;The Day of the Sun,&quot; the anniversary of Kim Il Sung's birth 99 years, at the Imjingak Pavilion near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea. Park said Friday, April 30, 2021, he launched 500,000 propaganda leaflets by balloon into North Korea this week in defiance of a contentious new law that criminalizes such actions. The balloons read &quot;Overthrow Kim Jong Il's dictatorship.&quot; (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, file)

S. Korea raids activist’s office over anti-North leaflets

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

Indians crowd a vegetable market in Jammu, India, Tuesday, May 4, 2021. COVID-19 infections and deaths are mounting with alarming speed in India with no end in sight to the crisis. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

SKorea dairy company CEO resigns over virus research scandal

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In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un delivers a closing speech at the Sixth Conference of Cell Secretaries of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, April 8, 2021. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

NKorea warns US of ‘very grave situation’ over Biden speech

By Hyung-Jim Kim - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 15, 2011, file photo, Park Sang-hak, center, a refugee from the North who now runs the group Fighters for a Free North Korea from a small Seoul office, and South Korean conservative activists prepare to release balloons bearing leaflets condemning North Korean leader during an anti-North Korea rally against &quot;The Day of the Sun,&quot; the anniversary of Kim Il Sung's birth 99 years, at the Imjingak Pavilion near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea. Park said Friday, April 30, 2021, he launched 500,000 propaganda leaflets by balloon into North Korea this week in defiance of a contentious new law that criminalizes such actions. The balloons read &quot;Overthrow Kim Jong Il's dictatorship.&quot; (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, file)

Activist says he flew 500K leaflets across Koreas’ border

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

South Korea and Japan Cooperation Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Time is ripe for cooperation between South Korea and Japan

By Mitchell Blatt

People pass by Samsung Electronics' shop in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. Samsung's founding family will donate tens of thousands of rare artworks, including Picassos and Dalis, and give hundreds of millions of dollars to medical research to help them pay a massive inheritance tax following last year's death of chairman Lee Kun-Hee. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Facing $11B tax bill, Samsung heirs donate massive art trove

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

This image released by A24 shows Yuh-jung Youn in a scene from &quot;Minari.&quot; (A24 via AP)

Youn Yuh-jung wins best supporting actress Academy Award

By LYNN ELBER - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks during a ceremony to break ground for building 10,000 homes, in Pyongyang, North Korea, Tuesday, March 23, 2021. 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 **

North Korean propaganda spike suggests looming challenge to Biden, U.S.

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Indonesian Navy submarine KRI Nanggala sails in the waters off Tuban, East Java, Indonesia, as seen in this aerial photo taken from an Indonesian Navy helicopter of the 400 Air Squadron, in this Monday, Oct. 6, 2014, photo. Indonesia's navy is searching for the submarine that went missing north of the resort island of Bali with a number of people on board, the military said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Eric Ireng)

Indonesia looking for submarine that may be too deep to help

By Niniek Karmini - Associated Press

Former South Korean comfort woman Lee Yong-soo in a wheelchair leaves the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. A South Korean court on Wednesday rejected a claim by South Korean sexual slavery victims and their relatives who sought compensation from the Japanese government over their wartime sufferings. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Seoul court rejects sexual slavery claim against Tokyo

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

In this photo provided by U.S. Embassy Seoul, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, left, talks with South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong upon his arrival for the banquet at the Foreign Minister's residence in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, April 17, 2021. (U.S. Embassy Seoul via AP)

After China, US envoy Kerry in S. Korea for climate talks

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks during a meeting of his senior secretaries at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, April 12, 2021. Moon on Monday welcomed a decision by two South Korean electric vehicle battery makers to settle a long-running intellectual property dispute that had threatened thousands of American jobs and President Joe Biden's environmental policies. (Choe Jae-koo/Yonhap via AP)

Biden to host South Korea’s president in late May

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SKorea’s Moon says EV battery settlement ‘very meaningful’

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un delivers a closing speech at the Sixth Conference of Cell Secretaries of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, April 8, 2021. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

Kim Jong-un compares North Korea’s economic woes to 1990s famine

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong, left, and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi bump elbows prior to their meeting in Xiamen, China, Saturday, April 3, 2021. South Korea's foreign minister met his Chinese counterpart in the southern Chinese city of Xiamen on Saturday, as Seoul seeks to improve ties with its top trading partner even as U.S.-China relations remain strained. (Kim Yun-gu/Yonhap via AP)

South Korean foreign minister meets Chinese counterpart

By ZEN SOO and KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Commuters watch a TV showing a file image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Joe Biden during a news program at the Suseo Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday. March 26, 2021. North Korea on Friday confirmed it had tested a new guided missile, as Biden warned of consequences if Pyongyang escalates tensions amid stalled nuclear negotiations. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea snaps back at Biden over criticism of launches

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Commuters watch a TV showing a file image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Joe Biden during a news program at the Suseo Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday. March 26, 2021. North Korea on Friday confirmed it had tested a new guided missile, as Biden warned of consequences if Pyongyang escalates tensions amid stalled nuclear negotiations. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea blasts Joe Biden, U.S. over missile criticism

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

This photo provided by the North Korean government, shows what it says a test fire of newly developed new-type tactical guided projectile by the Academy of Defense Science, at an undisclosed place in North Korea, Thursday, March 25, 2021. 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)

EXPLAINER: North Korean missiles getting more agile, evasive

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press