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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan speaks at a news conference at the Maryland State House on Friday, April 17, 2020 in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Brian Witte) ** FILE **

Larry Hogan: Things ‘went off the rails’ at WH presser after ‘great conversation’ with task force

By David Sherfinski and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks during a ruling Workers’ Party's meeting in North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

News of Kim Jong-un heart surgery sparks flurry of speculation

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Illustration on South Korea’s successful election despite the pandemic by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

South Korea successfully holds general elections during COVID-19 pandemic

By Anthony B. Kim

In this April 13, 2020, file photo President Donald Trump listens as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington. The Trump administration and Congress are nearing an agreement as early as Sunday, April 19, on a $400-plus billion aid package to boost a small-business loan program that has run out of money and add funds for hospitals and COVID-19 testing. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

The Latest: Japan PM asks citizens to be more diligent

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

People watch a TV screen showing a news program reporting about North Korean leader Kim Jong-un with a file image at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, April 21, 2020. The South Korean government is looking into unconfirmed reports saying North Korean leader Kim is in fragile condition after surgery. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

South Korea downplays concerns over Kim Jong-un’s health

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan speaks at a news conference on Monday, April 20, 2020 in Annapolis, Md., with his wife, Yumi Hogan, right, where the governor announced Maryland has received a shipment from a South Korean company to boost the state's ability to conduct tests for COVID-19 by 500,000. Hogan said he asked his wife, who is Korean, to help negotiate with Korean officials, on March 28, and that set in motion 22 days of vetting and negotiations to bring the large increase in testing capacity to Maryland. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)

South Korean shipment to up Maryland virus tests by 500K

By BRIAN WITTE - Associated Press

In this April 2, 2019, file photo, people walk past a photo of guards unloading children from a truck at the Brothers Home in Busan as it is displayed in front of National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea. South Korea's Supreme Court said Friday, April 17, 2020, it will re-open a case related to the enslavement and abuse of thousands of people at a vagrants' facility in the 1970s and 1980s, more than three decades after its owner was acquitted of serious charges. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

SKorean court to re-open case on abusive vagrant facility

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Thae Yong Ho, former North Korean diplomat, who defected to South Korea in 2016 and a candidate of the main opposition United Future Party, wipes his tear after he was certain to secure victory in the parliamentary elections in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, April 16, 2020. Thae on Thursday won a constituency seat in South Korea’s parliamentary elections, the first such achievement among tens of thousands of North Koreans who have fled their authoritarian, impoverished homeland. (Shin Jun-hee/Yonhap via AP)

High-level North Korean defector wins South parliament seat

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

Thae Yong-ho, right, former North Korean diplomat, who defected to South Korea in 2016 and a candidate of the main opposition United Future Party, reacts with a supporter after he was certain to secure victory in the parliamentary election in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, April 16, 2020. Thae on Thursday won a constituency seat in South Korea’s parliamentary elections, the first such achievement among tens of thousands of North Koreans who have fled their authoritarian, impoverished homeland. (Shin Jun-hee/Yonhap via AP)

Two North Korean defectors take seats in South Korean parliament

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, photo, a U.S. military policeman and South Korean security persons U.S. Army base Camp Walker, in Daegu, South Korea. The U.S. and South Korean militaries, used to being on guard for threats from North Korea, face a new and formidable enemy that could hurt battle readiness: a virus spreading around the world that has infected more than 1,200 people in South Korea. (Kim Hyun-tae/Yonhap via AP)

High and tight haircuts are back for U.S. soldiers serving in South Korea

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 9, 2020 file photo, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens during a briefing about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Anthony Fauci has a mad scientist vision to track, surveil American citizens

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A man wearing a face mask to help protect against the spread of the new coronavirus casts his vote for the parliamentary election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 15, 2020. South Korea opened its parliamentary election on Wednesday, amid the country's continued efforts to prevent the coronavirus spread. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Koreans vote in national election amid virus fears

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

This Aug. 29, 2017, file photo distributed on Aug. 30, 2017, by the North Korean government shows what was said to be the test launch of a Hwasong-12 intermediate-range missile in Pyongyang, North Korea. South Korea says North Korea has fired several suspected cruise missiles off its east coast. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff says in a statement that the projectiles — presumed to be cruise missiles — were fired from the North’s eastern Kangwon province on Tuesday morning. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

North Korea fires barrage of missiles from ground and air

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

Medical staff members arrive for a duty shift at Dongsan Medical Center in Daegu, South Korea, Monday, April 13, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (Kim Do-hoon/Yonhap via AP)

South Korea sees ‘reactivation’ of the coronavirus in some patients after declines in new cases

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

In this Friday, Feb. 28, 2020, file photo, flags of NATO alliance members flap in the wind outside NATO headquarters in Brussels. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, File)

Trump bid forcing NATO members pay up hit by coronavirus

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Snow falls on the Olympic rings near the New National Stadium in Tokyo, Saturday, March 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

A look at the status of Olympic qualifying events

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A man wearing a face mask walks along a wall outside the Deoksu palace in downtown Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 13, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

US general: ‘fairly certain’ North Korea has COVID-19 cases

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

In this March 12, 2020, photo, a traveler waits near a tourist information booth at the Capital International Airport terminal 3 in Beijing. As the number of new cases dwindles in China and multiplies abroad, the country once feared as the source of the COVID-19 outbreak is now worried about importing cases from abroad. China hasn't imposed any travel bans, but Beijing said this week that all people arriving from overseas would have to self-quarantine for 14 days. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

In role reversal, Asia seeks to stop virus from coming in

By KEN MORITSUGU and KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

File---Picture taken June 11, 2019 shows the bridge of the sunk shipwreck surfacing during the recovery operation at Margaret Bridge, the scene of the fatal boat accident in Budapest, Hungary. (Balazs Mohai/MTI via AP)

Hungary trial opens over Danube River crash; captain blamed

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

Workers wearing protective gears disinfect as a precaution against the new coronavirus at the subway station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, March 11, 2020. (Kim Sun-woong/Newsis via AP)

Virus cluster around Seoul call center raises S. Korea alarm

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press