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Passengers board buses after arriving on an airplane carrying U.S. citizens being evacuated from Wuhan, China, at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, Calif. Jan. 29, 2020. The passengers will undergo additional screenings in California and be placed in temporary housing. Officials have not said how long they will stay there. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

The Latest: Russia closing its land border with China

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People line up to buy face masks from a medical supply company in Nanning in southern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. Countries began evacuating their citizens Wednesday from the Chinese city hardest-hit by a new virus that has now infected more people in China than were sickened in the country by SARS. (Chinatopix via AP)

China counts 170 virus deaths, new countries find infections

By KEN MORITSUGU Ken Moritsugu - Associated Press

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam adjusts protective face mask during a press conference held in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. Lam has announced that all rail links to mainland China will be cut starting Friday as fears grow about the spread of a new virus. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Hong Kong halts trains from mainland China as virus spreads

By Joe McDonald - Associated Press

In this Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, claps with his wife Ri Sol Ju, third from right, and his aunt Kim Kyong Hui, second from right, as they attend a concert celebrating Lunar New Year's Day 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)

Kim Kyong Hui, Kim Jong-un’s aunt, reemerges after years of speculation

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

FILE- In this Oct. 13, 2015, file photo, South Korean Army soldiers patrol during the demonstration of search operation at a training field near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) in Cheorwon, South Korea. In the first such case in South Korea, military officials will determine next week whether to discharge a solider who recently undertook gender reassessment surgery, officials said Friday, Jan. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

S. Korean military decides to discharge transgender soldier

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

A thermal camera monitor shows the body temperature of passengers arriving from overseas at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. Heightened precautions were being taken in China and elsewhere Tuesday as governments strove to control the outbreak of a novel coronavirus that threatens to grow during the Lunar New Year travel rush. (Suh Myung-geon/Yonhap via AP)

Virus prompts temperature checks, extra cleaning at airports

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FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2019 file photo, supporters of the former Justice Minister Cho Kuk hold up cards showing national flags during a rally demanding reform at the prosecution service near the National Assembly in Seoul. South Korean prosecutors have summoned the country’s former justice minister as they expand an investigation into corruption allegations surrounding his family that sparked huge protests. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Under U.S. pressure, Seoul to send mission to Strait of Hormuz

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 13, 2019, photo, a protester plucks face mustache from a picture of U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Harry Harris during a rally to denounce the United States' policies against North Korea near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea. Harris has some unusual explanations for the harsh criticism he's faced in his host country. His mustache, maybe? Or a Japanese ancestry that raises unpleasant reminders of Japan's former colonial domination of Korea? (Lee Yong-hwan/Newsis via AP) ** FILE **

Harry Harris, U.S. envoy, says it’s his mustache; South Koreans say otherwise

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

FILE- In this Oct. 13, 2015, file photo, South Korean Army soldiers patrol during the demonstration of search operation at a training field near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) in Cheorwon, South Korea. In the first such case in South Korea, military officials will determine next week whether to discharge a solider who recently undertook gender reassessment surgery, officials said Friday, Jan. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

South Korea to decide fate of 1st transgender soldier

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

People watch a TV screen showing the live broadcast of South Korean President Moon Jae-in's New Year's speech at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. Moon said he hopes to see North Korean leader Kim Jong-un fulfill a promise to visit the South this year as he called for the rival Koreas to end a prolonged freeze in bilateral relations. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korea’s opposition sounds a warning

By Ethan Epstein - The Washington Times

South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrives for his New Year's speech at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. Moon said he hopes to see North Korean leader Kim Jong Un fulfill a promise to visit the South this year as he called for the rival Koreas to end a prolonged freeze in bilateral relations. (Lee Jin-wook/Yonhap via AP)

Moon Jae-in outreach to Kim Jong-un endangers South Korea, opposition warns

By Ethan Epstein - The Washington Times

South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks during his New Year's speech at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. Moon said he hopes to see North Korean leader Kim Jong Un fulfill a promise to visit the South this year as he called for the rival Koreas to end a prolonged freeze in bilateral relations. (Lee Jin-wook/Yonhap via AP)

Moon renews invitation for Kim to visit South Korea

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

South Korean Corruption Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

To boost South Korea’s faltering economy, end corruption and invigorate the rule of law

By James K. Glassman

FILE - In a Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019 file photo, Rickie Fowler's Olympic tattoo is shown as he places his ball on the 10th hole before putting during the first round of the Honda Classic golf tournament in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. For Americans, making the Olympic team is the most difficult of any team event. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

The next team in golf is the toughest to make for Americans

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, left, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, right, walk to a photo session at the trilateral business meeting between China, South Korea and Japan in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan province Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019. (Kyodo News via AP)

China, Japan, South Korea meet on North Korea, free trade

By ZHANG WEIQUN - Associated Press

FILE- In this May 9, 2018, file photo, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, left, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, right, pose for photographers prior to their summit in Tokyo. The leaders of China, Japan and South Korea are holding a trilateral summit in China this week amid feuds over trade, military maneuverings and historical animosities. Most striking has been a complex dispute between Seoul and Tokyo, while Beijing has recently sought to tone down its disagreements with its two neighbors.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

China, South Korea, Japan meet over trade, regional disputes

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FILE - In this Dec. 16, 2019, photo, Lee Ho-hyeon, left, director-general for International Trade Policy at South Korea's Trade, Industry and Energy Ministry, is shown the way by Yoichi Iida, director-general of Japan's Trade Control Department before a director-general level meeting at the trade ministry in Tokyo. Japan's trade ministry said Friday, Dec. 20, 2019, that it has eased controls on exports to South Korea of one of three chemicals used in semiconductors that it had restricted, a sign of a thaw between the two countries just days before their leaders meet in China. (Kyodo News via AP, File)

Japan eases export controls against SKorea ahead of summit

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Brewers, Lindblom finalize $9,125,000, 3-year contract

By ANDREW WAGNER - Associated Press

Lee Ho-hyeon, left, director-general for International Trade Policy at South Korea's Trade, Industry and Energy Ministry, shakes hands with Yoichi Iida, director-general of Japan's Trade Control Department before a director-general level meeting at the trade ministry in Tokyo Monday, Dec. 16, 2019. Senior officials from Japan and South Korea were holding talks Monday on high-tech exports for the first time since Tokyo tightened controls on South Korean semiconductor parts earlier this year. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan, South Korea hold export talks, seek dispute solution

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

People watch a TV screen showing a file image of a ground test of North Korea's rocket engine during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 9, 2019. North Korea said Sunday it carried out a &quot;very important test&quot; at its long-range rocket launch site that it reportedly rebuilt after having partially dismantled it after entering denuclearization talks with the United States last year. The sign reads: &quot;Very important test.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korea says North’s recent test was of rocket engine

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press