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In this undated photo provided on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019 by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, front center, poses with pilots during his inspection of a flight demonstration of military aircraft at an airfield in 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)

North Korea’s Kim attends military air show, lauds pilots

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper, right, talks with South Korean Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo upon his arrival for the 51st Security Consultative Meeting (SCM) at Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Esper says S Korea wealthy enough to pay more for US troops

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2018, file photo, local tourists walk on the trail at Mount Kumgang, known as Diamond Mountain, in North Korea. North Korea on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, said it issued an ultimatum to South Korea that it will tear down South Korean-made hotels and other facilities at the North’s Diamond Mountain resort if the South continues to ignore its demands to come and clear them out. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File)

North Korea says it issued ultimatum to South over resort

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Protesters stage a rally to oppose a visit by U.S. Secretary for Defense Mark Esper in front of the Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. The sign reads &quot;We demand to abolish the General Security of Military Information Agreement, or GSOMIA, an intelligence-sharing agreement between South Korea and Japan.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Japan, S Korean envoys, execs discuss ways to cool tensions

Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2019, file photo, U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper talks to the media with Qatar Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Khalid Al Attiyah at the Pentagon in Washington. Barely four months into his tenure, Esper is making his second trek across the Pacific. And yet it is the Middle East – most recently a near-war with Iran and an actual war in Syria – that in Washington commands more attention and demands more American troops. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) ** FILE **

Esper: US could alter military drills to boost NKorea talks

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Former South Korean comfort woman Lee Ok-seon, center, leaves the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019. A Seoul court on Wednesday began hearing a long-awaited civil case filed against the Japanese government by South Korean women who were forced to work in Japan's World War II military brothels. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korean court begins trial over Japan’s sexual slavery

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, shakes hands with U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, left, prior to their talks at the Abe's office in Tokyo Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. (Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan, US say 3-way ties with S. Korea are key to security

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Jason Day of Australia watches his tee shot on the 11th hole during the first round of the Zozo Championship PGA Tour at the Accordia Golf Narashino country club in Inzai, east of Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Els adds 2 more Presidents Cup rookies with captain’s picks

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press

South Korean Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo answers a lawmaker's question about North Koreans' deportation during a defense committee meeting at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. South Korea says it has deported 2 North Koreans after finding they had killed 16 fellow fishermen onboard and fled to South Korea. (Kim Ju-hyung/Yonhap via AP)

South Korea deports North Koreans who fled after killing 16

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

In this photo provided by South Korea Presidential Blue House, South Korean President Moon Jae-in, center right, talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center left, ahead of the ASEAN+3 Summit in Nonthaburi, Thailand, Monday, Nov. 4, 2019. (South Korea Presidential Blue House via AP)

US official says Moon-Abe meeting was ‘encouraging sign’

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 27, 2019, file photo, Charles Howell III drives during the first round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic golf tournament, in Detroit. Howell turned the Asian swing on the PGA Tour into a five-week working vacation to let his two elementary-school children see more of the world. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Charles Howell III takes family on ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ trip

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press

People watch a TV showing a file image of an unspecified North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. South Korea's military said North Korea on Thursday fired two projectiles toward its eastern sea, an apparent resumption of weapons tests aimed at ramping up pressure on Washington over a stalemate in nuclear negotiations. The sign reads: &quot;North Korea fired two projectiles.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea fires 2 missiles in the sea amid stalled talks

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

North’s Kim sends condolences to Moon over mother’s death

Associated Press

South Korea's Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon, left, shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe prior to their meeting at Abe's official residence in Tokyo, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019. Abe held talks with Lee in a first high-level meeting amid tension between the two neighbors over trade and wartime history. Lee, known as Japan expert, attended Emperor Naruhito’s enthronement ceremony Tuesday and was expected to propose improving ties. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Abe, S. Korean premier agree to keep talking to mend ties

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

File-This May 6, 2015, file photo shows Mike Whan, Commissioner of the LPGA during a golf industry news conference at The Players Championship golf tournament in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Whan brought a different perspective Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019, at the LPGA Tour’s new BMW Ladies Championship in South Korea. Prize money for the women is growing at a rate Whan didn't think possible when he took over as commissioner in 2010. It's also growing for the men. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

Whan sees strength in growth, not gap, of LPGA prize money

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2011, file photo, South Korean invested villas line the coastline of the Mount Kumgang resort, also known as Diamond Mountain, in North Korea. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered the destruction of South Korean-made hotels and other tourist facilities at the North's Diamond Mountain resort, apparently because Seoul won't defy international sanctions and resume South Korean tours at the site, Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency said Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Kim orders South’s buildings at resort in North be destroyed

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2019, file photo, the character Everest from the film &quot;Abominable&quot; appears on the red carpet on day three of the Toronto International Film Festival at Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto. The animated movie &quot;Abominable&quot; will skip Malaysian theaters after producers decided against cutting out a scene showing a map supporting Chinese claims to the disputed South China Sea. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

In this Friday, Oct. 18, 2019, photo, a detained college student shouts a slogan into a police bus in front of the U.S. ambassador's residence in Seoul, South Korea. South Korean police said Saturday, Oct. 19, they beefed up security at the U.S. ambassador's residence in Seoul after a group of anti-American students used ladders to break into the compound. The sign reads &quot;Stop&quot; (Chun Jin-hwan/Newsis via AP)

Seoul police up security after rally at US envoy residence

By BY KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

South Korean national soccer team player Son Heung-min answers a reporter's question upon his arrival after the soccer match against North Korea, at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. North Korea held South Korea to a 0-0 draw Tuesday in a World Cup qualifying soccer match played in an empty stadium in Pyongyang, but specific details of the game weren't immediately available. South Korean soccer officials were unable to watch a telecast of the historic game at Kim Il Sung Stadium and South Korean spectators and media were denied entry. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

South Korean soccer team tells of ‘rough’ match in Pyongyang

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2019, file photo, backhoes prepare to dig a pit to bury culled pigs at a farm in Paju, South Korea. South Korea on Tuesday, Oct. 15, is deploying snipers, installing traps and flying drones along the rivals' tense border to kill wild boars that some experts say may have spread the animal disease from north to south. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

North Korea seen as weak link as swine fever spreads in Asia

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