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Kim You-geun, deputy director of South Korea's presidential national security office speaks at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019. South Korea says it is canceling an intelligence-sharing pact with Japan amid a bitter trade dispute with its Asian neighbor. (Bae Jae-man/Yonhap via AP)

South Korea cancels Japan intelligence deal amid trade dispute

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

President Donald Trump talks with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and views North Korea from the Korean Demilitarized Zone from Observation Post Ouellette at Camp Bonifas in South Korea, Sunday, June 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Pentagon slams South Korean president for ending intel-sharing agreement with Japan

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Chinese Communist Party guidelines dated June 12 "forbid any positive reports on the Hong Kong people's appeals for democracy and freedom." (Associated Press/File)

Ties to China shape cautious reaction to Hong Kong protests

By LORI HINNANT - Associated Press

South Korean Unification Minister Kim Yeon-chul, right, and U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun, left, talk during their meeting at a government complex in downtown Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019. The United States is ready to restart nuclear negotiations with North Korea, a senior U.S. diplomat said Wednesday, a day after U.S. and South Korean militaries ended their regular drills that North Korea calls an invasion rehearsal. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Stephen Biegun North Korea nuclear negotiation aims for working level talks

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

U.S. special envoy for North Korea Stephen Biegun, left, pose with his South Korean counterpart Lee Do-hoon during their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019. (Kim Hong-Ji/Pool Photo via AP)

US says it’s ready to resume nuclear talks with North Korea

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

People watch a TV news program reporting about North Korea's firing projectiles with a file image at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 16, 2019. South Korea's military said Friday North Korea fired more projectiles into the sea to extend a recent streak of weapons tests believed to be aimed at pressuring Washington and Seoul over slow nuclear diplomacy. The letters read on the top &quot;North Korea, fired two unidentified projectiles.&quot; (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

N. Korean missile tests fly in the face of Bolton warnings

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Friday, Aug. 16, 2019, photo provided Saturday, Aug. 17, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, watches the test firing of an unspecified new weapon at an undisclosed location in North Korea. North Korea on Saturday said leader Kim supervised another test-firing of an unspecified new weapon that extended a streak of weapons demonstrations seen as an attempt to pressure Washington and Seoul over slow nuclear negotiations and their joint military exercises. 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 expresses ‘great satisfaction’ over NKorea weapons tests

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

People watch a TV news program reporting about North Korea's firing projectiles with a file image at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 16, 2019. South Korea's military said Friday North Korea fired more projectiles into the sea to extend a recent streak of weapons tests believed to be aimed at pressuring Washington and Seoul over slow nuclear diplomacy. The letters read on the top &quot;North Korea, fired two unidentified projectiles.&quot; (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

North Korea fires more projectiles, rules out talks with South

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

People watch a TV screen showing a live broadcast of South Korean President Moon Jae-in's speech during a ceremony to celebrate the Korean Liberation Day, marking the 74th anniversary of Korea's liberation from the Japanese colonial rule, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019. The signs read: &quot;Korean Liberation Day.&quot;(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

S. Korea’s Moon calls for talks to end trade row with Japan

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

In this In this July 21, 2019 file photo, a speedboat of Iran's Revolutionary Guard trains a weapon toward the British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero, which was seized in the Strait of Hormuz on July 19 by the Guard, in the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas. (Morteza Akhoondi/Tasnim News Agency via AP, File)

South Korea naval mission to Mideast could join U.S. armada

By Maggie Garred - The Washington Times

South Korean Trade Minister Sung Yun-mo speaks during a press conference at the government complex in Sejong, South Korea, Monday, Aug. 12, 2019. South Korea says it has decided to remove Japan from a list of nations receiving preferential treatment in trade in what was seen as a retaliatory move to Tokyo's recent decision to downgrade Seoul's trade status. (Jin Sung-chul/Yonhap via AP)

South Korea to remove Japan from preferred trade list

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019, file photo, visitors watch the North side from the Imjingak Pavilion in Paju, South Korea. U.N. experts say they are investigating at least 35 instances in 17 countries of North Koreans using cyberattacks to illegally raise money for its nuclear program, and they are calling for sanctions against ships providing gasoline and diesel to the country. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

UN probing 35 North Korean cyberattacks in 17 countries

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

In this July 25, 2019, file photo provided on Friday, July 26, 2019, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un watches a missile test in North Korea. 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)

North Korea slams U.S.-South Korea military drills

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Protesters with "No, Abe!" signs chat slogans during a rally outside Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's residence in Tokyo Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019. More than 100 people staged a rally to urge the government to reverse the recent downgrading of South Korea's trade status and to apologize for wartime atrocities in an effort fix rapidly souring relations. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

South Korea-Japan trade dispute creates China, Russia opportunities

By Maggie Garred - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump talks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, Aug. 9, 2019, in Washington, as he prepares to leave Washington for his annual August holiday at his New Jersey golf club. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump: Kim wants to meet again, apologized for missile tests

By JILL COLVIN - Associated Press

President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the border village of Panmunjom in Demilitarized Zone, South Korea, Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Trump says North Korea’s Kim apologized for missile tests, wants to meet soon

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this image made from video of a still image broadcasted by North Korea's KRT on Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, watches test firings of an unspecified new weapons system at an undisclosed location in North Korea. North Korea said Sunday leader Kim supervised the test-firings, which extended a streak of launches that are seen as an attempt to build leverage ahead of negotiations with the United States while driving a wedge between Washington and Seoul.(KRT via AP Video)

N. Korea says Kim supervised weapons tests, criticizes Seoul

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

South Korean President Moon Jae-in, right, gestures to U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper, left, during a meeting at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 9, 2019. Esper arrived in South Korea on Thursday for a two-day visit to discuss regional security and other alliance issues. (Han Sang-kyun/Yonhap via AP)

Mark Esper, defense secretary, prods South Korea to join Persian Gulf mission

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 7, 2019, photo, South Korean protesters hold signs during a rally demanding the abolition of the General Security of Military Information Agreement, or GSOMIA, an intelligence-sharing agreement between South Korea and Japan in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul, South Korea. South Korea has threatened to end the military intelligence sharing agreement with Japan as their tensions escalate over export controls. The agreement, known as GSOMIA, is a symbol of the countries’ trilateral security cooperation with their ally United States in the region. The letters read &quot;Abolition of the General Security of Military Information Agreement between South Korea and Japan.&quot; (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Seoul and Tokyo’s trade war puts military pact at stake

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Japanese official daily gazette, mentioning a decision by the Cabinet last Friday to drop South Korea from a list of countries granted preferred trade status becoming official Wednesday, and will take effect on Aug. 28, is seen in Tokyo Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. Japan's government spokesman says his country's downgrading of South Korea's trade status is not intended as retaliation for disputes over court rulings ordering Japanese companies pay compensation for their treatment of Korean laborers during World War II. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japan OKs 1st export to South Korea under new trade curbs

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press