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Japanese lawmaker Fukushiro Nukaga, second left, and South Korean counterpart Suh Chung-won, second from right, shake hands at a hotel during a meeting in Tokyo, Tuesday, July 31, 2019. The lawmakers from South Korea held a lunch meeting with their Japanese counterparts during a visit to Tokyo on Wednesday. The gathering comes amid strained relations between Seoul and Tokyo after Japan recently tightened export controls for some high-tech materials. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan, SKorea lawmakers meet to ease row over trade, history

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

People watch a TV showing a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 31, 2019. North Korea on Wednesday fired several unidentified projectiles off its east coast, South Korea's military said, less than a week after the North launched two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea in a defiance of U.N. resolutions. The signs read: &quot;North Korea's missile is a bit different from the past.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Seoul: North Korea launches 2 short-range ballistic missiles

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 22, 2016, file photo, United States attacker Kaleigh Gilchrist moves the ball during a women's exhibition water polo match against Australia, in Los Angeles. Gilchrist was among the Americans who were injured when a balcony inside a nightclub in the southern city of Gwangju, South Korea collapsed on Saturday, July 27, 2019. Two people were killed and multiple athletes who were in Gwangju to compete in the world swimming championships were injured, officials said. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

US water polo player recalls balcony accident at worlds

By JAY COHEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 23, 2018, file photo, Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Hiroshige Seko, delivers a speech at the164th General Assembly of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) in Paris. Antagonisms between South Korea and Japan are already at the boiling point. They’re bound to deepen with Tokyo’s decision to expand controls over exports of sensitive materials by dropping its neighbor from a list of 27 countries granted preferential trade status. Seko said on Wednesday, July 24, 2019, he planned to go ahead and strip South Korea of its preferred status for export licensing. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

Japan-Korea trade spat to intensify with new export limits

By MARI YAMAGUCHI and ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press

A Russia-flagged fishing boat which was detained by North Korea, is seen at a port in Sokcho, South Korea, Sunday, July 28, 2019. Seoul says two South Koreans and 15 Russians have returned to South Korea about 10 days after their boat drifted into North Korean waters and was detained. (Lee Jong-geun/Yonhap via AP)

Seoul returns 3 North Koreans who crossed sea border in boat

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A Russia-flagged fishing boat which was detained by North Korea, is seen at a port in Sokcho, South Korea, Sunday, July 28, 2019. Seoul says two South Koreans and 15 Russians have returned to South Korea about 10 days after their boat drifted into North Korean waters and was detained. (Lee Jong-geun/Yonhap via AP)

SKoreans, Russians returned days after boat drifts to NKorea

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono meets with South Korean Ambassador to Japan Nam Gwan Pyo, front right, at foreign ministry in Tokyo Friday, July 19, 2019. Japan has summoned South Korea's ambassador to protest Seoul's refusal to join in an arbitration panel to settle a dispute over World War II labor. (Masanobu Kumagai/Kyodo News via AP)

Japan likely to tighten SKorean export curbs in late Aug

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

FILE - In this undated file photo provided on Tuesday, July 23, 2019, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, speaks while inspecting a newly built submarine to be deployed soon, at an unknown location in North Korea. North Korea fired two unidentified projectiles into the sea on Thursday, July 25, South Korea's military said, the first launches in more than two months as North Korean and U.S. officials work to restart nuclear diplomacy. 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, File)

N. Korea says missile test was warning to South ‘warmongers’

By FOSTER KLUG and HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

Japan to pursue SKorea trade curbs, citing lax trade control

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 27, 2018, file photo, a North Korean flag flutters in the wind atop a 160-meter tower in North Korea's village Gijungdongseen, as seen from the Taesungdong freedom village inside the demilitarized zone in Paju, South Korea. Seoul on Wednesday, July 24, 2019, says two South Koreans and 15 Russians have been held in North Korea for a week after their boat drifted into North Korean waters. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

2 S. Koreans, 15 Russians held in NKorea after boat drifts

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

This image released by Joint Staff, Ministry of Defense, shows Russian A-50 airborne early warning and control aircraft flying near the Korean-controlled island called Takeshima in Japanese Tuesday, July 23, 2019. Japan has protested to Russia for allegedly violating Japanese airspace and to South Korea for firing warning shots there. (Joint Staff, Ministry of Defense via AP)

Russia wants probe on alleged South Korea airspace violation

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

People watch a TV showing a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 25, 2019. North Korea fired two unidentified projectiles into the sea on Thursday, South Korea's military said, the first launches in more than two months as North Korean and U.S. officials work to restart nuclear diplomacy. The signs read: &quot;North Korea fired after May 9.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea fires missiles into sea in apparent pressure tactic

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

Acting Russian Ambassador to South Korea Maxim Volkov, left, and South Korean Deputy Minister for Political Affairs Yoon Soon-gu take their seats before their meeting at the Foreign ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, July 23, 2019. Yoon on Tuesday summoned Volkov to protest the countries' military jets entering South Korea's airspace. (Kim Sung-do/Yonhap via AP)

The Latest: US offers consults on future airspace incidents

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In this April 12, 2018, file photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks after reviewing the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) navy fleet in the South China Sea. (Li Gang/Xinhua via AP, File)

Chinese defense blueprint targets U.S. ‘unilateral policies’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A South Korean protester uses scissors to cut an image of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a rally denouncing the Japanese government's decision on their exports to South Korea in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, July 23, 2019. The signs read &quot;Punish economic aggression.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Colonial-era Korean laborers want Mitsubishi compensation

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In this June 8, 2018, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk together during a welcome ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. If Donald Trump is serious about his public courtship of Vladimir Putin, he may want to take pointers from one of the Russian leader's longtime suitors: Chinese President Xi Jinping. In this political love triangle, Putin and Xi are tied by strategic need and a rare dose of personal affection, while Trump's effusive display in Helsinki showed him as an earnest admirer of the man leading a country long considered America's adversary. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

South Korea confrontation highlights Russia-China alliance, growing threat to U.S.

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Acting Russian Ambassador to South Korea Maxim Volkov, left, and South Korean Deputy Minister for Political Affairs Yoon Soon-gu take their seats before their meeting at the Foreign ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, July 23, 2019. Yoon on Tuesday summoned Volkov to protest the countries' military jets entering South Korea's airspace. (Kim Sung-do/Yonhap via AP)

The Latest: Japan protests to Russia, SKorea over airspace

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CORRECTS DATE - South Korean police officers detain protesters in front of the Japanese consulate in Busan, South Korea, Monday, July 22, 2019. South Korean police say they've detained six people for allegedly illegally entering a Japanese diplomatic facility in South Korea. (Huh Kyung-min/Newsis via AP)

South Korea detains 6 for illegally entering Japan consulate

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

South Korean military soldiers wearing anti-chemical gears participate in a drill as a part of the Ulchi Taeguk exercises in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 29, 2019. The four-day Ulchi Taeguk exercises will include massive civilian evacuation drills and a South Korea-only military drill aimed at preparing for war situations and disasters. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

South Korea fires warning shots at Russia military planes

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In this file photo taken on Tuesday, May 7, 2019, A Russian Beriev A-50 airborne early warning and control training aircraft flies over Red Square during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia. South Korean air force jets fired 360 rounds of warning shots after a Russian military plane briefly violated South Korea's airspace twice on Tuesday, Seoul officials said, in the first such incident between the two countries. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)

South Korea fires 360 rounds of warning shots at Russian warplane

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press