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In this June 3, 2016, file photo, South Korean actress Song Hye-kyo, right, and actor Song Joong-ki pose as they arrive for the Baeksang Arts Awards in Seoul, South Korea. South Korean star couple Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-kyo on Thursday, June 27, 2019, are seeking a divorce to end their celebrity marriage of less than two years. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

South Korea’s ‘Song-Song’ couple seek divorce, stunning fans

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President Donald Trump walks with South Korean President Moon Jae-In to the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, April 11, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Moon Jae-in pressures Trump on Kim Jong Un nuclear results

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday, June 26, 2019, photo, South Korean Unification Minister Kim Yeon-chul listens to a question during a group interview at a hotel in Seoul, South Korea. The U.S. and North Korea both feel the need to resume diplomacy and are trying to narrow their differences for new summit talks, Kim said as he contrasted their efforts with the tensions surrounding Iran's collapsing nuclear accord. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Seoul sees US, NKorea diplomacy as contrast to Iran tensions

By ADAM SCHRECK and HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

In this undated file photo provided on Sunday, June 23, 2019, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un reads a letter from U.S. President Donald Trump. South Korea's President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday, June 25, 2019, said North Korean and U.S. officials are holding &quot;behind-the-scenes talks&quot; to set up a third summit between the countries' leaders. 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)

Seoul: U.S., North Korea in talks to set up 3rd Trump-Kim summit

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

FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2019, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un take a walk after their first meeting at the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi hotel, in Hanoi, Vietnam. South Korea's president Moon Jae-in on Tuesday, June 25, 2019, said North Korean and U.S. officials are holding &quot;behind-the-scenes talks&quot; to set up a third summit between the countries' leaders. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

North Korea demands South Korea stop mediating nuclear talks

Associated Press

South Korean President Moon Jae-in, right, shakes hands with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a meeting at the presidential Blue House, Wednesday, June 26, 2019, in Seoul, South Korea. Bin Salman is visiting South Korea for two days - the first time by an heir to the throne of Saudi Arabia since 1998. (Chung Sung-Jun/Pool Photo via AP)

Saudi Arabia vows to help S. Korea if oil supplies disrupted

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South Korean Unification Minister Kim Yeon-chul speaks during a press conference at the government complex in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, June 19, 2019. South Korea says it plans to send 50,000 tons of rice to North Korea through the World Food Program in its second aid package announced over the past month as it looks to help with the North's food shortages and improve bilateral relations. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korea to send 50,000 tons of rice to North Korea

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

In this Jan. 8, 2019, file photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Xi said North Korea is taking the &quot;right direction&quot; by politically resolving issues on the Korean Peninsula in a rare op-ed published by a North Korean state newspaper Wednesday, June 19, 2019, a day before Xi visits Pyongyang to meet Kim. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

Xi Jinping supports North Korea’s direction on issues ahead of visit

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

In this June 12, 2019, photo, North Korean soldiers look at the South side as a South Korean soldier, foreground right, stands during a press tour at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea. South Korea says two of four North Korean fishermen who were rescued off a boat drifting in South Korean waters will remain in the country after expressing their desire to defect. Seoul's Unification Ministry on Tuesday, June 18, 2019 said the two other fishermen were sent back to North Korea through the inter-Korean village. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Seoul: 2 North Korean fishermen defect to South Korea

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Yutaka Katada, president of Kokuka Sangyo Co., the Japanese company operating one of two oil tankers attacked near the Strait of Hormuz, shows a photo of the attacked oil tanker during a news conference Friday, June 14, 2019, in Tokyo. Iran rejects a U.S. accusation against Tehran over suspected attacks on two oil tankers near the strategic Strait of Hormuz. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Middle East attack jolts oil-import dependent Asia

By FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 15, 2000, file photo, from left in front row; former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, and former South Korean First Lady Lee Hee-ho, hold hands as they sing a song titled &quot;We Are Hoping For Reunification&quot; at the Baekhwawon Guest House in Pyongyang during a luncheon party Thursday, June 15, 2000. (AP Photo/KOREA POOL/YONHAP, File)

N. Korea sends condolences for former S. Korean first lady

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

France players celebrate at the end of the Women's World Cup Group A soccer match between France and South Korea at the Parc des Princes in Paris, Friday, June 7, 2019. France won 4-0. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Host France opens World Cup with a 4-0 win over South Korea

By ANNE M. PETERSON - Associated Press

In this June 3, 2019, photo, Health officials spray disinfectant solution as a precaution against African swine fever near a pig farm in Incheon, South Korea. South Korea is concerned North Korea is ignoring its calls for joint efforts to stem the spread of highly contagious African swine fever following an outbreak in North Korea. (Yun Tae-hyun/Yonhap via AP)

Seoul: NKorea ignores calls for joint African swine efforts

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

In this Monday, June 3, 2019, photo provided on Tuesday, June 4, 2019, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, center, waves with his wife Ri Sol-ju, center left, during the grand gymnastics and artistic performance at the May Day Stadium in Pyongyang. The woman next to Ri Sol-ju appears to be Kim's sister, Kim Yo-jong, who state media said attended the performance. 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 Yo-jong, Kim Jong-un’s sister, back in public eye at North Korea’s mass games

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, left, meets with South Korean Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo, center, during a ministerial luncheon on the sidelines of the 18th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-la Dialogue, an annual defense and security forum in Asia, in Singapore, Saturday, June 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Yong Teck Lim)

S. Korea urges restraint after North’s missile test

By ANNABELLE LIANG - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 29, 2009, file photo, a South Korean farmer sprays disinfectant against a possible swine flu outbreak at a port farm in Paju, South Korea. South Korea is scrambling to prevent the spread of the highly contagious African swine fever on its pig herds after North Korea confirmed an outbreak at a farm near its border with China. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Lee Jung-hoon, File)

Seoul: North Korea confirms African swine fever outbreak

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 16, 2014, file photo, South Korean rescue helicopters fly over South Korean ferry Sewol, trying to rescue passengers from the ship in waters off Jindo, South Korea. The deadly sinking of a boat in Hungary carrying South Korean tourists on Thursday, May 30, 2019, is touching a nerve in South Korea, where many are still traumatized over a 2014 ferry sinking that killed more than 300 people, mostly school kids. That grief is compounded by some South Korean tour agents and travelers' claims that there have long been worries over safety at the site where the collision happened. (Yonhap via AP, File)

Tour boat sinking revives memories of SKorea ferry disaster

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

A rescue boat searches for victims late Wednesday, May 29, 2019, after a tourist boat crashed with a river cruise boat, in River Danube in Budapest. The boat capsized and sunk in the river Wednesday evening, with dozens of people on board, including passengers and crew, Hungarian media reported.(Peter Lakatos/MTI via AP)

The Latest: Police take cruise ship captain into custody

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Responders sit in a rubber dinghy preparing for the search of victims next to a landing dock after a tourist boat crashed with another ship late Wednesday, May 29, 2019. The boat capsized and sunk in the Danube River Wednesday evening, May 29, 2019, in Budapest, with dozens of people on board, including passengers and crew, Hungarian media reported. (Zsolt Szigetvary/MTI via AP)

7 dead, 21 missing after South Korean tour boat sinks in Hungary

By Pablo Gorondi and Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

In this Friday, May 24, 2019, file photo, U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton is surrounded by reporters at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan. North Korea on Monday, May 27, 2019, has called U.S. National Security Adviser Bolton a &quot;war monger&quot; and &quot;defective human product&quot; after he called the North's recent tests of short-range missile a violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions. (Yohei Kanasashi/Kyodo News via AP, File)

North Korea calls John Bolton ‘war monger’ over missile comment

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press