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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)

The Latest: Trump wants North Korea sanctions to remain

Associated Press

Protesters celebrate after listening to a judgment during a rally demanding the abolition of abortion law outside of the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, April 11, 2019. South Korea's Constitutional Court has ruled that the country's decades-long ban on abortions is incompatible with the constitution, setting up a likely easing of restrictions. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

South Korean court orders easing of decades-old abortion ban

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

In this April 9, 2019, photo, Lee Dong Kil's daughter Lee Yoon Seol sits to celebrate her the 100th day of the birth at Lee's house in Daejeon, South Korea. Just two hours after Lees daughter was born on New Years Eve, the clock struck midnight, 2019 was ushered in, and the infant became 2-years-old. She wasnt alone, though it happened for her quicker than most: Every baby born in South Korea last year became 2 on Jan. 1.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korean babies born Dec. 31 become 2-year-olds next day

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

South Korean President Moon Jae-in waves before leaving for the United States at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, South Korea, Wednesday, April 10, 2019. Moon will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Moon Jae-in, South Korea president, aims to bridge divide between U.S., North Korea

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this July 5, 2018, file photo, Cho Yang-ho, the chairman of Korean Air Lines Co., arrives for hearing to review the prosecution's request for an arrest warrant on charges of embezzlement at the Seoul Southern District Court in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Cho Yang-ho, Korean Air boss, dies weeks after board removal over scandals

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

In this Thursday, April 4, 2019, photo, a house burns in Goseong, South Korea. The fire likely started Thursday night from a transformer spark near a resort in the town of Goseong in Gangwon province about 210 kilometers (130 miles) northeast of Seoul and then spread to the nearby mountains, according to Choi Jin-ho, a fire captain at Gangwon Fire Headquarters. (Lee Jong-geun/Yonhap via AP)

Firefighters extinguish most of South Korean forest blaze

By JUNG-YOON KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

In this Thursday, April 4, 2019 photo, a wildfire burns in Goseong, South Korea. A few people died and thousands were evacuated after strong winds fanned a large fire Friday burning in a mountainous South Korean province that hosted the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, officials said. (Lee Jong-geun/Yonhap via AP)

Coastal forest fire kills 2, destroys 120 homes in S. Korea

By JUNG-YOON KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un listens to President Donald Trump speak during a meeting, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, in Hanoi. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

North Korea courts Russia after Trump-Kim summit failure

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2018, file photo, South Korean army soldiers search for landmines inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas in Cheorwon, South Korea. South Korea's military on Monday, April 1, 2019, is separately searching for Korean War remains at the heavily armed inter-Korean border after North Korea ignored its calls to carry out a previously planned joint search. (Song Kyung-Seok/Pool Photo via AP. File)

S. Korea starts search for war remains, separate from North

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

In this Sept. 25, 2018, file photo, Gen. Robert Abrams, looks to the dais as he testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

US: North Korean nuke work ‘inconsistent’ with disarmament

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Illustration on the difficulties inherent in North Korean denuclearization by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Some denuclearization demands are unrealistic and will derail progress on Korean Peninsula

By Daniel L. Davis

In this Wednesday, March 20, 2019 photo, a police officer demonstrates mini-spy cameras installed at hair dryer, as he is shown on a screen, center rear, at a police station in Seoul, South Korea. South Korean police on Thursday, March 21, 2019, say they've arrested four people on suspicion of secretly filming about 1,600 guests in hotel rooms and posting or streaming the footage on the internet. The Korean National Police Agency said Thursday the four men are accused of installing mini-spy cameras in TV set-top boxes, hair dryers or electrical outlets in 42 rooms in 30 hotels throughout South Korea.(Yun Dong-jin/Yonhap via AP)

South Korea police accuse 4 of secretly filming hotel guests

Associated Press

A woman displays a banner showing a photo of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, right, to wish for peace on the Korean Peninsula, in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 19, 2019. International journalists' organizations have expressed concern over South Korea's press freedoms after the country's ruling party singled out a Bloomberg reporter over what it claimed was a &quot;borderline treacherous&quot; article insulting Moon, resulting in threats to the reporter's safety. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Concern raised over SKorean treatment of Bloomberg reporter

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

K-pop singer Jung Joon-young, center, arrives at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 14, 2019. Police have alleged Jung secretly filmed himself having sex with about 10 women and shared the footage with friends by a mobile messenger app. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

S. Korean police questioning 2 K-pop stars in sex scandals

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha, right, and U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Harry Harris exchange documents at Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 8, 2019. South Korea and the United States have formally signed a deal that increases Seoul's financial contribution for the deployment of U.S. troops in the Asian country. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, Pool)

S. Korea, US sign deal on Seoul paying more for US military

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

This satellite image provided by DigitalGlobe captured on March 2, 2019, and shows the launch tower at the Sohae Satellite Launch Facility in Tongchang-ri, North Korea. North Korea is restoring facilities at the long-range rocket launch site, which it dismantled last year as part of disarmament steps, according to foreign experts and a South Korean lawmaker who was briefed by Seoul's spy service. The finding follows a high-stakes nuclear summit last week between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump that ended without any agreement. (DigitalGlobe, a Maxar company, via AP)

Seoul: Increased vehicle movement at North Korea’s ICBM center

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

In this April 8, 2012, file photo, a soldier stands in front of the Unha-3 rocket at a launching site in Tongchang-ri, North Korea. North Korea is reportedly restoring facilities at its long-range rocket launch site that it had dismantled as part of disarmament steps last year. A major South Korean newspaper reports that the country's spy service gave such an assessment to lawmakers in a private briefing on Tuesday. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File)

North Korea said to be rebuilding structures at rocket site

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

A couple wearing masks ride a bicycle as the cityscape is covered with a thick haze of fine dust particles in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 5, 2019. South Korean Environment Ministry issued emergency fine dust reduction measures on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

S. Korea proposes rain project with China to clean Seoul air

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

In this March 12, 2016, file photo, Marines of the U.S., left, and South Korea, wearing blue headbands on their helmets, take positions after landing on a beach during the joint military combined amphibious exercise, called Ssangyong, part of the Key Resolve and Foal Eagle military exercises, in Pohang, South Korea. (Kim Jun-bum/Yonhap via AP) ** FILE **

US, South Korea end spring military drills to back diplomacy

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

South Korean President Moon Jae-in delivers a speech during a ceremony to mark the 100th anniversary of the March First Independence Movement Day, the anniversary of the 1919 uprising against Japanese colonial rule, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Undeterred by summit collapse, Moon vows closer North ties

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press