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FILE - In this June 12, 2018, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump reaches to shake hands with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Stephen Biegun preps North Korea economic package to reward Kim Jong-un denuclearization

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 2, 2019, photo, South Korean adoptee Adam Crapser speaks during an interview in Seoul, South Korea. Crasper was deported from the U.S. four decades after his adoption by American parents is suing the Seoul government and a private adoption agency over what he calls gross negligence. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Adam Crapser, adoptee deported by U.S., sues South Korea, agency

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

South Korea's forward Son Heung-Min. in action during the AFC Asian Cup round of 16 soccer match between South Korea and Bahrain at the Rashid Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

South Korea, Australia, Japan aiming to improve at Asian Cup

By JOHN DUERDEN - Associated Press

In this Jan. 2, 2019, photo, South Korean adoptee Adam Crapser speaks during an interview in Seoul, South Korea. Crasper was deported from the U.S. four decades after his adoption by American parents is suing the Seoul government and a private adoption agency over what he calls gross negligence. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

AP Exclusive: Adoptee deported by US sues S. Korea, agency

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Korea, Japan, Australia aiming to improve at Asian Cup

By JOHN DUERDEN - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019, photo, Choi Young-ae, head of the National Human Rights Commission, speaks on human rights conditions in sports circles during a press conference in Seoul, South Korea. South Korea's human rights commission plans to interview possibly thousands of athletes about a culture of abuse in sports after a wave of female athletes came forward to say they had been raped or assaulted by their coaches. (Choe Dong-jun/Newsis via AP)

South Korea human rights body to investigate abuse in sports

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2016, file photo, first place finisher Shim Suk-hee, from South Korea, races during the women's 1,500-meter finals at a World Cup short track speedskating event at the Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns, Utah. More South Korean female skaters are saying they have been sexually abused by their coaches following explosive claims by two-time Olympic champion Shim that she had been raped by her former coach since she was a teen, according to group representing athletes on Monday, Jan. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

More sexual abuse claims rock South Korean skating

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

First place finisher Shim Suk-hee, from South Korea, celebrates following the women's 1,500-meter finals at a World Cup short track speedskating event at the Utah Olympic Oval on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016, in Kearns, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Shim Suk-hee raped by South Korea Olympic coach

Associated Press

FILE - In this July 26, 2015, file photo, North Koreans look at paintings on display in Pyongyang, North Korea. South Korea says on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019, it has stopped businessmen from bringing in North Korean paintings in a potential violation of UN sanctions. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

South Korea stops paintings brought from North Korea

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - 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. South Korea has stopped calling North Korea an &quot;enemy&quot; in its biennial defense document published Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019 in an apparent effort to continue reconciliation with Pyongyang. The development comes as U.S. and North Korean leaders are looking to set up their second summit to defuse an international standoff over the North's nuclear program. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

South Korea defense report doesn’t refer to North as enemy

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

In this June 12, 2018, photo, U.S. President Donald Trump (left) and North Korea leader Kim Jong-un walk from their lunch at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore. (Associated Press) **FILE**

South Korean envoy anticipates second U.S.-North Korea summit

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2018, file photo, victims of Japan's forced labor and their family members arrive at the Supreme Court in Seoul, South Korea. A South Korean district court said Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019, it has decided to freeze the local assets of a Japanese company involved in compensation disputes for wartime Korean laborers. The sign reads &quot; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries apologize and compensate victims.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

S. Korea orders seizure of Japan assets over forced labor

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

FILE - This March 20, 2018, file photo made available Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019 by the Parish of Farra di Soligo, shows North Korea's acting ambassador to Italy Jo Song Gil, center, holding a model of &quot;Bell of Peace of Rovereto&quot; during a cultural event on the occasion of a visit of the North Korean delegation to the Veneto region, in San Pietro di Feletto, near Treviso, northern Italy. Jo who South Korea’s spy agency says has gone into hiding along with his wife, appears to be the latest member of the North’s elite to abandon the secretive totalitarian state. The North, which touts itself as a socialist paradise, is extremely sensitive about defections, especially among its elite, and has previously insisted that they are South Korean or U.S. plots to undermine its government. Flanked by Jon are don Brunone De Toffol, parish priest of Farra di Soligo, left, and Senator Valentino Perin, right. (Parish of Farra di Soligo via AP, File)

A look at high-profile defections from North Korea

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

An external view of the North Korean embassy in Rome, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2018. North Korea's acting ambassador to Italy, Jo Song Gil, went into hiding with his wife in November, South Korea's spy agency told lawmakers in Seoul on Thursday. (AP Photo/Gianfranco Stara)

The Latest: Defector: Missing NKorean from prominent family

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. South Korea's spy agency on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, has told lawmakers that North Korea's acting ambassador to Italy Jo Song Gil went into hiding with his wife in November. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

North Korean envoy to Italy vanishes _ did he defect?

By FRANCES D'EMILIO and KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Tottenham Hotspur's Son Heung-min takes a shot to score his side's third goal of the game against Cardiff, during their English Premier League soccer match at Cardiff City Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, Tuesday Jan. 1, 2019. (Mark Kerton/PA via AP)

Son ‘sad’ and ‘sorry’ to be leaving Tottenham for Asian Cup

Associated Press

In this undated image from video distributed on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019, by North Korean broadcaster KRT, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a speech in North Korea. North Korean leader Kim says he hopes to extend his high-stakes nuclear summitry with President Donald Trump into 2019, but also warns Washington not to test North Koreans' patience with sanctions and pressure. (KRT via AP)

Kim ready to talk more with Trump but says not to test North

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 1, 2018, file photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers his New Year's speech at an undisclosed place in North Korea. Kim Jong Un will be keeping North Korea watchers busy on New Year’s Day, when he is expected to give his annual speech laying out the country’s top priorities for the year ahead. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

Kim Jong Un expected to ring in 2019 with big policy speech

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

In this June 1, 2018, file photo, South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon, center, speaks to the media before leaving for the border village of Panmunjom to attend South and North Korean meeting, at the Office of the South Korea-North Korea Dialogue in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Seoul says personal info of 1,000 North Korean defectors stolen

Associated Press

In this image made from video released Friday, Dec. 28, 2018, by the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force, a South Korean naval warship is seen as it allegedly locks its fire-control radar on a Japanese warplane Friday, Dec. 21, 2018, in the disputed waters north of Japan. (Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force via AP)

Japan shows video of alleged radar lock-on by SKorea warship

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press