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Kim Jong Yang, the senior vice president of Interpol executive committee, speaks during a press conference in Changwon, South Korea. On Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2028, Interpol elected Kim Jong Yang as its president in a blow to Russian efforts at naming one of their own. (Kang Kyung-kook/Newsis via AP)

The Latest: Interpol chief: Neutrality key to organization

Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 30, 2015 file photo, college students hold portraits of the deceased former South Korean sex slaves who were forced to serve for the Japanese military in World War II, and lit candles during a rally against Japanese government in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea. South Korea says it will dissolve a foundation funded by Japan to compensate South Korean women who were forced to work in Japan's World War II military brothels. Seoul's Ministry of Gender Equality and Family said Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018, it will take legal steps to dissolve the foundation. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Seoul says it will close Japan-funded sex slavery foundation

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, smoke from an explosion rises at a North Korean guard post in North Korea, is seen from South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018. North Korea on Tuesday blew up some of its front-line guard posts as part of an agreement to ease tensions along its heavily fortified border with South Korea, Seoul's Defense Ministry said. (South Korea Defense Ministry via AP)

Seoul: North Korea destroys 10 guard posts to lower tensions

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaking during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

US sounds word of caution on expansion of Korea ties

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

Three North Korean soldiers look at the South side at the spot where a North Korean soldier crossed the border on Nov. 13, 2017, at the Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea, Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. South Korea is reportedly broadcasting into North Korea news of the recent escape of the North Korean soldier over the rivals' border as part of its psychological warfare against the North. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) ** FILE **

Oh Chong-song, North Korean defector: Youth have ‘no loyalty’ to Kim regime

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Members of the Honor Guard carry U.S. and South Korea flags after participating in the 2018 Security Consultative at the Pentagon, co-hosted by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and South Korea Minister of Defense Jeong Kyeong-doo, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Donald Trump presses Saudi Arabia, South Korea to pay more for U.S. defenses

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

South Korean army soldiers patrol along the barbed-wire fence in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Friday, Nov. 16, 2018. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed the successful test of &quot;a newly developed ultramodern tactical weapon,&quot; the nation's state media reported Friday, though it didn't describe what sort of weapon it was.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

A look at Americans who have been detained in North Korea

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

In this March 12, 2014, file photo, a North Korean soldier, center top, looks at the southern side as three South Korean soldiers guard at the border village of Panmunjom, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, South Korea. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File) **FILE**

North Korea deports American even as it boasts of new weapon

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

N.Korea official urges Japan to apologize over forced labor

Associated Press

This general view shows an explosion as part of the dismantling of a South Korean guard post in the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas in Cheorwon on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, as a North Korean guard post sits high in the upper left. (Jung Yeon-je/Pool Photo via AP)

South Korea dismantles guard posts with dynamite, excavators

By CHANG YONG JUN and HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2018 file photo, Kim Eun-jung, of South Korea, yells during their women's curling final in the Gangneung Curling Centre at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea. Five-member women's curling team accused former Korean Curling Federation (KCF) vice-president Kim Kyong-doo of verbal abuse and team coaches of giving unreasonable orders and subjecting their private lives to excessive control. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

S. Korea’s ‘Garlic Girls’ accuse coaches of derailing team

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

In this Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un waves after a parade for the 70th anniversary of North Korea's founding day in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

North Korea tests new weapon amid stalled nuclear diplomacy

By FOSTER KLUG and HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

Schwan’s Co. sold to South Korean company for $1.8 billion

Associated Press

In this Sept. 24, 2018, file photo, members of the Korean K-Pop group BTS attend a meeting at the United Nations high level event regarding youth during the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters. The agency for the South Korean band BTS on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, has apologized for a member wearing a T-shirt depicting the explosion of an atomic bomb.(AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

BTS’s agency apologizes over band member’s A-bomb shirt

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

In this Nov. 11, 2018 photo, South Korean soldiers prepare to load boxes of tangerines near South Korea's Air Force cargo plane C-130 at the Jeju International Airport on Jeju Island, South Korea. South Korea has airlifted thousands of boxes of tangerines to North Korea in return for the North's large shipments of pine mushrooms in September.(Park Ji-ho/Yonhap via AP)

S. Korea sends tangerines to North in return for mushrooms

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

In this Oct. 23, 2018, photo, local tourists walk on the trail at Mount Kumgang, North Korea. At the height of South Korea's policy of engagement with the North, the &quot;Diamond Mountain Resort&quot; area was a symbol of cooperation. More than 2 million South Korean tourists came to visit and some of the South's biggest corporations poured more than a billion dollars into what they hoped would be a world-class travel destination. Today it's almost deserted after Seoul suspended all travel to Kumgang following the fatal shooting of a South Korean tourist in 2008. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Kim’s wooing of investors and slow-walk on nukes bares rift

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

In this June 12, 2018, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, right, stands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Sentosa Island in Singapore. North Korea and the United States are trying to revive stalled diplomacy meant to rid the North of its nuclear weapons. There was much talk of the possibility of success following a meeting in June between Trump and Kim, but in the months since there has been little to quiet skeptics who believe the North will never give up weapons it has described as necessary to counter a hostile Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

South Korean minister: US says N. Korea canceled meeting

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Roh Tae-kang, right, South Korea's vice minister of culture and sports, shakes hands with his North Korean counterpart Won Kil U while posing for a photo during a meeting at the inter-Korean liaison office in Kaesong, North Korea, Friday, Nov. 2, 2018. North and South Korea agreed to officially inform the International Olympic Committee of their intent to co-host the 2032 Summer Olympics. (Korea Pool/Yonhap via AP)

Koreas to inform IOC of intent to co-host 2032 Games

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

South Korean Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Kim Myeongsu, top center, sits with other justices upon their arrival at the Supreme Court in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018. South Korea's top court has ruled that people can legally reject mandatory military service on conscientious or religious grounds and must not be punished. (Yun Dong-jin/Yonhap via AP)

S. Korean court upholds conscientious objection to military

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

S. Korea’s Moon: N. Korean leader Kim to visit Seoul ‘soon’

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press