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Residents of Pyongyang, North Korea gather in a plaza outside the city’s main train station to watch the news of South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s visit on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2018. Though images of Moon’s arrival had been aired around the world the day before, the first footage was delayed by a day in the North. (AP Photo/Eric Talmadge)

AP Analysis: In North and South Korea, 2 views of summit

By ERIC TALMADGE and FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

South Korean President Moon Jae-in, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hold documents after signing at the Paekhwawon State Guesthouse in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018. This week's inter-Korean summit talks ended with a set of sweeping agreements on denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, reducing a military standoff and other reconciliation issues. (Pyongyang Press Corps Pool via AP)

The Latest: Moon, Kim visit crater lake on Mount Paektu

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South Korean President Moon Jae-in, third from left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, third from right, pose for photograph with South Korean delegation at Okryu-Gwan restaurant in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018. (Pyongyang Press Corps Pool via AP)

Koreas’ leaders agree on military, nuclear steps

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

In this image made from video provided by Korea Broadcasting System (KBS), South Korean President Moon Jae-in, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pose after signing documents in Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018.(Korea Broadcasting System via AP)

The Latest: Trump welcomes ‘tremendous progress’ with NKorea

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (right) toasts with South Korean president Moon Jae-in during a welcome banquet in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Tuesday. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Pyongyang summit puts pressure on South Korea’s Moon Jae-in to deliver

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his wife Kim Jung-sook leave the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea to the airport for a visit to Pyongyang, North Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. (Pyongyang Press Corps Pool via AP)

Striking images captured on 1st day of Korean summit talks

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

South Korean President Moon Jae-in, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un wave from a car during a parade through a street in Pyongyang, North Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. (Pyongyang Press Corps Pool via AP)

Summit may be the grand theater Kim needs to show his people

By FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, right, wave during a welcoming ceremony at Sunan International Airport in Pyongyang in North Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. (Pyongyang Press Corps Pool via AP)

Kim agrees to dismantle main nuke site if US takes steps too

By ERIC TALMADGE and KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2007, file photo, South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, right, shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, left, in Pyongyang, North Korea. In pursuing engagement with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to defuse a nuclear crisis, South Korean President Moon Jae-in is also looking to bolster the legacy of his late friend and political mentor, former President Roh Moo-hyun, whose ambitious efforts to build trust with North Korea crumbled as it began building its nuclear arsenal a decade ago. (Korea Pool/Yonhap via AP, File)

Unfinished business: Moon’s summit dreams echo late mentor

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2018, file photo, a man walks by a &quot;Peace&quot; sign before a ceremony to celebrate Korean Liberation Day in Seoul, South Korea. At the heart of the current impasse in nuclear diplomacy with North Korea is a seemingly straightforward demand by both North and South Korea for an end to the Korean War. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

AP looks at the Koreas’ push for formal end to Korean War

By FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2017, file photo, South Korean singer Ailee poses for photos on the red carpet of the Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) in Hong Kong. South Korean President Moon Jae-in heads to his meeting with North Korea’s leader with a huge civilian entourage including the third-generation heir of South Korea’s largest business group and a Colorado-born pop diva nicknamed the “Korean Beyonce.” (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Moon’s traveling entourage includes CEOs, ‘Korean Beyonce’

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

South Koreans wave their national flags during a rally to wish for the successful inter-Korean summit near the presidential Blue House in Seoul, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Monday that he will push for &quot;irreversible, permanent peace,&quot; and for better dialogue between Pyongyang and Washington, during &quot;heart-to-heart&quot; talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this week. The signs read: &quot; Denuclearization.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Kim, Moon start possibly most challenging Korean summit yet

By ERIC TALMADGE and HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks during a cabinet meeting at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. A senior South Korean official on Monday played down the chance that this week's inter-Korean summit will result in major progress in efforts to rid North Korea of its nuclear program. (Hwang Gwang-mo/Yonhap via AP)

The Latest: UK urges N. Korea to take steps to denuclearize

Associated Press

This Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, photo shows the Arch of Reunification, a monument to symbolize the hope for eventual reunification of the two Koreas, in Pyongyang, North Korea. While Pyongyang's talks with Washington over the future of Kim Jong Un's nuclear arsenal have bogged down, South Korean President Moon Jae-in is pushing hard to link the roads and railways of the two Koreas and to help improve the North's often decrepit infrastructure. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

When Moon meets Kim: Can roads pave way to denuclearization?

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 27, 2018 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in raise their hands after signing a joint statement at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea. President Moon faces his toughest challenge yet in his third summit with Kim in Pyongyang, where he will be pressed to deliver substantive agreements beyond the vague aspirational statements on denuclearization that have been repeated in past months. (Korea Summit Press Pool via AP, File)

Moon faces toughest challenge yet in 3rd summit with Kim

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

President Donald Trump talks to reporters while in flight from Billings, Mont., to Fargo, N.D., Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump: Doubling of China trade tariffs ‘ready to go’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 12, 2018 file photo, North Korea leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands at the conclusion of their meetings at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore. The newly appointed U.S. special envoy for North Korea will make his first diplomatic trip abroad next week in the Trump administration’s latest effort to press for progress in uncertain denuclearization talks. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

Book on Trump raises worries in South Korea about alliance

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

FILE - In this Oct. 27, 1979, file photo, people walk beside a South Korean army tank after martial law was declared following the death of South Korean President Park Chung-hee in Seoul, South Korea. Former Associated Press photojournalist Kim Chonkil, whose images captured South Korea's turbulent transition from dictatorship to democracy, has died. He was 89. Kim's son, Kim Kuchul, confirmed he died in New York on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Kim Chonkil, File)

Former AP photojournalist Kim Chonkil dies at age 89

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, photo, South Korean President Moon Jae-in smiles as he presides over a meeting to make preparations for upcoming summit between South and North Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea, from Sept. 18-20 at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea. Moon said Friday, Sept. 7, that he's pushing for &quot;irrevocable progress&quot; on efforts to rid North Korea of its nukes by the end of this year as he prepares for his third summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (Hwang Gwang-mo/Yonhap via AP)

SKorea seeks ‘irrevocable progress’ on nukes by year’s end

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KEN THOMAS - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, photo provided on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, by South Korea Presidential Blue House via Yonhap News Agency, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un receives the letter from South Korean President Moon Jae-in from South Korean National Security Director Chung Eui-yong, left, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (South Korea Presidential Blue House/Yonhap via AP)

Kim Jong-un North Korea denuclearization an effort to secure legitimacy

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times