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South Korea to probe military plan to quell Park protests

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

FILE - In this June. 12, 2018, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, right, stands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a meeting on Sentosa Island, in Singapore. Diplomacy aimed at ending the North Korean nuclear crisis has produced little tangible progress since the historic June 12 summit between Trump and Kim. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Nuclear talks: What US and North Korea want from each other

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

In this July 4, 2018, photo, South and North Korean players of Team Prosperity wave as they arrive to play in a friendly basketball game at Ryugyong Jong Ju Yong Gymnasium in Pyongyang, North Korea. Their uniforms read: &quot; Prosperity.&quot; (Korea Pool via AP)

Fate of inter-Korean detente hangs on US-North nuclear talks

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

This Aug. 29, 2017, photo by the North Korean government shows what was said to be the test launch of a Hwasong-12 intermediate-range missile in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP) **FILE**

Doubts on North Korean denuclearization shadow Pompeo visit

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

A currency trader works at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017. Most Asian markets staged modest gains on Wednesday after overnight gains on Wall Street as geopolitical risks and turmoil at the White House that have dented investor sentiment in the past few weeks abated while investors eyed the annual gathering of central bankers. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Mandate will cut South Korea’s work week to 52 hours

By Conner Foarde - The Washington Times

Chinese traders say the crackdown on illicit trade along the North Korean border has eased in the days since President Trump and Kim Jong-un held their June 12 summit in Singapore. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump’s North Korea sanctions deadline too long for traders

By Natalie Malek - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 27, 2018, file photo, U.S. National security adviser John Bolton listens to question as speaks to the media after his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia. Bolton said Sunday, July 1, the U.S. has a plan that would lead to the dismantling of North Korea's nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs in a year. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Bolton: US has plan to dismantle NK nuclear program in year

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON and LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2013, file photo, a worker using a Geiger counter checks for possible radioactive contamination at Noryangjin Fisheries Wholesale Market in Seoul, South Korea. South Korea said Friday, Feb. 23, 2018, it will appeal the World Trade Organization's decision against Seoul's import bans on Japanese fishery products imposed in the wake of Fukushima nuclear meltdowns. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon. File)

South Korean companies struggle to comply with 52-hour workweek mandate

By Connor Foarde - The Washington Times

Germany's Niklas Suele, left, is dejected as South Korea's Son Heung-min, right, celebrates after the group F match between South Korea and Germany, at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the Kazan Arena in Kazan, Russia, Wednesday, June 27, 2018. South Korea won the match 2-0. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) **FILE**

‘Dark day for German football’ after World Cup elimination

By Samuel Petriquin - Associated Press

North Korean Vice Railroad Minister Kim Yun-hyok, left, shakes hands with his South Korean counterpart vice Transport Minister Kim Jeong-ryeol upon his arrival to hold a meeting to discuss over inter-Korean cooperation in railway inside the Peace House at the border village of Panmunjom, South Korea, Tuesday, June 26, 2018. (Korea Pool via AP)

Koreas discuss linking railways across border

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

In this June 2, 2018, file photo, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis delivers his speech during the first plenary session of the 17th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-la Dialogue, an annual defense and security forum in Asia, in Singapore. (AP Photo/Yong Teck Lim, File)

James Mattis heads to China for talks with military leaders

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Free Beacon

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon leaves for the border village of Panmunjom to attend South and North Korea meeting, at the Office of the South Korea-North Korea Dialogue in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Koreas discuss removing North’s artillery from tense border

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 1998, file photo, North Korean soldiers carry an aluminum casket containing remains of a U.S. serviceman killed during the Korean War toward U.N. Command soldiers, foreground, at the border village of Panmunjom, South Korea. South Korean media reported that the U.S. military plans to send 215 caskets to North Korea through a border village on Saturday, June 23, 2018, so that the North could begin the process of returning the remains of U.S. soldiers who have been missing since the 1950-53 Korean War. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

The Latest: US prepares coffins for Korean War remains

Associated Press

In this Aug.19, 2016, photo, Kim Jong-pil, the founder of South Korea's spy agency who also served twice as prime minister, first under his dictator boss and later under a man his agency kidnapped, talks with South Korean lawmakers at his house in Seoul, South Korea. Kim has died on Saturday, June 23, 2018 at the age of 92. (Newsis via AP, File)

Ex-S. Korean premier Kim Jong-pil, spy agency founder, dies

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

In this June 19, 2018, photo provided on June 20, 2018, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, toasts with Chinese President Xi Jinping, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. 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 leaves China as S. Korea urges ‘concrete’ plan on nukes

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - 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)

Halting S.Korea-US drills risks weakening N.Korea deterrence

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

A stretch limousine with a golden emblem similar to one North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has used previously, arrives with motorcycle escorts and guard of honor salute at the Diaoyutai State Guest house in Beijing, China, Tuesday, June 19, 2018. Chinese state media say North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will make a two-day visit to Beijing starting Tuesday following his groundbreaking summit with President Donald Trump in Singapore last week. (Kyodo News via AP)

China hopes for implementation of NKorea-U.S. summit outcome

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN and DAKE KANG - Associated Press

A photo showing U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is displayed as a member of People's Democratic Party stands to oppose military exercises between the United States and South Korea near the U.S. embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 19, 2018. The Pentagon on Monday, June 18, 2018, formally suspended a major military exercise planned for August with South Korea, a much-anticipated move stemming from Trump's nuclear summit with Kim. The signs read: &quot; Stop Ulchi Freedom Guardian (UFG) exercises and withdrawal of U.S. troops.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korea: Joint U.S. drills suspended to aid talks with North

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

Pentagon suspends August military drills with South Korea

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

South Korean President Moon Jae-in, top center, watches the summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on TV screen before the start of a weekly Cabinet meeting at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 12, 2018. (Bee Jae-man/Yonhap via AP)

‘Where’s the beef?’ South Korea says it’s coming ‘soon’ on deal with Kim Jong-un

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times