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In this Monday, March 5, 2018 photo, provided by the North Korean government on March 6, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, left, shakes hands with South Korean National Security Director Chung Eui-yong in Pyongyang, North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. 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)

North Korea agrees to a moratorium on nuclear and missile tests, will hold landmark summit in April

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2018, file photo, a South Korean army soldier stands guard next to a signboard showing the distance to North Korea's capital Pyongyang and to South Korea's capital Seoul from Imjingang Station in Paju, near the border with North Korea, South Korea. South Korea's presidential office said on Sunday, March 4, 2018, a 10-member government delegation is to visit North Korea this week for talks on how to promote peace on the Korean Peninsula. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon. File) (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

High-level Seoul officials to head to North Korea for talks

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

In this Feb. 21, 2018, photo, South Korea's national security director Chung Eui-yong speaks at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea. President Moon Jae-in will send a delegation led by Chung to North Korea on Monday, March 5, 2018, for talks on how to ease nuclear tensions and help arrange the restart of dialogue between Pyongyang and Washington, officials said Sunday. (Hong Hyo-shick/Newsis via AP)

Seoul envoy to raise nuclear disarmament on North Korea trip

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2018, file photo, a South Korea supporter holds a picture of South Korea's skip Kim Eunjung as she watches her team during a women's semi-final curling match against Japan at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea. The five-member team captured hearts in a country that hardly knew curling before. They have become sought-after models for commercials and inspired countless online memes and catch-phrases. The signs read: &quot; Yeong-mi, Ya (meaning Hey, Yeong-mi). Yeong-mi is the first name of the lead sweeper for the women’s curling team that won an unexpected silver medal at the Olympics (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)

Curling craze sweeps up companies too after South Korean win

By YOUKYUNG LEE - Associated Press

In this Oct. 10, 2017, file photo, former South Korean President Park Geun-hye, left, arrives to attend a hearing on the extension of her detention at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea. Prosecutors on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018, have demanded a 30-year prison term for Park for alleged bribery, abuse of power and other crimes in a landmark corruption case that marked a stunning fall from grace for the country’s first female leader and former conservative icon. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Park Geun-hye, former South Korean president, deserves 30 years in jail, prosecutors say

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

Kim Yong Chol, center, vice chairman of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party Central Committee, leaves to return to North Korea, at a hotel in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018. The North Korean envoy making a rare visit to South Korea said Sunday that his country was willing to open talks with the United States, a rare step toward diplomacy between enemies after a year of North Korean missile and nuclear tests and direct threats of war from both Pyongyang and Washington. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korean delegation returns home after Olympics outreach

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

South Korean President Moon Jae-in, right, speaks during a meeting with his top aides at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 26, 2018. Moon has joined the growing number of supporters of the country's MeToo movement. President Moon said in a meeting with his advisers Monday that he expressed respect to the victims who spoke up against some of South Korea's most powerful men for their sexual misconduct and urged authorities to investigate the cases thoroughly, according to his office's website. (Bae Jae-man/Yonhap via AP)

South Korea president joins country’s growing MeToo movement

By YOUKYUNG LEE - Associated Press

Gold medal winners from left: United States' curlers Joe Polo, John Landsteiner, Matt Hamilton, Tyler George, John Shuster and captain Phill Drobnick stand on the podium during the men's curling venue ceremony at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Oodles of oohs and ughs in the Pyeongchang Games

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. - Associated Press

Ivanka Trump attended the Olympics closing ceremonies with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and first lady Kim Jung-sook. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump cautious on North Korea offer to talk

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

United States' curlers (from left) Joe Polo, John Landsteiner, Matt Hamilton, Tyler George, John Shuster and captain Phill Drobnick won the first gold medal in team history by topping Sweden. It was only the Americans' second curling medal — with the first coming in a bronze-medal game at the 2006 Turin Games. (Associated Press)

Pyeongchang Games brought plenty of oohs and ughs

By Dennis Waszak Jr. - Associated Press

A volunteer walks in a foggy Pyeongchang Olympic Plaza during the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Political end to Olympics: NKorea offers talks with US

By TED ANTHONY - Associated Press

Kim Yong Chol, center, vice chairman of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party Central Committee, arrives to attend the closing ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, at the Korea-transit office near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas in Paju, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (Korea Pool/Yonhap via AP)

North Korean envoy, in South, opens door to US talks

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

Canadian athlete, coach fined for taking car at Olympics

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and SCOTT MAYEROWITZ - Associated Press

Kim Eun-jung, of South Korea, throws during their women's curling final in the Gangneung Curling Centre at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

The Latest: Bach hails Koreas cooperation at Olympics

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Lee Gyeong Pil waits for spectators to arrive at one the entrances of the Gangneung Curling center at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018. Lee was among five babies born on an American ship that ferried thousands of Korean refugees from North Korea during the Korean War. Nicknamed by U.S. crew as Kimchi 1 through Kimchi 5, they’ve become a symbol of the South Korea-U.S. military alliance. Lee, Kimchi 5, and his friend Sohn Yang Young, Kimchi 1, were in Gangneung to volunteer for the Olympics as part of their efforts to promote peace and remind younger generations of the lessons of the Korean War. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Rescued from Korean War by US ship, now Olympic volunteers

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

Gold medalist in the women's free figure skating Russian athlete Alina Zagitova poses during the medals ceremony at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Russians get 1st gold, Germany tops Canada in Olympic hockey

By Dennis Waszak Jr. and David Brandt - Associated Press

South Korean President Moon Jae-in shakes hands with Ivanka Trump during their dinner at the Presidential Blue House on Friday, Feb. 23, 2018, Seoul, South Korea. Ivanka Trump has received a red-carpet welcome in South Korea as head of the U.S. delegation to this weekend's closing ceremony for the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. (Kim Min-Hee/Pool Photo via AP)

Ivanka Trump at Olympics for politics, to back athletes

By ERRIN HAINES WHACK - Associated Press

South Korea's skip Kim Eunjung wave to the crowd after winning against Japan in the women's curling semi-final match at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

South Korea to play Sweden in women’s Olympic curling final

By JIMMY GOLEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 27, 2007, file photo, Kim Yong Chol, then North Korea's chief delegate, leaves after military talks with South Korea on the south side of the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea. South Korea's Unification Ministry said Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018, North Korea will send a high-level delegation led by Kim, a senior party official suspected of leading two deadly attacks on the South in 2010, to the closing ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, Pool, File)

AP Explains: What’s N. Korea up to with provocative visit?

By FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

Driver Nadezhda Sergeeva and Anastasia Kocherzhova of the Olympic Athletes of Russia take a curve in their third heat during the women's two-man bobsled final at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

The Latest: Czech star Ledecka secures rare Olympic double

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