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Actress Katerina Lehou as high priestess, holds a torch after the Olympic Flame was lit from the sun's rays, during the final dress rehearsal for the lighting of the Olympic flame at Ancient Olympia, southwestern Greece on Monday, Oct. 23, 2017. The flame will be transported by torch relay to Pyeongchang, South Korea, which will host the Feb. 9-25, 2018 Winter Olympics. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

South Korean Olympic organizers downplay concern over NKorea

By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS - Associated Press

U.S. forward Alex Morgan (13) scores a goal as South Korea midfielder Cho Sohyun defends during the first half of an international friendly soccer match in New Orleans, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Morgan, Rapinoe lift US soccer past South Korea 3-1

By BRETT MARTEL - Associated Press

South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam, center, answers reporter's question as U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan, left, and Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama listen during a press conference following their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, Pool)

The Latest: Nuclear envoys meet over North Korean threat

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U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan, left, is greeted by South Korea Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam prior to their bilateral meeting at Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Diplomats from US, S. Korea, Japan discuss N. Korean threat

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly decides which reporter to call on during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Amid Trump ambiguity on NKorea, is US practicing for war?

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

4th small quake detected since North Korea’s nuclear test

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

While analysts and some Republican lawmakers have long called for China-focused sanctions in response to another missile launch by North Korea, sources close to the White House say President Trump's top aides have advised him to tread with "extreme caution" toward such a move because of fears among Wall Street investment firms that it would trigger a harsh backlash from Beijing. (Associated Press/File)

South Korea, China extend currency deal despite missile row

By YOUKYUNG LEE - Associated Press

This Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017, file photo distributed by the North Korean government shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaking during a meeting of the central committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

Kim Jong-un decapitation plans compromised by hackers: South Korean lawmaker

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 4, 2017 photo, portraits of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il hang on a wall as a woman stands in a room of a dormitory for workers with the seafood processing factory Hunchun Pagoda, in the city of Hunchun in northeastern China's Jilin province. The workers wake up each morning on metal bunk beds in fluorescent-lit Chinese dormitories, North Koreans outsourced by their government to process seafood that ends up in American stores and homes. Privacy is forbidden. They cannot leave their compounds without permission. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Nuclear-armed North Korea profits from US, EU seafood sales

By TIM SULLIVAN and HYUNG-JIN KIM and MARTHA MENDOZA - Associated Press

In this Sept. 4, 2017 photo, portraits of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il hang on a wall as a woman stands in a room of a dormitory for workers with the seafood processing factory Hunchun Pagoda, in the city of Hunchun in northeastern China's Jilin province. The workers wake up each morning on metal bunk beds in fluorescent-lit Chinese dormitories, North Koreans outsourced by their government to process seafood that ends up in American stores and homes. Privacy is forbidden. They cannot leave their compounds without permission. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

NKorean workers prep seafood going to US stores, restaurants

By TIM SULLIVAN and HYUNG-JIN KIM AND MARTHA MENDOZA - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 13, 2000, file photo, then North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, left, and then South Korean President Kim Dae-jung shake hands in Pyongyang, North Korea. As North Korea steps up its nuclear weapons tests and threats, South Korea’s Unification Ministry faces an almost existential crisis. It wasn’t too long ago that the ministry was one of Seoul’s most powerful government departments. But the political sway is mostly gone after a decade that saw relations between the Koreas go from bad to worse. (Yonhap Pool Photo via AP, File)

North Korea tension sidelines South’s Unification Ministry

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017, file photo, a man watches a television screen showing U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea. President Donald Trump's latest tweets on North Korea have received a muted response in South Korea, where media focused more on U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's acknowledgement that the U.S. is keeping open direct communication channels with the North. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Trump’s N. Korea tweets: Sowing confusion or hard reality?

By YOUKYUNG LEE - Associated Press

This June 29, 2017, photo shows a general view of the Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium under construction in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Construction has been nearly completed on the controversial stadium that will host the opening and closing ceremonies for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Games in South Korea. (Kim Kyung-mock/Newsis via AP)

S. Korea nears completion of stadium for Olympic ceremonies

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FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2017, file photo, Brooke Henderson of Canada watches her tee shot on the fourth hole during the final round of the Indy Women in Tech Championship golf tournament, in Indianapolis. Henderson and Jodi Ewart Shadoff of England shot 7-under 65 on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017, to share the lead in the New Zealand Women's Open. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

Henderson, Ewart Shadoff share lead at New Zealand Open

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Fort Drum aviation unit set to deploy to South Korea

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These 2017 file photos show the International roster for the 2017 Presidents Cup golf matches at Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, N.J. They are, top row from left, Jason Day, Australia; Branden Grace, South Africa; Emiliano Grillo, Argentina; Adam Hadwin, Canada; Si Woo Kim, South Korea; and Anirban Lahiri, India. Bottom row, from left, Marc Leishman, Australia; Hideki Matsuyama, Japan; Louis Oosthuizen, South Africa; Charl Schwartzel, South Africa; Adam Scott, Australia; and Jhonattan Vegas, Venezuela. (AP Photo/File)

Presidents Cup, International capsules

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press

In this Sept. 3, 2017, image distributed on Sept. 4, 2017, by the North Korean government, North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un holds a meeting of the ruling party's presidium. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

Kim Jong Un: ‘Deranged’ Trump will ‘pay dearly’ for threat

By FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

President Moon Jae-in of South Korea addresses the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

South Korea urges North Korea to abandon nukes, seek talks

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon, center, presides over an interagency meeting for humanitarian aid to North Korea at the government complex in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017. South Korea on Thursday decided to resume humanitarian aid to North Korea to help children and pregnant women, but didn't determine when to provide the $8 million worth of assistance amid tensions created by Pyongyang's nuclear and missile tests. (Kim Seung-doo/Yonhap via AP)

Seoul to resume aid to N. Korea but doesn’t set date

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

South Korea's President Moon Jae-in, second from right, arrives for the meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday Sept. 19, 2017, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Trump’s North Korea threats leave Asia struggling to explain

By FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press