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Illustration on the South Korean economy by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

South Korea still trying diplomacy with the North

By George Allen

Son, Ki recalled for South Korea’s crucial qualifying games

Associated Press

U.S. soldiers fire a salute during a change of command and change of responsibility ceremony for Deputy Commander of the South Korea-U.S. Combined Force Command at Yongsan Garrison, a U.S. military base, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

As North Korea plans missile launch, U.S., South Korea ready war games

By Eric Talmadge - Associated Press

In this July 4, 2017, file photo, South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks as he presides over a meeting of the National Security Council at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea. Moon believes the best way to solve the North Korean nuclear crisis is engagement of the sort that two past liberal leaders used to win historic summits with Pyongyang. (Kim Ju-hyung/Yonhap via AP, File)

Why North Korea has no interest in talking to the South

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

This Friday, July 28, 2017, photo distributed by the North Korean government on Saturday, July 29, 2017, shows what was said to be the launch of a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile at an undisclosed location in North Korea. Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP) ** FILE **

Washington, Seoul weighing ways to bolster South Korea’s arsenal, in wake of North Korea

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, photo, Akira Fukatsu, a 65-year-old retiree, sits in front of a replica cannon in Verny Park in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo. Residents of Yokosuka city, home to a major U.S. Naval Base, share their thoughts on North Korea and its recent intercontinental ballistic missile launches. &quot;We have no idea when and where (a missile) would strike. Honestly, I don’t think there is any way to prepare for it,” Fukatsu said on a bench in a park overlooking the Navy base. “We’re simply unlucky if one strikes here.” (AP Photo/Sherry Zheng)

N. Korean missile tests spook neighbors, but ‘what to do?’

By MARI YAMAGUCHI and KIM TONG-HYUNG and EMILY WANG - Associated Press

In this May 23, 2005, file photo, a North Korea cargo ship Paik Du San cast anchor as the bags of fertilizer are loading its at Ulsan port in Ulsan, South Korea. North Korea has been condemned and sanctioned for its nuclear ambitions, yet has still received food, fuel and other aid from its neighbors and adversaries for decades. How does the small, isolated country keep getting what it wants and needs to prevent its collapse? (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man, File)

North Korea’s evolving ways to get what it wants and needs

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

South Korean President Moon Jae-in, right, speaks as he presides over a meeting of the National Security Council at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, early Saturday, July 29, 2017. North Korea test-fired on Friday what the U.S. believes was its second intercontinental ballistic missile, which flew longer and higher than its first ICBM launched earlier this month, officials said. (Yonhap via AP)

North Korean ICBM launches dim South’s hopes for talks

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

FILE- In this July 6, 2017 file photo, a man watches TV screens in an electronics shop showing a news program's report on North Korea's missile firing in Seoul, South Korea. North Korea fired a ballistic missile Friday night, July 28, which landed in the ocean off Japan, Japanese officials said. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

North Korea says 2nd ICBM test puts ‘entire’ US in range

By ERIC TALMADGE and MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

This Friday, July 28, 2017, photo distributed by the North Korean government on Saturday, July 29, 2017, shows what was said to be the launch of a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile at an undisclosed location in North Korea. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Saturday the second flight test of an intercontinental ballistic missile demonstrated his country can hit the U.S. mainland, hours after the launch left analysts concluding that a wide swath of the United States, including Los Angeles and Chicago, is now in range of North Korean weapons. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

The Latest: Seoul, Washington to talk over missile limits

Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2015 file photo provided by the South Korean Unification Ministry, South Korean National Security Director, Kim Kwan-jin, right, and Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo, second from right, shake hands with Hwang Pyong So, left, North Korea' top political officer for the Korean People's Army, and Kim Yang Gon, a senior North Korean official responsible for South Korean affairs, during their meeting at the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea. ISouth Korea has urged North Korea to accept its offers for talks as Pyongyang continues to ignore Seoul's proposal for a military meeting to ease animosities along their tense border. (The South Korean Unification Ministry via AP, File)

AP Explains: What’s behind N. Korean silence to talks offer

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

Couple pleads guilty to enslaving children from South Korea

Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2006, file photo, Heon-Cheol Chi, director of the Korea Earthquake Research Center explains about the concerns of a possible nuclear test growing in North Korea in front of real time event map at the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources in Daejon, some 165 kilometers (100 miles) south of Seoul, South Korea. Heon-Cheol Chi was convicted Monday, July 17, 2017, of taking more than $1 million in bribes from companies in Pasadena, Calif., and England and funneling proceeds through U.S. banks. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

S. Korean earthquake expert funneled bribes through US banks

Associated Press

South Korean army soldiers pass by military vehicles deployed in the Korean War era at Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, July 17, 2017. South Korea offered Monday to talk with North Korea to ease animosities along their tense border and resume reunions of families separated by their war in the 1950s. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

AP Explains: Why is SKorea pushing for talks with NKorea?

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

These combination of file photos shows South Korea's new President Moon Jae-in, left, waves in Seoul, South Korea on May 10, 2017 and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on April 15, 2017. Seven months ahead of the Pyeongchang Olympics, many in South Korea, including new liberal President Moon Jae-in, hope to use the Games as a venue to promote peace with rival North Korea. To do so, the North’s participation is essential, but an ongoing nuclear tension and a lack of winter sports athletes in North Korea could ruin the attempts at reconciliation. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, Wong Maye-E, File)

South Korea offers military talks with North Korea

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2015, file photo, North Korean Son Kwon Geun, center, weeps with his South Korean relatives as he bids farewell after the Separated Family Reunion Meeting at Diamond Mountain resort in North Korea. South Korea's Red Cross said on Monday, July 17, 2017, it wants separate talks at the border village on Aug. 1 to discuss family reunions. (Korea Pool Photo via AP, File)

S. Korea offers talks on tension, family reunions with North

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

Illustration on North Korea and world reaction to Kim's threats by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

North Korea strategy by U.S. may require moves in the South

By James A. Lyons

The July 4 launch of a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile from North Korea showed that a rogue dictator stands on the verge of possessing nuclear missiles that threaten U.S. shores. (Associated Press/File)

North Korea missile tests U.S. defense systems

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times