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Plastic bags containing masks and medicines are placed in the border town Gimpo, South Korea, Wednesday, July 6, 2022. A South Korea activist said Thursday he launched more huge balloons carrying COVID-19 relief items toward North Korea, days after the North vowed to sternly deal with such activities and made a highly questionable claim they were a source of the virus. (Courtesy of Fighters For A Free North Korea via AP)

South Korean group floats balloons toward North amid animosities

FILE - Then South Korea's National Intelligence Service Director Park Jie-won speaks during a plenary meeting of the parliamentary intelligence committee at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, on Aug. 3, 2021. The National Intelligence Service accused former director Park Jie-won, who served from 2020 to May, 2022, of destroying internal intelligence reports related to North Korea’s fatal shooting of an unarmed South Korean citizen in waters near the countries' western sea border in 2020.(Ahn Jung-hwan/Yonhap via AP, File)

Seoul spy agency files charges against ex-chiefs over North Korea

South Korea- American Relations Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

U.S.-South Korea relations and a strategy for the Indo-Pacific region

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a meeting of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea Monday, June 27, 2022. 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: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea says it will build up defenses in response to ‘rapid aggravation’ of U.S., Japan, South

North Koran defectors release balloons carrying leaflets condemning North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his government's policies, in Paju, near the border with North Korea, South Korea on Oct. 10, 2014. North Korea suggested Friday, July 1, 2022 its COVID-19 outbreak began in people who had contact with balloons flown from South Korea, a highly questionable claim that appeared to be an attempt to hold its rival responsible amid increasing tensions. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

N. Korea suggests balloons flown from South brought COVID-19

China's President Xi Jinping delivers a speech after arriving for the upcoming handover anniversary by train in Hong Kong, Thursday, June 30, 2022. Xi has arrived in Hong Kong ahead of the 25th anniversary of the British handover and after a two-year transformation bringing the city more tightly under Communist Party control. (Selim Chtayti/Pool Photo via AP)

China lashes out against ‘Asian version of NATO’

South Korean Unification Minister Kwon Youngse speaks during a news conference in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, June 27, 2022. Kwon said that North Korea is increasingly targeting the rival South with its nuclear arms buildup and called for Beijing and Moscow to step up efforts to persuade the North to refrain from conducting a possibly imminent nuclear test explosion. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Seoul urges China, Russia to prevent North Korean nuke test

In this image made from a video, U.S. Pacific Fleet commander Adm. Sam Paparo, left, and Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi pose for media at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo, Friday, June 24, 2022. The U.S. Navy’s top commander in the Pacific and the Japanese defense minister on Friday said close cooperation between their naval forces is more important than ever amid rising tensions over China, North Korea and Russia. (AP Photo)

U.S. Pacific admiral: Ties with Japan key to regional security

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, rear center, attends a meeting of the Central Military Commission of the ruling Workers' Party, which were held between June 21 and 23, 2022, 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: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

Is North Korea moving nukes to its border?

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, attends a meeting of the Central Military Commission of the ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday, June 22, 2022. 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: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

N. Korea talks of new army duties suggest nuclear deployment

The Nuri rocket, the first domestically built space rocket, lifts off from a launch pad at the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Korea, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. South Korea launched its first domestically built space rocket on Tuesday in the country's second attempt, months after its earlier liftoff failed to place a payload into orbit. (Kim In-chul/Yonhap via AP)

S. Korea launches homegrown space rocket in 2nd such attempt

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol Ju prepare medicines at an unannounced place in North Korea Wednesday, June 15, 2022 to send them to Haeju City where an infectious disease occurred. 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: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

N. Korea reports another disease outbreak amid COVID-19 wave

In this photo provided on Saturday, June 11, 2022 by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, attends a plenary meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party’s Central Committee held during June 8 - June 10, 2022 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: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korean leader reaffirms arms buildup in party meeting

The United Nations Security Council meets on threats to international peace and security, Wednesday, June 8, 2022 at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

China and Russia defend North Korea vetoes in first at UN

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman speaks with South Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Cho Hyun-dong and Japanese Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Takeo Mori (duo not pictured) during a joint news conference after their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, June 8, 2022. (Jeon Heon-Kyun/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. stresses allied cooperation in face of North Korea threats

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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Friday it test-fired a new anti-aircraft missile, the fourth weapons launch in recent weeks that experts say is part of a strategy to win relief from sanctions and other concessions.

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