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In this photo provided by the North Korean government, daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attends a military parade to mark the 75th founding anniversary of the Korean People’s Army on Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. 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)

No queen in waiting likely to rule North Korea’s ‘Kimdom’

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, what it says are intercontinental ballistic missiles are displayed during a military parade to mark the 75th founding anniversary of North Korea’s army at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. 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 missile display puts U.S., allies on notice

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Lee Sang-min, Minister of the Interior and Safety, center, speaks at the government complex in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. South Korea’s opposition-controlled parliament on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, voted to impeach Lee, him responsible for government failures in disaster planning and the response that likely contributed to the high death toll of a crowd crush that killed nearly 160 people in October. (Kim Seung-doo/Yonhap via AP)

South Korean lawmakers impeach minister over crowd crush

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

A TV screen shows a file image of North Korean missiles in a military parade during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 2. 2023. North Korea said Thursday it's prepared to counter U.S. military moves with the "most overwhelming nuclear force" as it warned that the expansion of the United States' combined military exercises with rival South Korea is pushing tensions to an "extreme red line." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korean defector lays out South Korean rationale for seeking nukes

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, right, shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin during a meeting at the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. Austin on Tuesday said the United States will increase its deployment of advanced weapons such as fighter jets and bombers to the Korean Peninsula as it strengthens joint training and operational planning with South Korea in response to a growing North Korean nuclear threat. (South Korea Presidential Office/Yonhap via AP)

Much left unsaid as Pentagon chief Austin reassures South Korea on alliance

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg speaks at the CHEY Institute in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

South Korea pressured to arm Ukraine

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

A woman poses for a selfie on a bridge decorated with lanterns at a public park in Beijing on the first day of the Lunar New Year holiday, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

New year greetings stir old animosities; Chinese outraged over cultural appropriation

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Japanese Ground-Self Defense Force (JGDDF) Type 90 tank fires its gun at a target during an annual drill exercise at the Minami Eniwa Camp in Eniwa, Japan's northern island of Hokkaido on Dec. 7, 2021. Japan warned of escalating national security threats stemming from Russia’s war on Ukraine and China’s tensions with Taiwan in an annual defense paper issued Friday, July 22, 2022, as Japan tries to bolster its military capability and spending. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) **FILE**

Regional defense partnerships rise with China’s power

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol talks during the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week's opening ceremony in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

South Korea president, in UAE, backs return to nuclear power

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Members of a civic group seeking compensation from Japanese firms over forced labor during World War II and opposition lawmakers stage a rally to oppose the government's reported resolution to the issue outside the National Assembly in Seoul, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. The banners read "Apology and compensation from Japanese war criminal companies and condemn the government of President Yoon Suk Yeol." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korea plans fund to compensate forced labor victims

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

Passengers arriving from China pass by a COVID-19 testing center at the Incheon International Airport In Incheon, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. Chinese embassies stopped issuing new visas for South Koreans and Japanese on Tuesday in apparent retaliation for COVID-19 measures recently imposed by those countries on travelers from China. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Japan, South Korea protest China visa stoppage amid COVID spat

By Mari Yamaguchi and Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

Flags of South Korea and the United States flutter before a joint river-crossing drill between South Korea and the United States in Yeoju, South Korea on Oct. 19, 2022. North Korea’s Foreign Ministry criticized the United States for expanding joint military exercises with South Korea that it claims are practice for a potential invasion and it warned Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022 of &quot;more powerful follow-up measures&quot; in response. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

South Korea announces aggressive schedule of drills in message to North

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

This undated photo provided on Nov. 27, 2022, by the North Korean government shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and his daughter, right, walk to a photo session with those involved in the recent launch of what it says a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile, at an unidentified location in 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)

Seoul: Kim’s daughter reveal hints at prolonged family rule

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, South Korean soldiers operate a short range surface to air missile system during a military exercise in Yangju, South Korea, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. South Korea staged large-scale military drills Thursday to simulate shooting down drones as a step to bolster its readiness against North Korean provocations, three days after the North flew drones into its territory for the first time in five years.(South Korea Defense Ministry via AP)

South Korea stands up offensive drone unit after North’s incursion

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

A TV screen shows a file image of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. Kim ordered the "exponential" expansion of his country's nuclear arsenal, the development of a more powerful intercontinental ballistic missile and the launch of its first spy satellite, state media reported Sunday, after he entered 2023 with another weapons firing following a record number of testing activities last year. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

North Korea’s Kim vows more missiles, more nukes in 2023

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks during a cabinet council meeting at the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022. South Korea’s president on Tuesday called for a stronger air defense and high-tech stealth drones to better monitor North Korea, a day after it accused five North Korea of flying drones across the rivals’ tense border for the first time in five years. (Im Hun-jung/Yonhap via AP)

South Korea’s leader calls for stealth drones to monitor North

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

A pair of dogs, Gomi, left, and Songgang, are unveiled at a park in Gwangju, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. The dogs gifted by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un four years ago ended up being resettled at a zoo in South Korea following a dispute over who should finance the caring of the animals. (Chun Jung-in/Yonhap via AP)

Dogs gifted by North’s Kim resettle in South Korean zoo

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea's military exercise during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. South Korea’s military says North Korea has fired around 130 suspected artillery rounds Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, in waters near the rivals’ western and eastern sea borders in another display of belligerence. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

South Korea says North Korea fired about 130 suspected artillery rounds near border

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

This photo distributed by the North Korean government shows what it says a test-fire of a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), at an undisclosed location in North Korea on March 24, 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: &quot;KCNA&quot; which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

Seoul places new sanctions on North Korea over arms buildup

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

Kim Yo-jong, sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un, attends a wreath-laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam, March 2, 2019. Kim Jong-un made insult-laden threats against South Korea on Thursday for considering unliteral sanctions on the North, calling the South’s new president and his government “idiots” and “a running wild dog gnawing on a bone given by the U.S.” (Jorge Silva/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Kim Jong-un’s sister makes insulting threats to Seoul

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press