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Hyung-jin Kim

UN chief says North Korea cancels invitation to visit

Hyung-jin Kim

South Korean army soldiers march during an exercise near the demilitarized zone of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea. (AP/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korea: North Korea has moved missile to its east coast

Hyung-jin Kim, Sam Kim

North Korea leader Kim Jong Un (Reuters/Kyodo)

North Korea assumes combat posture with U.S., South Korea

Hyung-jin Kim

Employees of Korea Internet Security Center work after computer networks at two major South Korean banks and three top TV broadcasters war paralyzed at a monitoring room in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, March 20, 2013. (AP/Yonhap, Han Jong-chan)

North Korea suspected of cyberattack on South Korea

Hyung-jin Kim, Youkyung Lee

South Korea, U.S. prepare for possible attack from North Korea

Hyung-jin Kim, Foster Klug

Soldiers from the Korean People's Army (Wikimedia)

North Korea says US within its missile range

Hyung-jin Kim

A resident uses her mobile phone near wrecked vehicles after a landslide caused by heavy rains in in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 27, 2011. A quick blast of heavy rain sent landslides barreling through South Korea's capital and a northern town Wednesday. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man) (AP)

South Korea landslides lead to land mine fears

Hyung-jin Kim, Sam Kim

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2011 file photo, South Korean marines on an inflatable boat aim their machine guns during a military exercise to prepare for a possible North Korea's surprise attack on the Han River in Gimpo, South Korea. North Korea's military threatened Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011 to fire at South Korea, as Seoul prepared to start annual joint drills with U.S. troops, maneuvers Pyongyang says are a rehearsal for an invasion. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) (AP)

North Korea threatens to attack South Korea, US

Hyung-jin Kim

South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan, right, shakes hands with U.S. special envoy on North Korea, Stephen Bosworth before their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Jung Yeon-je, Pool) (AP)

N. Korea calls for unconditional talks with South

Hyung-jin Kim

S. Korea to stage firing drills near land border

Hyung-jin Kim

South Korea announces, rescinds military drills

Hyung-jin Kim

FILE - In this file photo taken on Jan. 12, 2010, American Aijalon Mahli Gomes, whose identification was made by Seoul-based activist Jo Sung-rae, participates in a rally organized by Jo denouncing North Korean's human rights conditions at the Imjingak Pavilion, near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) of Panmunjom that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, South Korea. North Korea said Wednesday, April 7, 2010, it has convicted and sentenced an American man to eight years in a labor prison and a fine equivalent to $700,000 for entering the country illegally and unspecified hostile acts. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) (AP)

North Korea sentences American to 8 years of hard labor

Hyung-jin Kim