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South Korean Cho Hye-do, 86, right, meets her North Korean sister Cho Sun Do, 89, left, during the Separated Family Reunion Meeting at the Diamond Mountain resort in North Korea, Monday. Dozens of elderly South Koreans crossed the heavily fortified border into North Korea on Monday for heart-wrenching meetings with relatives most haven’t seen since they were separated by the turmoil of the Korean War.

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Brief Korean reunions bring tears for separated families

by Hyung-Jin Kim Associated Press, and Kim Tong-Hyung Associated PressAugust 20, 2018

A U.S. Air Force U-2 spy plane prepares to land as South Korea and the United States conduct the Max Thunder joint military exercise at the Osan U.S. Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Wednesday, May 16, 2018. North Korea on Wednesday canceled a high-level meeting with South Korea and threatened to scrap a historic summit next month between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over military exercises between Seoul and Washington that Pyongyang has long claimed are invasion rehearsals.

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North Korea threatens to cancel Trump-Kim summit over drills

by Hyung-Jin Kim Associated Press, and Foster Klug Associated PressMay 16, 2018

FILE - In this April 27, 2018 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in shake hands after signing on a joint statement at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea. The two Koreas will hold a high-level meeting on Wednesday, May 16, 2018, to discuss setting up military and Red Cross talks aimed at reducing border tension and restarting reunions between families separated by the Korean War. (Korea Summit Press...

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North Korea threatens to cancel US summit

by Hyung-Jin Kim Associated Press, and Foster Klug Associated PressMay 15, 2018

In this March 5, 2018, photo, provided by the North Korean government on March 6, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, shakes hands with South Korean National Security Director Chung Eui-yong 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.

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North Korea reportedly willing to hold nuclear talk with US

by Hyung-Jin Kim Associated Press, and Kim Tong-Hyung Associated PressMarch 6, 2018

South Korean President Moon Jae-in, front row fourth from right, his wife, Kim Jung-sook, and Ivanka Trump, U.S. President Donald Trump's daughter, watch the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics along with Kim Yong Chol, back row right, vice chairman of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party Central Committee, in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018.

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North Korean envoy, in South, opens door to US talks

by Hyung-Jin Kim Associated Press, and Kim Tong-Hyung Associated PressFebruary 25, 2018

United States' Lindsey Vonn, center, smiles as she receives gifts and a letter of appreciation for her grandfather's service during the Korean War from members of the Yongsan Club in Jeongseon, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Vonn scatters grandfather’s ashes near downhill course

by Hyung-Jin Kim Associated PressFebruary 22, 2018

The joint Korean women's ice hockey players gather on the ice during a training session prior to the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 5, 2018.

Linguistic divide poses problem to Korea Olympic hockey team

by Hyung-Jin Kim Associated PressFebruary 5, 2018

The official emblem of the 2018 Pyeongchang Games is seen in downtown Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018. In a rare sight, North Korean flags flew in South Korea on Thursday as the South prepared for the Winter Olympics that has brought a temporary lull in tensions surrounding the North's nuclear program.

North Korean athletes arrive in South Korea for Olympics

by Hyung-Jin Kim Associated PressFebruary 1, 2018

In this photo provided by South Korea Presidential Blue House through Yonhap News Agency, South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks about a fire during a meeting at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 26, 2018. A fire swept through a hospital for the elderly in southeastern South Korea on Friday, killing more than 30 people and injuring dozens in one of the country's deadliest fires in recent years. (South Korea Presidential Blue House/Yonhap via AP)

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Fire at hospital kills 37, injures scores

by Ahn Young-Joon Associated Press, and Hyung-Jin Kim Associated PressJanuary 26, 2018

In this Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, photo, South Korean women's hockey team head coach Sarah Murray speaks as she returns from the team's U.S. training camp, at Incehon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea. There is growing concern in South Korea that a proposal to form a joint women's hockey team with North Korea for the Olympics could be bad for the South Korean players. "Adding somebody so close to the Olympics is a little bit dangerous just for team chemistry because the girls have been together for so long," she said.

Rival Koreas agree to form first unified Olympic team

by Hyung-Jin Kim Associated PressJanuary 17, 2018