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FILE - In this Thursday, April 18, 2019 file photo, Chairman of jury Kim Ki-duk speaks during the opening ceremony of the 41st Moscow International Film Festival in Moscow, Russia. South Korean director Kim Ki-duk who won the top award at the Venice Film Festival in 2012 and later faced allegations of trying to force an actress into shooting off-script sexual scenes while making another movie, has died in Latvia. He was 59. The Baltic News Service said Kim passed away Friday, Dec. 11, 2020 after falling ill with Covid-19. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, file)

Award-winning SKorean director Kim Ki-duk dies in Latvia

By JAN M. OLSEN - Associated Press

President Donald Trump, walking with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stops to ask a question after he arrived at the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, Friday, June 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

DMZ diplomacy: Kim accepts Trump invite to meet at border

By ZEKE MILLER and JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

President Donald Trump, walking with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stops to ask a question after he arrived at the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, Friday, June 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump says he could meet North Korea’s Kim at DMZ

By ZEKE MILLER and JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

In this Thursday, June 20, 2019, photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un wave from an open top limousine as they travel along a street in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Ju Peng/Xinhua via AP)

China’s Xi Jinping pushes economic reform at North Korea summit

By Christopher Bodeen - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un shake hands after the talks in Vladivostok, Russia, Thursday, April 25, 2019. Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Thursday they had good talks about their joint efforts to resolve a standoff over Pyongyang's nuclear program, amid stalled negotiations with the United States. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Vladimir Putin: North Korea ready to denuclearize — if it gets guarantees

By Vladimir Isachenkov and Eric Talmadge - Associated Press

President Donald Trump walks to board Air Force One for a trip to Vietnam to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Monday, Feb. 25, 2019, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Trump and Kim to have dinner before series of official talks

By JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

Children are handed American flags before U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to meet with Vietnamese President Nguyen Phu Trong at the Presidential Palace, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, in Hanoi. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump, Kim share smiles, dinner before nuke talks

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and FOSTER KLUG and DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

Vietnamese soldiers guard a road near Dong Dang train station where North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is expected to arrive at the border town with China, in Dong Dang, Lang Son province, Vietnam, Monday, Feb. 25, 2019. The second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will take place in Hanoi on Feb. 27 and 28. (AP Photo/Minh Hoang)

Vietnam vows ‘maximum level’ security for Trump-Kim summit

By FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

FILE - This June 12, 2018, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, right, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Sentosa Island, in Singapore. Trump and Kim will likely be all smiles as they shake hands later this week in Hanoi for a meeting meant to put flesh on what many critics call their frustratingly vague first summit in Singapore. But behind the grins is a swirl of competing goals and fears. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

AP Explains: What everyone wants at the Trump-Kim summit

By FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

Vietnamese security stand outside the entrance to Dong Dang train station where North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is expected to arrive at the border town with China, in Dong Dang, Vietnam, Monday, Feb. 25, 2019. With North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on an armored train barreling through China toward Vietnam's capital, and U.S. President Donald Trump about to board a jet for Hanoi, Vietnamese officials scrambled Monday to finish preparations for a rushed summit that will capture global attention. (AP Photo/Minh Hoang)

One-on-One: Trump, Kim confront North Korea’s nuke plans

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and DEB RIECHMANN and FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 12, 2018, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, right, reaches to shake hands with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump tamps down expectations as he heads to Kim summit

By JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 27, 2018, file photo, a North Korean flag flutters in the wind atop a 160-meter tower in North Korea's village Gijungdongseen, as seen from the Taesungdong freedom village inside the demilitarized zone in Paju, South Korea. South Korea's spy agency on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, has told lawmakers that North Korea's acting ambassador to Italy Jo Song Gil went into hiding with his wife in November. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

North Korean envoy to Italy vanishes _ did he defect?

By FRANCES D'EMILIO and KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, June 12, 2018, file photo, North Korea leader Kim Jong Un, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands during their first meeting at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump and China loom over a tumultuous year in Asia

By FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

In this Sept. 19, 2018, file photo. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks during a joint press conference with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the Paekhwawon State Guesthouse in Pyongyang, North Korea. Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in announced in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang this week that Kim has accepted Moon’s request to visit Seoul soon, maybe within the year.(Pyongyang Press Corps Pool via AP, File)

A Kim Jong Un visit to Seoul? It would be surreal challenge

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

South Korean President Moon Jae-in, second from right, and his wife Kim Jung-sook, right, stand with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, second from left, and his wife Ri Sol-ju on the Mount Paektu in North Korea, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018. (Pyongyang Press Corps Pool via AP)

Kim Jong-un, Moon Jae-in join hands on peak of sacred North Korean volcano

By Eric Talmadge and Foster Klug - Associated Press

South Korean President Moon Jae-in, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un shakes hands after signing the documents at the Paekhwawon State Guesthouse in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018. (Pyongyang Press Corps Pool via AP)

Kim Jong-un agrees to dismantle main nuke site if U.S. takes steps, too

By Eric Talmadge and Foster Klug - Associated Press

South Koreans wave their national flags during a rally to wish for the successful inter-Korean summit near the presidential Blue House in Seoul, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Monday that he will push for &quot;irreversible, permanent peace,&quot; and for better dialogue between Pyongyang and Washington, during &quot;heart-to-heart&quot; talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this week. The signs read: &quot; Denuclearization.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Kim, Moon start possibly most challenging Korean summit yet

By ERIC TALMADGE and HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 27, 2018 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in raise their hands after signing a joint statement at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea. President Moon faces his toughest challenge yet in his third summit with Kim in Pyongyang, where he will be pressed to deliver substantive agreements beyond the vague aspirational statements on denuclearization that have been repeated in past months. (Korea Summit Press Pool via AP, File)

Moon faces toughest challenge yet in 3rd summit with Kim

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

FILE- in this April 27, 2018, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in raise their hands after signing on a joint statement at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea. As North Korea prepares for a massive parade Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of its founding, worry is rising in South Korea that a tentative detente is slipping away. Senior Chinese official Li Zhanshu will also attend the parade, which would underscore China’s role as an important player in efforts to solve the nuclear crisis. (Korea Summit Press Pool via AP, File)

North Korean parade a tricky prelude to inter-Korean summit

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

South Korea's President Moon Jae-in is seen on a video screen as he delivers his speech entitled &quot;ROK and ASEAN: Partners for Achieving Peace and Co-prosperity in East Asia&quot; during the 42nd Singapore Lecture organized by the Institute of South East Asian Studies (ISEAS) in Singapore, Friday, July 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Yong Teck Lim)

Moon presses Trump, Kim for breakthrough in nuclear talks

By ANNABELLE LIANG and KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press