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In this March 18, 2016 photo, people watch a TV screen showing a file footage of a missile launch conducted by North Korea, at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, soon after North Korea defied U.N. resolutions by firing a medium-range ballistic missile into the sea. It's a demand North Korea has been making for decades: The U.S. and South Korea must immediately suspend their annual military exercises if they want peace on the Korean Peninsula. And, once again, it's a demand that is falling on deaf ears. This year's exercises are bigger than ever before and reportedly include training to take out Kim Jong Un himself. For Pyongyang's ruling regime, that's a bridge too far. But probably not far enough to fire the first shots over. The letters on the screen read "North Korea fired a missile against the ongoing joint military exercises, dubbed Key Resolve and Foal Eagle, between South Korea and the United States." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)
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Novak Djokovic of Serbia prepares to make a forehand return to Chung Hyeon of South Korea during their first round match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, Jan. 18, 2016.(AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
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People walk by a logo of Volkswagen at a dealership in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015. South Korea said Thursday it fined Volkswagen $12.3 million and ordered recalls of 125,522 diesel vehicles after the government found their emissions tests were rigged. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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U.S. Army armored vehicles are parked for an exercise during annual military drills with South Korea in Yeoncheon, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Wednesday, April 10, 2013. The prospect of a North Korean missile launch is "considerably high," South Korea's foreign minister told lawmakers Wednesday as Pyongyang prepared to mark the April 15 birthday of its founder, historically a time when it seeks to draw the world's attention with dramatic displays of military power. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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South Korean President Park Geun-hye operates a robotic arm during a tour of projects and programs that are underway at the agency's Goddard Space Flight Center, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015, in Greenbelt, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Anote Tong, the president of the tiny Pacific island of Kiribati, speaks in Seoul, South Korea, after receiving the first-ever Sunhak Peace Prize.
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Watch Abrams tanks at Rodriguez Live Fire Range, South Korea. Footage of 1/9 CAV, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division highlights Abrams tanks at Rodriguez Live Fire Range, South Korea.
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South Korean amy soldiers walk on Unification Bridge, which leads to the demilitarized zone, near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2015. South Korean and North Korean officials have resumed the second round of their high-level talks in the border village of Panmunjom on Sunday afternoon in an effort to ease mutual tension, South Korea’s presidential office said. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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Whee Kim, of South Korea, watches his tee shot on the ninth hole during the second round of the Barbasol Championship golf tournament, Friday, July 17, 2015, in Opelika, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
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Byeong-Hun An, of South Korea, hits out of the bunker on the first hole during a practice round for the U.S. Open golf tournament at Chambers Bay on Monday, June 15, 2015 in University Place, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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South Korean President Park Geun-hye delivers a speech during a ceremony marking Memorial Day at the National Cemetery in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, June 6, 2015. South Korea marked the 60th anniversary of Memorial Day for those killed in the 1950-53 Korean War. (Kim Hong-Ji/Pool Photo via AP)
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Adam Crapser, 40, who now has a wife and children including 1-year-old Christal, was adopted from South Korea when he was young, but his adoptive parents neglected to make him a U.S. citizen and re-homed him. (Associated Press)
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Yong Soo Lee of South Korea is one of dozens of surviving "comfort women" from Korea and other Asian countries who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese. (Associated Press)
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South Korean President Park Geun-hye, second from right, looks at portraits of the victims of the sunken ferry Sewol as she arrives to offer her condolences to the bereaved relatives of the victims at a port in Jindo, South Korea, Thursday, April 16, 2015. (Lee Jeong-ryong/Yonhap via AP)
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[u'U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert eaves a lecture hall for a hospital in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 5, 2015 after being attacked by a man. Lippert was attacked by a man wielding a razor and screaming that the rival Koreas should be unified, South Korean police and media said Thursday. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Kim Ju-Sung) KOREA OUT', u'U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert leaves a lecture hall for a hospital in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 5, 2015 after being attacked by a man. Lippert was slashed on the face and wrist by a man wielding a knife with a 10-inch blade and screaming that the rival Koreas should be unified, South Korean police said Thursday. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Kim Ju-Sung) KOREA OUT']
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Mark Lippert, U.S. ambassador to South Korea, (right) is greeted by South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se during a meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Oct. 31, 2014. (Associated Press)
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Samsung Electronics introduces its SUHD 4K smart TV in Seoul, South Korea (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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A man watches a TV news program showing North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) ** FILE **
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Danwon High School students hold papers with messages such as "come back," "miss you," "love you" and "don't loose your hope" for their friends who are missing after Wednesday's ferry disaster at the school yard in Ansan, South Korea, Thursday, April 17, 2014. Strong currents, rain and bad visibility hampered an increasingly anxious search Thursday for 287 passengers, many thought to be high school students, still missing more than a day after their ferry flipped onto its side and sank in cold waters off the southern coast of South Korea. (AP Photo/Woohae Cho)
