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In this Feb. 3, 2017 photo, a man watches a public TV screen showing a file image of North Korea's state security minister Kim Won Hong, who had been seen as close to leader Kim Jong Un, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea. North Korea executed five senior security officials with anti-aircraft guns because they made false reports that "enraged" leader Kim Jong Un, South Korea's spy agency said Monday, Feb. 27. The spy agency told lawmakers that five North Korean officials in the department of recently purged Kim Won Hong were executed by anti-aircraft guns because of the false reports to Kim, South Korean lawmaker Lee Cheol Woo said. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)
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FILE - In this Monday, July 12, 2010 file picture an elderly South Korean man takes a nap while on a lunch beak in Seoul, South Korea. While most people born in rich countries will live longer by 2030 with women in South Korea estimated to reach at least 91 Americans will have among the lowest life expectancy of any developed country, a new study predicts. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man, FILE)
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FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2017 file photo, Kim Bo-reum of South Korea competes during the women's 3000 meter race of the ISU world single distances speed skating championships at Gangneung Oval in Gangneung, South Korea. With the Winter Olympics just a year away, the Asian Winter Games will be the ideal stage for the continent’s leading winter athletes to fine tune for Pyeongchang 2018. The eighth Asian Winter Games will open in Sapporo on Sunday, Feb. 19 and run through Feb. 26, with more than 2,000 athletes from 31 countries competing in five sports, 11 disciplines and 64 events. South Korea, the next Olympic host, will have 142 athletes taking part and has set an ambitious goal of 15 gold medals and second place in the medals standings. Kim, an emerging star on the women's side, leads all female skaters in mass start this season. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)
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Seung-Yul Noh, of South Korea, waits to hit from the 18th tee of the Pebble Beach Golf Links during the second round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, in Pebble Beach, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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Seung-Yul Noh, of South Korea, reacts after missing a birdie putt on the 17th green of the Pebble Beach Golf Links during the second round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, in Pebble Beach, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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Seung-Yul Noh, of South Korea, follows his shot from the eighth tee of the Spyglass Hill Golf Course during the first round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament Thursday Feb. 9, 2017, in Pebble Beach, Calif. (David Royal/Monterey Herald via AP)
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Byeong Hun An, of South Korea, hits his tee shot at the second hold during the final round of the Waste Management Phoenix Open golf tournament Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017, in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Byeong Hun An, of South Korea, hits his approach shot into the second green during the third round of the Waste Management Phoenix Open golf tournament Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017, in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Byeong Hun An, of South Korea, watches his tee shot at the second hole during the third round of the Waste Management Phoenix Open golf tournament Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017, in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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In this Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016 photo, a customer looks at eggs at a discount store in Seoul, South Korea. Egg prices are soaring and new year's festivals are being canceled as South Korea fights its worst bird flu outbreak in over a decade. South Korea's government said Tuesday that about 26 million head of poultry will be culled by Wednesday including about one-third of the country's egg-laying hens after the H5N6 strain of avian influenza was found in farms and parks. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)
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In this Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016 photo, a customer looks at eggs at a discount store in Seoul, South Korea. South Korea's government said Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016 that about 26 million head of poultry will be culled by Wednesday including about one-third of the country's egg-laying hens after the H5N6 strain of avian influenza was found in farms and parks. (Shin Jun-hee/Yonhap via AP)
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In this Monday, Dec. 26, 2016 photo, health officials wearing protective suits carry a sack containing killed chickens after they were slaughtered at a chicken farm where a suspected case of bird flu was reported in Incheon, South Korea. South Korea's government said Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016 that about 26 million head of poultry will be culled by Wednesday including about one-third of the country's egg-laying hens after the H5N6 strain of avian influenza was found in farms and parks. (Yun Tae-hyun/Yonhap via AP)
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Sungbin Yun, of South Korea, talks with reporters after a third place finish in a men's skeleton World Cup race on Friday, Dec. 16, 2016, in Lake Placid, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
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Winner Alexander Tretiakov, of Russia, center, celebrates with second placed Matthew Antoine, of the United States, left, and third placed Sungbin Yun, of South Korea, after the men's skeleton World Cup race on Friday, Dec. 16, 2016, in Lake Placid, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
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South Korean President Park Geun-hye arrives to meets with National Assembly Speaker Chung Sye-kyun at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. South Korea's president said Tuesday she will allow parliament to choose her prime minister, a major political concession to growing anger as she scrambles to defuse an escalating influence-peddling scandal. (Bae Jae-man/Yonhap via AP) KOREA OUT
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Seung-Yul Noh, left, of South Korea, congratulates Xander Schauffele after completing the Sanderson Farms Championship golf tournament, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2016, in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2016, file photo, a woman walks by an advertisement of the Samsung Electronics Galaxy Note 7 smartphone at a subway station in Seoul, South Korea. South Korea's government asked Samsung Electronics to extend the refund period for its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones that have been subject to an unprecedented global recall. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)
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A customer holds a Samsung Electronics Galaxy Note 7 smartphone at the headquarters of South Korean mobile carrier KT in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Sept. 2, 2016. Samsung will issue a global recall of the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone as soon as this weekend after its investigation on explosion claims found batteries were at fault, according to South Korea's Yonhap News. (AP Photo/ahn Young-joon)
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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)
