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3 senior N. Korean officials attend closing ceremony

INCHEON, South Korea - Three senior North Korean officials attend the Asian Games closing ceremony in Incheon, South Korea, on Oct. 4, 2014. Hwang Pyong So (center front row), director of the North Korean's military's General Political Bureau, and Choe Ryong Hae (2nd from R front row) and Kim Yang Gon (far R front row), secretaries of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, agreed with South Korean officials to hold another round of high-level talks in late October or early November.

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3 senior N. Korean officials attend closing ceremony

INCHEON, South Korea - Three senior North Korean officials -- (from L to R) Hwang Pyong So, director of the North Korean's military's General Political Bureau, and Choe Ryong Hae and Kim Yang Gon, secretaries of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea -- attend the Asian Games closing ceremony in Incheon, South Korea, on Oct. 4, 2014. They agreed with South Korean officials to hold another round of high-level talks in late October or early November.

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Senior N. Korea officials arrive in S. Korea

INCHEON, South Korea - Kim Yang Gon (R), secretary of North Korea's Workers' Party of Korea, arrives in South Korea on Oct. 4, 2014, to attend the Asian Games closing ceremony in Incheon. Other than Kim, Choe Ryong Hae, another secretary, and Hwang Pyong So, newly appointed director of the military's General Political Bureau, also arrived in the South.

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N. Korea's Kim Jong Un appears at huge loyalty parade in Pyongyang

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R) and Hwang Pyong So, the top political officer of the Korean People's Army, watch a parade at Kim Il Sung Square in the country's capital Pyongyang on May 10, 2016, to celebrate the end of the seventh Workers' Party of Korea congress. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Senior N. Korean military official likely punished: S. Korea

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R) is pictured with Hwang Pyong So, head of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army, during a memorial service for Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on Dec. 17, 2016. South Korea's National Intelligence Service told a group of lawmakers Nov. 20, 2017, that Hwang and Kim Won Hong, the bureau's deputy chief, might have been punished as the result of a rare inspection carried out on the bureau for the first time in 20 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Senior N. Korean military official likely punished: S. Korea

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R) and Hwang Pyong So, head of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army, watch a parade at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on May 10, 2016. South Korea's National Intelligence Service told a group of lawmakers Nov. 20, 2017, that Hwang and Kim Won Hong, the bureau's deputy chief, might have been punished as the result of a rare inspection carried out on the bureau for the first time in 20 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3 senior N. Korean officials attend closing ceremony

INCHEON, South Korea - Three senior North Korean officials attend the Asian Games closing ceremony in Incheon, South Korea, on Oct. 4, 2014. Hwang Pyong So (center front row), director of the North Korean's military's General Political Bureau, and Choe Ryong Hae (2nd from R front row) and Kim Yang Gon (far R front row), secretaries of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, agreed with South Korean officials to hold another round of high-level talks in late October or early November. (Kyodo)

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3 senior N. Korean officials attend closing ceremony

INCHEON, South Korea - Three senior North Korean officials -- (from L to R) Hwang Pyong So, director of the North Korean's military's General Political Bureau, and Choe Ryong Hae and Kim Yang Gon, secretaries of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea -- attend the Asian Games closing ceremony in Incheon, South Korea, on Oct. 4, 2014. They agreed with South Korean officials to hold another round of high-level talks in late October or early November. (Kyodo)

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Senior N. Korea officials arrive in S. Korea

INCHEON, South Korea - Kim Yang Gon (R), secretary of North Korea's Workers' Party of Korea, arrives in South Korea on Oct. 4, 2014, to attend the Asian Games closing ceremony in Incheon. Other than Kim, Choe Ryong Hae, another secretary, and Hwang Pyong So, newly appointed director of the military's General Political Bureau, also arrived in the South. (Kyodo)