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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)

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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)