ILEA000001703: South, North Korea begin vice-ministerial talks

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-"2+2" TALKS-CHINA

(240620) -- SEOUL, June 20, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- China's Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong (2nd L) and Deputy Director of the Office for International Military Cooperation of the Central Military Commission Zhang Baoqun (1st L), and South Korea's Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Kim Hong-kyun (2nd R) and Director General of International Policy Bureau of the Ministry of National Defense Lee Seung-buhm, pose for a group photo prior to the first vice-ministerial level diplomatic and security "2+2" talks between China and the Republic of Korea (ROK) in Seoul, South Korea, June 18, 2024. The talks were held here on Tuesday. Both sides briefed each other of their respective foreign and security policies and had a candid and in-depth exchange of views on China-ROK relations and international and regional issues of common concern. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Yao Qilin)

CHINA-BEIJING-WANG YI-SAUDI ARABIA-IRAN-TALKS (CN)

(230310) -- BEIJING, March 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yi (C), a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, attends a closing meeting of the talks between the Saudi delegation led by Musaad bin Mohammed Al-Aiban (L), Saudi Arabia's Minister of State, Member of the Council of Ministers and National Security Advisor, and Iranian delegation led by Admiral Ali Shamkhani (R), Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, in Beijing, capital of China, March 10, 2023. Wang Yi presided over the closing meeting here on Friday. (Xinhua/Luo Xiaoguang)

S.Korea proposes talks with DPRK for reunion of separated families

STORY: S.Korea proposes talks with DPRK for reunion of separated families DATELINE: Sept. 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:30 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of South Korean Unification Ministry building (Xinhua) 2. South Korean Unification Minister Kwon Young-se speaking at a news briefing (Yonhap TV) 3. various of family reunion (Ministry of Unification) STORYLINE: South Korea on Thursday proposed talks with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) for the reunion of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War. South Korean Unification Minister Kwon Young-se said in a statement that the South Korean government publicly offers to hold talks with the DPRK to discuss the issue of the separated families. Kwon said the South Korean government hopes for responsible officials of the two sides to meet in person as soon as possible for a candid discussion on humanitarian matters, including the issue of separated families. The South Korean government will approach the dialogue with an open

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China defense chief visits N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie (R) shakes hands with North Korean People's Armed Forces Minister Kim Yong Chun near the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum in Pyongyang on Nov. 22, 2009. (Kyodo)

6-way envoys fail to agree on N. Korea nuke verification protocol

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Japan, U.S., S. Korea meet to push forward N. Korea nuke talks

TOKYO, Japan - Christopher Hill (L), U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, Kim Sook (C), the South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministry's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, and Akitaka Saiki, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, pose for photos at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on June 19 before the start of their talks on how to proceed with North Korea's denuclearization. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

Roh conveys Japan premier's message to N. Korean leader Kim

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Unification Minister Lee Jae Joung (R) briefs reporters in Seoul on Oct. 5 about summit talks between South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. (Kyodo)

S. Korea's Roh plants tree in Pyongyang garden

PYONGYANG, North Korea - South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun and his wife, Kwon Yang Suk, (both on L side), together with Kim Yong Nam (R), president of the Presidium of North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly, plant a pine tree which was brought from South Korea at a botanical garden in Pyongyang on Oct. 4.

South, North Korea begin vice-ministerial talks

Pak Yong Su (L), vice director of the North Korean Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Fatherland, and Yang Young Shik (R), South Korean Vice Unification Minister, begin the first bilateral vice-ministerial talks in 14 months at Beijing's Kempinski Hotel on June 22.

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