ILEA000005051: Kim arrives in Pyongyang for historic summit

China, S. Korea hold ceremony to transfer remains of Chinese soldiers killed in Korean War

STORY: China, S. Korea hold ceremony to transfer remains of Chinese soldiers killed in Korean War SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 23, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:44 LOCATION: INCHEON, South Korea CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony STORYLINE: China and South Korea held a ceremony on Thursday to transfer the remains and belongings of 25 Chinese soldiers killed in the 1950-1953 Korean War. The 10th handover ceremony was held at the Incheon International Airport, west of the capital Seoul, attended by Chinese Vice Minister of Veterans Affairs Chang Zhengguo, Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Xing Haiming and South Korea's Vice Defense Minister Kim Seon-ho as well as officials with relevant ministries. During the ceremony, representatives of China and South Korea signed a handover document. Xing covered the coffins of the martyrs with China's national flags, and the Chinese side held a memorial service. The Chinese honor guards escorted the coffins to an air force plane, which would

S. Koreans stage candlelight vigil against joint military drill with U.S.

STORY: S. Koreans stage candlelight vigil against joint military drill with U.S. DATELINE: Aug. 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:44 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the candlelight vigil 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Korean): HWANG NAM-SUN, Peace activist STORYLINE: A group of South Korean peace activists and ordinary people staged a candlelight vigil in central Seoul on Friday to express their stern opposition to an upcoming joint military exercise with the United States. Holding a candle in one hand, each participant shouted slogans of "Stop war exercise," and "Stop hostilities and go to peace now." Against the backdrop of placards that read "Stop South Korea-U.S.-Japan military cooperation and South Korea-U.S. joint military exercise that cause a war crisis," the peace activists called for peace on the Korean Peninsula. "It's a war crisis once again," said Jung Jong-sung, a civic activist who participated in the rally organized by the Korea Peace Appeal which is composed of hundreds of civic and rel

N. Korea's Kim calls for increase in grain production in key meeting

People wearing face masks walk in Pyongyang on March 3, 2023. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for increasing grain production at a key four-day ruling party meeting through Wednesday focused on agricultural development, state-run media reported, amid speculation that the country has been suffering from a chronic food shortage. At the plenary meeting of the Workers' Party of Korea, which followed the previous plenum by an unusually short interval of two months, Kim said it is "important to concentrate on increasing the per-hectare yield at all the farms," the official Korean Central News Agency said Thursday. He also stressed the need to enhance the role of the provincial, city and county guidance organs and all the farms in attaining the long-term objective of agricultural development, KCNA said.

Biden's Asia trip to fan confrontation wins no heart, divisive tactic bound to fail

STORY: Biden's Asia trip to fan confrontation wins no heart, divisive tactic bound to fail DATELINE: May 24, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:32 LOCATION: Seoul/Tokyo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Biden's Asia trip 2. various of people in Japan and South Korea protesting against the meetings 3. SOUNDBITE (Korean): WOO SUKEUN, Head of Institute of East Asian Studies of Korea STORYLINE: U.S. President Joe Biden visited South Korea and Japan amid public protests in the two Asian countries. During his visit to Japan, Biden attended the summit of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) to hustle the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF). Some experts have said that the IPEF has aroused many doubts in South Korea and Japan, and the United States is doomed to fail in its attempt to form closed and exclusive cliques. SOUNDBITE (Korean): WOO SUKEUN, Head of Institute of East Asian Studies of Korea The IPEF is also a framework that intensifies regional rivalries and tensions. The U.S. says that the framework i

DPRK-COVID-19-KIM JONG UN-QUICK ACTION

(220513) -- PYONGYANG, May 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo provided by Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 13, 2022 shows Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), visiting the state emergency epidemic prevention headquarters on May 12, 2022. Kim Jong Un on Thursday called for quick action to contain the spread of COVID-19, when visiting the state emergency epidemic prevention headquarters, the official KCNA reported. (KCNA via Xinhua)

DPRK leader calls for quick action to contain COVID-19

STORY: DPRK leader calls for quick action to contain COVID-19 DATELINE: May 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:48 LOCATION: Pyongyang CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (Chinese): JIANG YAPING, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of Pyongyang STORYLINE: STANDUP (Chinese): JIANG YAPING, Xinhua correspondent in Pyongyang "According to the Korean Central News Agency, Kim Jong Un, the top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), on Thursday visited the state emergency epidemic prevention headquarters. He called for quick action to contain the spread of COVID-19." A fever whose cause couldn't be identified explosively spread nationwide from late April, and more than 350,000 people got fever "in a short span of time" and at least 162,200 of them recovered completely. The Korean Central News Agency reported Thursday that samples taken from patients with fever in Pyongyang on Sunday were "consistent with" the virus' highly transmissible Omicron variant. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from

N. Korea's Kim seeks to expand key missile facility amid ICBM concern

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has instructed his officials to expand a key missile facility to launch a variety of rockets, state-run media reported Friday, with Pyongyang believed to have tested intercontinental ballistic missiles recently. Kim inspected the Sohae Satellite Launching Station in Dongchang-ri in the country's northwest, the Korean Central News Agency said, although it did not state when he visited the facility, which was previously used to test ICBM engines.

N. Korea hints at resuming nuclear, ICBM tests to counter U.S.

North Korea on Thursday hinted at resuming nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile tests, saying it may restart "activities" that it had temporarily suspended to build trust with former U.S. President Donald Trump. A key ruling party gathering held Wednesday concluded that North Korea should take "practical action to more reliably and effectively increase our physical strength" to counter the United States, the official Korean Central News Agency reported. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who held talks with Trump three times, presided over the meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, according to KCNA. People wearing face masks walk in Pyongyang on Jan. 20, 2022, amid worries over the novel coronavirus.

Defectors to scatter DVDs of Kim assassination comedy film in N. Korea

Park Sang Hak (C), head of the Fighters for a Free North Korea group made up of North Korean defectors in South Korea, speaks to the press in Seoul on Jan. 20, 2015, a day after the group flew balloons with about 100,000 anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the inter-Korean border. Park said his group plans to include copies of "The Interview," a comedy film about an assassination plot against North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, in their next round of balloon flights. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Memorial ceremony for late S. Korean President Kim

SEOUL, South Korea - People gather for a ceremony held on the eve of the first anniversary of the death of former South Korean President Kim Dae Jung in Seoul on Aug. 17, 2010. Some 3,000 people took part in the memorial event. (Kyodo)

Kim arrives in Pyongyang for historic summit

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