ILEA000661501: KCNA reports death of N. Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun

Business forum celebrating 50 years of Malaysia-China ties held in Kuala Lumpur

STORY: Business forum celebrating 50 years of Malaysia-China ties held in Kuala Lumpur SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 30, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 31, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:13 LOCATION: Kuala Lumpur CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the meeting 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LIEW CHIN TONG, Malaysian Investment, Trade and Industry Deputy Minister 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): REN HONGBIN, President of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): SUN XIAO, Secretary General of the China Chamber of International Commerce STORYLINE: The 16th Annual Meeting of Malaysia-China Joint Business Council commemorating the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries was held Tuesday in Kuala Lumpur, attracting more than 300 business insiders. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LIEW CHIN TONG, Malaysian Investment, Trade and Industry Deputy Minister "We hope that by fostering this relationship, especially during the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic rela

China aims to clinch more free trade agreements to boost trade, investment

STORY: China aims to clinch more free trade agreements to boost trade, investment SHOOTING TIME: file DATELINE: Jan. 29, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:46 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of China-related footage 2. SOUNDBITE (English): MAK CHAMROEUN, Chairman of e-commerce platform AgriBee (Cambodia) STORYLINE: China has planned to step up efforts in enlarging its globally-oriented network of high-standard free trade areas in 2024. China International Trade Representative and Vice Minister of Commerce Wang Shouwen told a recent press conference that the country had already inked 22 FTAs with 29 countries or regions, and the combined trade value involved accounted for one third of the country's total foreign trade value. In a move to further share China's opening-up dividends and power regional economic growth, China will enhance efforts on FTA negotiations in 2024, according to Wang. With the negotiations on Version 3.0 China-ASEAN Free Trade Area pending this week in Hangzhou, Wang vowed

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.

MALAYSIA-KUALA LUMPUR-CHINA SMART INDUSTRY TRADE EXHIBITION AND FORUM

(220907) -- KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah (2nd L, front) visits the 2022 China Smart Industry Trade Exhibition and Forum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sept. 6, 2022. TO GO WITH "Malaysian FM highlights economic ties, high-tech cooperation with China" (Photo by Chong Voon Chung/Xinhua)

CHINA-TWO SESSIONS-FOREIGN-STUDENTS (CN)

(220314) -- BEIJING, March 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- File photo provided by the interviewee shows Tungamirai Eric Mupona (C), a Zimbabwean student who majors in international affairs and global governance at Zhejiang University, selling local products via livestreaming in Xingxian County, north China's Shanxi Province, July 15, 2021. TO GO WITH "China Focus: Foreign students see opportunities through China's 'two sessions'" (Xinhua)

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.

N. Korea day at expo

SHANGHAI, China - North Korea's Urban Management Minister Hwang Hak Won (3rd from L) visits the country's pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo on Pyongyang's National Pavilion Day at the world event on Sept. 6, 2010. (Kyodo)

N. Korean Foreign Minister Pak in Hanoi

HANOI, Vietnam - North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun (front L) leaves a conference room after meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi in Hanoi on July 22, 2010, ahead of the 27-member ASEAN Regional Forum. The Chinese and North Korean foreign ministers agreed to deal with the issue of the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship in a dialogue-oriented manner. (Kyodo)

N. Korean foreign minister at regional forum

HANOI, Vietnam - North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun (L) leaves a conference room after a meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum in Hanoi on July 23, 2010. (Kyodo)

KCNA reports death of N. Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun

BEIJING, China - The Korean Central News Agency, North Korea's official news agency, on Jan. 3 reported that the country's foreign minister, Paek Nam Sun, has died. He was 77. File photo taken July 2006 shows the late foreign minister at the ASEAN regional forum in Kuala Lumpur. (Kyodo)

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