ILEA000672297: N. Korea complains about slow provision of energy aid

UN, Madagascar join hands to transform rural communities

STORY: UN, Madagascar join hands to transform rural communities DATELINE: Jan. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:16 LOCATION: ANOSY, Madagascar CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the solar-powered hub 2. SOUNDBITE (English): MANOJ JUNEJA, WFP Deputy Executive Director 3. various of students in the digital classrooms STORYLINE: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the government of Madagascar have launched an innovative project that seeks to develop rural communities in Androy and Anosy regions, in southern Madagascar. Under the Rapid Rural Transformation (RRT) initiative, WFP and partners establish solar-powered hubs, a sustainable water source and ICT in remote areas allowing for the provision of essential services such as energy, water, and digital platforms to members of the community, in an environmentally responsible and sustainable manner. The hub, which is managed by regional authorities, allows various partners to set up integrated community services such as training centers for women an

Japan, China hold high-level talks on maritime security

Makita Shimokawa (R), deputy director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanic Affairs Bureau, and Yi Xianliang, deputy director general of the Chinese Foreign Ministry's Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs, shake hands before a third round of bilateral high-level talks on maritime security and other issues in Yokohama southwest of Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan, S. Korea foreign ministry officials hold talks in Tokyo

Lee Sang Deok, director general for Northeast Asian Affairs of South Korea's Foreign Ministry, heads to a meeting with Junichi Ihara, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2015, to discuss a range of issues. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

U.S. envoy arrives in N. Korea for denuclearization talks

PYONGYANG, North Korea - On his arrival at Pyongyang International Airport on Dec. 8, 2009, chief U.S. policymaker on North Korea Stephen Bosworth (L) shakes hands with Jong Thae Yang, deputy head of the North Korean Foreign Ministry's U.S. affairs department. Bosworth is in the North Korean capital for a three-day visit aimed at persuading North Korea to return to the stalled six-party denuclearization talks. (Kyodo)

S. Korea, U.S. agree to efforts to get N. Korea back to 6-way tal

SEOUL, South Korea - Wi Sung Lac (R), South Korea's chief nuclear envoy, and Kurt Campbell (L), U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific affairs, shake hands at the South Korean ministry of foreign affairs and trade on July 20 ahead of their talks on issues including review of the current situation concerning the North Korean nuclear issue. (Kyodo)

6-way talks begin with focus on verifying N. Korea report

BEIJING, China - Negotiators to the six-party talks for denuclearizing North Korea join hands at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing July 10 ahead of their meeting aimed at agreeing on ways to verify Pyongyang's disclosure of its nuclear programs. (From L to R) are Christopher Hill, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexei Borodavkin, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei, Kim Sook, South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs of the Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministry, and Akitaka Saiki, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

N. Korea calls for speedy economic aid to advance 6-way talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Hwang Joon Kuk, chief of the South Korean foreign ministry's bureau on the North Korean nuclear issue, speaks at a press conference in Seoul on June 12. Hwang chaired a one-day meeting of working-level officials from the countries involved in the six-party talks on ending North Korea's nuclear programs held at the truce village of Panmunjeom on June 11. (Kyodo)

6-way working-level officials discuss energy aid for N. Korea

PANMUNJEOM, Korea - (From L to R) Delegates from Japan, China, South Korea, North Korea, Russia and the United States pose for photos at the truce village of Panmunjeom on June 11 before they start to discuss agreed-upon energy aid for North Korea. (Kyodo)

N. Korea hints at slowing of nuclear disablement steps

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Hyun Hak Bong, deputy director of the North Korean Foreign Ministry's American affairs bureau, answers a media question following talks with Chinese and South Korean diplomats in Pyongyang on Dec. 26. Hyun hinted North Korea will slow the pace of disablement work being carried out on its nuclear facilities, saying a delay in the delivery of energy aid the country was promised as a reward leaves them no choice but to do so. (Kyodo)

N. Korea to accept half of energy aid in equivalents

PANMUNJEOM, Korea - Holding hands, delegates from the six nations involved in negotiations to end North Korea's nuclear weapons program pose for photographers after a meeting held in the truce village of Panmunjeom on Oct. 30. North Korea will accept half of 1 million tons of energy aid in equivalents in an agreement reached after two days of talks, according to Lim Sung Nam, the South Korean chairman of the working group. The six nations involved in the talks are the United States, China, Russia, Japan, and the two Koreas. (Kyodo)

N. Korea complains about slow provision of energy aid

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