ILEA000677845: S. Korean delegation heads to N. Korea to prepare for 2nd summit

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)

Remains of 25 Chinese soldiers killed in Korean War casketed in S. Korea

STORY: Remains of 25 Chinese soldiers killed in Korean War casketed in S. Korea SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 22, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:39 LOCATION: INCHEON, South Korea CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony 2. various of the remains of Chinese soldiers STORYLINE: The remains of 25 Chinese soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War were casketed in South Korea on Wednesday to be sent back to their homeland. The ceremony to lay the 25 remains in coffins was held in Incheon, west of the capital Seoul. The Chinese delegation led by Vice Minister of Veterans Affairs Chang Zhengguo, officials with the Chinese Embassy in South Korea, representatives of Chinese students and Chinese companies in South Korea as well as officials with the South Korean Defense Ministry and personnel responsible for the excavation and identification of the remains attended the ceremony. A flower basket was laid at a temporary settlement for the remains of the Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) mart

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

U.S., S. Korea discuss additional sanctions on N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Robert Einhorn (L), special adviser for nonproliferation and arms control to the U.S. State Department, shakes hands with South Korea's Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Yong Joon in Seoul on Aug. 2, 2010, ahead of their talks over additional sanctions on North Korea. (Kyodo)

U.S. committed to 'firm and unwavering' defense of S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (L) is greeted by South Korean Defense Minister Kim Tae Young at the South Korean Defense Ministry in Seoul on Oct. 22, 2009, as he arrives for an annual Security Consultative Meeting between the two countries. (Kyodo)

N. Korea releases S. Korean worker detained since March

SEOUL, South Korea - A South Korean employee (C) of the Hyundai Group who had been detained since March by North Korea arrives in northern South Korea on Aug. 13 after his release. He had been detained at a joint industrial park in the North Korean border town of Kaesong. (Kyodo)

2 Koreas hold working-level talks on joint industrial complex

PAJU, South Korea - Kim Young Tak, head of South Korea's 16-member delegation, speaks to the media in Paju near the border village of Panmunjom on July 2 before leaving for the North Korean border city of Kaesong for working-level talks with North Korea. (Kyodo)

Clinton holds talks with S. Korean foreign minister Yu

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U.S. team returns from N. Korea with boxes of nuclear documents

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5-nation team reports 'smooth' nuclear disablement in N. Korea

BEIJING, China - Sung Kim, director of the U.S. State Department's Office of Korean Affairs, answers questions from reporters upon returning to Beijing's international airport Nov. 29 from North Korea after observing Pyongyang's nuclear disablement work as a member of a five-nation team from the United States, China, South Korea, Japan and Russia. (Kyodo)

S. Korean delegation heads to N. Korea to prepare for 2nd summit

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Vice Unification Minister Lee Kwan Se (C) leaves the Inter Korea Transit Office in Paju, near the border village of Panmunjom, for Pyongyang on Sept. 18 for preparatory work on the second inter-Korean summit set for Oct. 2-4. (Kyodo)

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