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Farewell ceremony for Osaka expo mascot

Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura (3rd from L, back row) and the members of a Japanese dance group Avantgardey pose for a photo with one of the monuments of Myaku-Myaku, the official mascot of the World Exposition in Osaka, during a farewell ceremony at the event's venue in Osaka on Nov. 29, 2025, before all similar statues are removed from the site.

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U.S. secretary of state meets with relatives of Japanese abductees

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (front row, 3rd from R) meets with relatives of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s, at the State Guest House in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2025. Takuya Yokota (front row, 2nd from L), head of a group representing the families, attended the meeting with his mother Sakie (front row, 3rd from L), whose daughter, Megumi, was abducted by North Korea in 1977 aged 13. (Pool photo)

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Sumo: London tournament

Sumo grand champions Hoshoryu (1st row, far R) and Onosato (1st row, 3rd from R) pose for a photo with other sumo wrestlers in front of the Royal Albert Hall in London on Oct. 15, 2025, ahead of the start of the five-day Grand Sumo Tournament later in the day.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

Japan Sports Agency Commissioner Koji Murofushi (front row, 3rd from L) poses for a photo in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2025, with athletes who represented Japan at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo that concluded on Sept. 21.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

Japan Sports Agency Commissioner Koji Murofushi (front row, 3rd from L) poses for a photo in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2025, with athletes who represented Japan at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo that concluded on Sept. 21.

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China marks 80th anniversary of Japan's WWII defeat

Russian President Vladimir Putin (2nd from L in front row), Chinese President Xi Jinping (3rd from L in front row) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (4th from L in front row) attend an event marking the 80th anniversary of Japan's defeat in World War II at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Sept. 3, 2025. A giant portrait of Mao Zedong, the founder of the People's Republic of China, is hung below them.

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PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan calls for Kurdish militant group to lay down arms

Handout photograph released on February 27, 2025, shows jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan (First row C) poses with Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party delegation members MP of the Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party Pervin Buldan (First row 3rd L), Ahmet Turk (First row 3rd R) former mayor of mardin, Sirri Sureyya Onder (First row 2nd R), MP of Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party, Tulay Hamitogullari (R), Co-leader of Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party, Tuncer Bakirhan, (first row 2nd L) , Co-leader of Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party, Faik Ozgur Erol (2nd row L), Lawyer, Cengiz Cicek (2nd row R) at the Imrali island prison,Bursa Province, Turkey. Handout Photo by The Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party Press Office via DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Celebration of Gannangxiang Festival - China

Twin sisters Yang Ningzhu (2nd L, middle row) and Yang Ningyu (3rd L, middle row) perform Lusheng dance in celebration of Gannangxiang festival in Zhouxi Town of Kaili, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, February 15, 2025. Donning in traditional attire, accompanied by the melody of Lusheng, a traditional musical instrument, local people in Kaili rejoiced the annual Gannangxiang festival in Zhouxi Town of Kaili. Every year during the festival, two pairs of twin sisters of Miao ethnic group, Yang Ningzhu and Yang Ningyu, Yang Ningwei and Yang Ningning, together with their mother Wu Qian, will come back from downtown Kaili to their grandmother's house in rural Miao village to attend this grand event. They believe that this is the best way to inherit ethnic culture. With a history of more than 400 years, the festival is inscribed on the list of provincial intangible cultural heritage of Guizhou. Photo by Xinhua/Yang Wenbin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hidankyo rally ahead of Nobel Peace Prize ceremony

Shigemitsu Tanaka (3rd from L, front row) of the atomic bomb survivors' group Nihon Hidankyo, which won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, poses during a pep rally in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 4, 2024, before attending the award ceremony in Oslo on Dec. 10.

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Football greats in Japan

Football legends from around the world, including former Spain great David Silva (far L, front row) and Brazil's Kaka (3rd from L, front row), pose for a photo following "Diamond Cup of Legend," an exhibition match against former players of Japan's top-tier J-League, on Nov. 27, 2024, at Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium in Yokohama, near Tokyo.

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Japan-Philippines defense talks

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (2nd from front, L row) and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro (3rd from front, R row) hold talks in Vientiane, Laos, on Nov. 22, 2024.

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Forum on China-Africa Cooperation summit

Chinese President Xi Jinping (3rd from R in front row) and his wife Peng Liyuan (4th from R in front row) pose for a group photo with participants of a summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sept. 4, 2024.

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(PARIS2024) FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-TABLE TENNIS

(240801) -- PARIS, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Li Sun (3rd L, 5th row), head coach of China's national table tennis team, and other members of team China celebrate during the table tennis men's singles quarterfinal between Fan Zhendong of China and Harimoto Tomokazu of Japan at Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 1, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Wang Dongzhen)

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World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya

Cosplayers pose with Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura (front row, 3rd from R) at a prefectural government facility in Nagoya on July 30, 2024, ahead of the three-day World Cosplay Summit from Aug. 2 in the central Japan city.

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(EnchantingGuangxi) CHINA-GUANGXI-ETHNIC WOMAN (CN)

(240427) -- LIUZHOU, April 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Liang Zuying (3rd L, 2nd row) in ethnic Miao costume watches a performance in Wuying Village of Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 17, 2018. Liang Zuying, 48, hails from Wuying Village, a Miao ethnic-minority hamlet that is hidden deep in the towering mountains straddling Guangxi and Guizhou. In the past, the impassable mountains and rugged landscape rendered locals extremely poor. Due to their traditional views and poor family conditions, many parents did not send their daughters to school. Liang and many other women in the village received little education and could neither read nor speak Mandarin, a major impediment that isolated them from the outside world. From March 2020, local authorities initiated a training program in Wuying Village to teach ethnic women Mandarin, in a bid to remove language barriers between them and people beyond the village, while improving their communication and vocational ski

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Japanese imperial garden party

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako speak with actor Kinya Kitaoji (3rd from R, front row) during a spring imperial garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Gardens in Tokyo on April 23, 2024.

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(SP)QATAR-DOHA-DIVING-WORLD AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS-MEN'S 10M SYNCHRONISED

(240209) -- DOHA, Feb. 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Quan Hongchan (1st L, 3rd row) and Chen Yuxi (1st L, 2nd row) of China cheer for their teammates during the men's 10m synchronised final of diving at the World Aquatics Championships 2024 in Doha, Qatar, Feb. 8, 2024. (Xinhua/Xue Yuge)

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Special Japan-ASEAN summit

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (3rd from L, left row) attends a dinner with leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2023.

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Macron Receives Mayors - Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron (3rd row, 3rdL) and his wife Brigitte Macron (2ndL) pose with mayors from the Aquitaine region during a reception with French mayors at the Elysee Palace, on the sidelines of the 105th session of the Congress of Mayors organised by the "France's Mayors' Association" (AMF), in Paris, France on November 22, 2023.Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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APEC ministerial meeting

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa (front row, 3rd from L) and Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura (front row, 4th from L) attend the closing session of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum ministerial meeting in San Francisco on Nov. 15, 2023.

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Dutch economy shrinks for 3rd consecutive quarter

STORY: Dutch economy shrinks for 3rd consecutive quarter SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 15, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:00 LOCATION: THE HAGUE, the Netherlands CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views in the Netherlands STORYLINE: The Dutch economy contracted in the third quarter of 2023, which already was the third quarterly shrinkage of the year, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) said on Tuesday. According to CBS, the gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 0.2 percent in the Q3 of 2023 compared to the previous quarter. The contraction was smaller than in the first two quarters of this year, when the economy shrank by 0.5 and 0.4 percent respectively. The last time the Dutch economy shrank three quarters in a row was during the financial crisis in 2008 and 2009. "Many jobs often disappear during a recession," CBS chief economist Peter Hein van Mulligen explained in a presentation. "That is not the case now. Many jobs were created, 31,000 to be precise compared to the previous quarter. The la

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China holds Belt and Road int'l forum

Chinese President Xi Jinping (2nd from R on front row) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (3rd from R on front row) wave with other leaders as they take part in an international forum on China's signature Belt and Road global infrastructure initiative during a photo session at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 18, 2023.

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Fashion Festival Closing Ceremony - Hyeres

Daphne Burki with Bilal Hassani (3rd row) seen during the Awards ceremony and the closing of the 38th edition of the International Festival of Fashion, Photography and Fashion accessories on October 15, 2023, in Villa Noailles, Hyeres, France. Photo by Jana Call me J/ABACAPRESS.COM

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UN-UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE-HIGH-LEVEL MEETING

(230921) -- UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Dennis Francis (3rd R, First Row), president of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), speaks at the opening of the High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage at the UN headquarters in New York, on Sept. 21, 2023. Francis on Thursday called on the international community to work together to radically transform the health systems. (Xinhua/Li Rui)

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INDONESIA-BALI-CHINESE VOLUNTEER TEACHER

(230912) -- BALI, Sept. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yulong (1st R, 3rd row) and other volunteer teachers pose for a photo with children in Bali, Indonesia, July 28, 2023. TO GO WITH "Across China: Volunteer teacher's heartfelt connection with Indonesian students" (Xinhua)

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G-7 business meeting in Tokyo

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (front row, 3rd from R) receives a set of proposals from business leaders from the Group of Seven industrialized nations on the second day of a two-day meeting at the premier's official residence in Tokyo on April 20, 2023, ahead of the G-7 summit in Hiroshima in May, he chairs. (Pool photo)

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Japan-Philippines talks

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) and Philippine Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri (3rd from L in front row) take a group photo during their meeting at the premier's office in Tokyo on April 5, 2023.

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World Baseball Classic

Japan outfielder Lars Nootbaar's grandfather, Tatsuji Enokida (front row, 3rd from L), and grandmother, Kazuko (front row, 2nd from L), watch the Japan-U.S. World Baseball Classic final on television in Higashimatsuyama, Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan, on March 22, 2023.

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China's National People's Congress

Chinese President Xi Jinping (3rd from L in 2nd row) applauds at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing as the National People's Congress closes on March 13, 2023.

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Türkiye's inflation eases for 3rd month to 57.68 pct

STORY: Türkiye's inflation eases for 3rd month to 57.68 pct DATELINE: Feb. 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:07 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people on the street 2. various of shops in Ankara STORYLINE: Türkiye's annual inflation eased for the third month in a row, recording a 57.68-percent growth in January, official data showed on Friday. Meanwhile, consumer prices registered a month-on-month growth of 6.65 percent in January, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute. Inflation in Türkiye hit almost 85.5 percent, a 24-year high, in October last year after rising for 17 months. The high inflation leads to a sharp decline in Turkish households' purchasing power despite the government's anti-inflation measures and salary increases. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan supports low-interest rates in the hope of boosting economic growth and employment. He recently signaled a further decrease in the central bank's interest rates in the future. "We will lower the key in

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Vegetable "hina" dolls featuring celebrities

AOMORI, Japan, Feb. 27 Kyodo - Japanese "hina" dolls made from about 50 vegetables and fruits depict celebrities at a roadside station in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, on Feb. 27, 2017. Among them are U.S. President Donald Trump (L in top row), Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike (R in top row) and Piko Taro (3rd from L in 3rd row), known for his song, "Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen." Hina dolls are traditionally displayed at the girls' festival on March 3.

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People gather to mourn terror attack victims

WASHINGTON, United States - People including International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde (3rd from R on front row) show solidarity with France on Jan. 11, 2015, in Washington, the United States, after terror attacks killed 17 people.

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Filtered venting system examined at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant

TOKYO, Japan - Nuclear Regulation Authority Commissioner Toyoshi Fuketa (3rd from R, front row) examines a filtered venting system at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture on Dec. 12, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Lawmaker arrives in N. Korea to stage martial arts event

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Japanese wrestler-turned-parliamentarian Antonio Inoki (3rd from L on front row) shows his enthusiasm at a press conference in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Aug. 28, 2014. Inoki, 71, plans to stage a rare combat sports extravaganza in the country.

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National gymnastic team shows confidence for championships

TOKYO, Japan - Kohei Uchimura (3rd from L, front row), captain of Japan's national gymnastics team, and other members attend an event in Tokyo, on July 30, 2014. The team will participate in the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships scheduled in Nanning, China, in October.

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Japan women lawmakers meet S. Korean parliament chief

SEOUL, South Korea - Seiko Noda (3rd from R, front row), chairwoman of the General Council of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and other female Japanese lawmakers meet Chung Ui Hwa (R), speaker of the National Assembly of South Korea, in Seoul on July 21, 2014.

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BRICS summit in Brazil

BRASILIA, Brazil - Leaders of five emerging economies -- (front row) Russian President Vladimir Putin (2nd from L), Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (3rd from L), Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff (4th from L), Chinese President Xi Jinping (5th from L) and South African President Jacob Zuma (6th from L) -- line up for photos with leaders of South American countries at the BRICS summit in Brasilia, Brazil, on July 16, 2014.

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BRICS summit in Brazil

BRASILIA, Brazil - Leaders of five emerging economies -- (front row) Russian President Vladimir Putin (2nd from L), Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (3rd from L), Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff (4th from L), Chinese President Xi Jinping (5th from L) and South African President Jacob Zuma (6th from L) -- line up for photos with leaders of South American countries at the BRICS summit in Brasilia, Brazil, on July 16, 2014.

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IOC Coordination Commission members visit Tokyo Big Sight

TOKYO, Japan - John Coates (3rd from R, front row), chair of the International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission, poses with Yoshiro Mori (3rd from L), head of the organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, and others during their visit to Tokyo Big Sight, a candidate site for a main press/broadcasting center and some events, in Tokyo on June 26, 2014.

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Candidate radioactive waste disposal site in Miyagi Pref.

SENDAI, Japan - Senior Vice Environment Minister Shinji Inoue (3rd from L, front row) listens to Kami Mayor Hirofumi Inomata (R) at a candidate site for the final disposal of radioactive waste in Kami Town, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 16, 2014.

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U.N. ambassadors gather at kickoff ceremony ahead of World Cup

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (4th from R, 3rd row) joins representatives from 32 countries and children at a kickoff ceremony at the international body's headquarters on June 9, 2014, ahead of the start of the soccer World Cup in Brazil.

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U.S. envoy Kennedy with Tohoku kids in Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (3rd from L, back row) poses for photos with children invited from six prefectures in northeastern Japan before her ceremonial first pitch at a baseball game between Rakuten Eagles and Orix Buffaloes at Kobo Stadium Miyagi in Sendai on May 13, 2014.

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Japan official in Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (3rd from front in left row) and Shotaro Yachi (R), who heads the secretariat of Japan's National Security Council, hold talks in Moscow on March 12, 2014. The Japanese official was in Russia to discuss the crisis in Ukraine.

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People involved in film 'Kano' parade in Chiayi, Taiwan

CHIAYI, Taiwan - Japanese actor Masatoshi Nagase (3rd from R in front row) and other people involved in the film "Kano" parade in Chiayi, Taiwan, on Feb. 22, 2014.

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China-N. Korea meeting

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin (far L) and North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun (3rd from front in R row) meet in Pyongyang on Feb. 19, 2014.

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China-N. Korea meeting

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin (3rd from L) and North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun (3rd from front in R row) meet in Pyongyang on Feb. 19, 2014.

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Basketball game for N. Korean leader's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (front row, 4th from L) and his wife Ri Sol Ju (front row, 3rd from L) watch an exhibition basketball game between American and North Korean players with former U.S. basketball star Dennis Rodman (front row, 3rd from R) at the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium on Jan. 8, 2014. The game was held to celebrate Kim's birthday.

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Basketball game for N. Korean leader's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Former U.S. basketball star Dennis Rodman (3rd from L, front row) and other American basketball players pose for photos with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (3rd from R, front row) at the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium on Jan. 8, 2014. An exhibition basketball game between American and North Korean players was held the same day at the stadium to celebrate Kim's birthday.

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Mongolia presidential election

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj (3rd from L, front row) and others celebrate in front of a statue of Genghis Khan in Ulan Bator on June 27, 2013, after Elbegdorj won a second four-year term in the presidential election the previous day.

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N. Korean general's sacking linked to standing position

SEOUL, South Korea - The front page of The Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of North Korea's Workers' Party of Korea, dated July 8, 2012, shows Ri Yong Ho (3rd from R, front row), then chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army, standing along the white line on the floor at the same forefront position as the country's leader Kim Jong Un next to him. A South Korean source well versed in North Korean situations says the photo could have been the reason or could have been used as the reason for his sudden removal from all his posts in the party later in July.