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Party To Honor Artist Marc Quinn - Miami

Roberto Cavalli at a party hosted by Dujour Magazine's editor Jason Binn to honor artist Marc Quinn durin Basel Art contemporary art fair, at Delano in Miami, FL, USA on December 4, 2013. Photo by Seth Browarnik/Startraks/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Textbook should not harm Seoul-Tokyo ties: S. Korean minister

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Lee Joung Binn speaks to Kyodo News at the foreign ministry in Seoul on March 19. In an exclusive interview with Kyodo, Lee said the recent controversy over a Japanese history textbook should not damage bilateral relations between Seoul and Tokyo.

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S. Korea's foreign minister meets Japanese premier

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Lee Joung Binn (L) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori at the premier's official residence Nov. 6. Lee is currently on a two-day visit to Japan from Monday for talks with Japanese leaders on promoting bilateral ties.

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Foreign ministers of Japan, S. Korea, U.S. meet press

SEOUL, South Korea - (From L to R) U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Lee Joung Binn, and Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono attend a news conference at a Seoul hotel on Oct. 25 after their trilateral talks ended.

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Japanese, S. Korean, U.S. foreign ministers meet in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - (From L to R) South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Lee Joung Binn, U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono shake hands before they begin talks in Seoul on Oct. 24.

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Albright arrives in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright arrives in Seoul on Oct. 25 after completing a historic two-day visit to North Korea. Albright is expected to brief South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Lee Joung Binn and Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono on her visit, in which she held six hours of talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

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Kono, Lee hold talks in Atami

ATAMI, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono (far L) and South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Lee Joung Binn (far R) hold a breakfast meeting in the hot-sprint resort city of Atami in Shizuoka Prefecture southwest of Tokyo on Sept. 24 on the sidelines of summit talks between Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and South Korean President Kim Dae Jung.

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Albright meets South Korea's

BANGKOK, Thailand - U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and South Korean Foreign Minister Lee Joung Binn pose for photographers at a Bangkok hotel July 28 before they hold talks on the sidelines of an annual meeting between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its 10 extra-regional ''dialogue partners.''

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Koreas agree to cooperate diplomatically, end U.N. rivalry

BANGKOK, Thailand - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minster Lee Joung Binn (L) and North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun pose for a photo session at a Bangkok hotel July 26 prior to their talks. In their first-ever official foreign ministerial talks, the two officials agreed to end their rivalry at the United Nations and to cooperate at the U.N. and other international bodies.

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ARF ministers begin working dinner

BANGKOK, Thailand - (From L to R in the back row) Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono, North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun and South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minster Lee Joung Binn attend a photo session, along with other foreign ministers meeting for the ASEAN Regional Forum at a Bangkok hotel July 26. Ministers from Asia, North America and Europe began their annual discussion on security in the Asia-Pacific region during the dinner with the spotlight squarely on the North Korean delegation and developments on the Korean Peninsula.

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Kono flies into Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono arrives at Seoul's Kimpo airport July 13. Kono, fresh from the Group of Eight (G-8) foreign ministers' meeting in Miyazaki, will brief South Korean President Kim Dae Jung and Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Lee Joung Binn on the G-8 discussion on North Korea,

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Albright rebuffs debate on U.S. troops pullout

SEOUL, S. Korea - U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (L) speaks at a joint news conference with South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Lee Joung Binn in Seoul on June 23. She rebuffed any debate in South Korea on changing the status or withdrawal of U.S. troops as ''not appropriate or premature.''

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Textbook should not harm Seoul-Tokyo ties: S. Korean minister

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Lee Joung Binn speaks to Kyodo News at the foreign ministry in Seoul on March 19. In an exclusive interview with Kyodo, Lee said the recent controversy over a Japanese history textbook should not damage bilateral relations between Seoul and Tokyo.

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S. Korea's foreign minister meets Japanese premier

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Lee Joung Binn (L) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori at the premier's official residence Nov. 6. Lee is currently on a two-day visit to Japan from Monday for talks with Japanese leaders on promoting bilateral ties.

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Foreign ministers of Japan, S. Korea, U.S. meet press

SEOUL, South Korea - (From L to R) U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Lee Joung Binn, and Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono attend a news conference at a Seoul hotel on Oct. 25 after their trilateral talks ended.

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Albright arrives in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright arrives in Seoul on Oct. 25 after completing a historic two-day visit to North Korea. Albright is expected to brief South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Lee Joung Binn and Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono on her visit, in which she held six hours of talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

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Kono, Lee hold talks in Atami

ATAMI, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono (far L) and South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Lee Joung Binn (far R) hold a breakfast meeting in the hot-sprint resort city of Atami in Shizuoka Prefecture southwest of Tokyo on Sept. 24 on the sidelines of summit talks between Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and South Korean President Kim Dae Jung.

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Albright meets South Korea's

BANGKOK, Thailand - U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and South Korean Foreign Minister Lee Joung Binn pose for photographers at a Bangkok hotel July 28 before they hold talks on the sidelines of an annual meeting between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its 10 extra-regional ''dialogue partners.''

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Koreas agree to cooperate diplomatically, end U.N. rivalry

BANGKOK, Thailand - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minster Lee Joung Binn (L) and North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun pose for a photo session at a Bangkok hotel July 26 prior to their talks. In their first-ever official foreign ministerial talks, the two officials agreed to end their rivalry at the United Nations and to cooperate at the U.N. and other international bodies.

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ARF ministers begin working dinner

BANGKOK, Thailand - (From L to R in the back row) Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono, North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun and South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minster Lee Joung Binn attend a photo session, along with other foreign ministers meeting for the ASEAN Regional Forum at a Bangkok hotel July 26. Ministers from Asia, North America and Europe began their annual discussion on security in the Asia-Pacific region during the dinner with the spotlight squarely on the North Korean delegation and developments on the Korean Peninsula.

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Kono flies into Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono arrives at Seoul's Kimpo airport July 13. Kono, fresh from the Group of Eight (G-8) foreign ministers' meeting in Miyazaki, will brief South Korean President Kim Dae Jung and Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Lee Joung Binn on the G-8 discussion on North Korea,

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Albright rebuffs debate on U.S. troops pullout

SEOUL, S. Korea - U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (L) speaks at a joint news conference with South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Lee Joung Binn in Seoul on June 23. She rebuffed any debate in South Korea on changing the status or withdrawal of U.S. troops as ''not appropriate or premature.''

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Korea's new foreign affairs and trade minister

SEOUL, South Korea - A file photo shows Lee Joung Binn who was named foreign affairs and trade minister in South Korean President Kim Dae Jung's cabinet reshuffle Jan. 13.