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US: Palisades Fire Visible From Flights Near LAX As 30,000 Evacuate 4

Huge plumes of smoke were visible from flights arriving and departing from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) as a wildfire rapidly spread through Pacific Palisades fueled by Santa Ana winds on Tuesday, January 7. The fire has scorched more than 2,900 acres, prompting the evacuation of nearly 30,000 residents and causing several road closures. Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency to provide additional support to the affected communities.

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US: Palisades Fire Smoke Visible From Flights Near LAX As 30,000 Evacuate 2

Huge plumes of smoke were visible from flights arriving and departing from Los Angeles International Airport as a wildfire rapidly spread through Pacific Palisades fueled by Santa Ana winds on Tuesday, January 7. The fire has scorched more than 2,900 acres, prompting the evacuation of nearly 30,000 residents and causing several road closures. Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency to provide additional support to the affected communities.

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S. Korean students write to Japanese children

SEOUL, South Korea - Chae Pa Da (L), a poet from Cheju Island in South Korea, hands some of the 13,000 encouraging letters from primary and secondary school students on the island addressed to children affected by the March 11 quake and tsunami in Japan to Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Masatoshi Muto during a ceremony in Seoul on April 13, 2011. The letter writing drive was started by Chae's call and carried out by a local education bureau.

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Japan, China, S. Korea health ministers meet

CHEJU, South Korea - Japanese health minister Ritsuo Hosokawa (R) joins hands with his Chinese counterpart Chen Zhu (L) and South Korean counterpart Chin Soo Hee after a press conference on Cheju Island, South Korea, on Nov. 21, 2010. The ministers discussed cooperation in dealing with the new influenza, securing food safety and offering medical treatment for people injured in natural disasters.

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Japan, China, S. Korea health ministers meet

CHEJU, South Korea - Japanese health minister Ritsuo Hosokawa (R) joins hands with his Chinese counterpart Chen Zhu (L) and South Korean counterpart Chin Soo Hee ahead of their meeting on Cheju Island, South Korea, on Nov. 21, 2010. The ministers discussed cooperation in dealing with the new influenza, securing food safety and offering medical treatment for people injured in natural disasters.

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Japan, S. Korea foreign ministers take morning stroll on Jeju resort

CHEJU, South Korea - Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Aso (L) and South Korea's Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Song Min Soon take a morning stroll together at their hotel on April 1 a day after holding a one-day meeting on the South Korean resort island Jeju.

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Demonstrators protest Japan-S. Korea foreign minister meeting

CHEJU, South Korea - South Koreans, holding huge anti-Japanese posters, protest the meeting between Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso and South Korea's foreign affairs and trade minister Song Min Soon held on South Korea's Cheju Island on March 31.

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Japanese, S. Korean foreign ministers hold talks in Jeju

CHEJU, South Korea - Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso (2nd R) and Song Min Soon (3rd L), South Korea's foreign affairs and trade minister, hold talks on South Korea's Cheju Island on March 31.

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Japanese, S. Korean foreign ministers hold talks in Jeju

CHEJU, South Korea - Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso (R) and Song Min Soon, South Korea's foreign affairs and trade minister, pose for photographers at the outset of a bilateral meeting on South Korea's Cheju Island on March 31.

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Japanese, S. Korean foreign ministers hold talks in Jeju

CHEJU, South Korea - Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso (R) and Song Min Soon, South Korea's foreign affairs and trade minister, pose for photographers at the outset of a bilateral meeting on South Korea's Cheju Island on March 31.

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APEC trade ministers start talks with focus on WTO

CHEJU, South Korea - Hachiro Okonogi (L), senior vice minister at the Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry, attends a two-day trade ministers' meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum on Cheju Island, South Korea, on June 2.

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Asian economies discuss nonfarm trade liberalization formula

CHEJU, South Korea - Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Shoichi Nakagawa (C) chairs a meeting attended by delegates from seven other Asian economies to discuss ways to liberalize nonagricultural trade under the World Trade Organization on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum meeting on South Korea's Cheju Island on June 2.

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Koizumi returns from S. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi returns to Tokyo's Haneda airport on a government plane on July 22 from the South Korean resort island of Cheju, where he had two days of talks South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun.

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(2)Koizumi in South Korea

CHEJU ISLAND, South Korea - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) chats with South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun on a bench in a garden of a hotel on the South Korean resort island of Cheju on July 22.

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(1)Koizumi in South Korea

CHEJU ISLAND, South Korea - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) and South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun stroll in a garden of a hotel on the South Korean resort island of Cheju on July 22, the last day of Koizumi's two-day stay there.

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(4)Koizumi, Roh begin talks on Cheju Island

CHEJU ISLAND, South Korea - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun chat before they begin talks at a hotel on the South Korean resort Cheju Island on July 21.

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(3)Koizumi, Roh begin talks on Cheju Island

CHEJU ISLAND, South Korea - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun pose for photos at the start of their talks at a hotel on the South Korean resort Cheju Island on July 21.

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(3)Koizumi, Roh agree to speed up work on N. Korea nuke issue

CHEJU ISLAND, South Korea - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) and South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun toast to reach other at a dinner hosted by Roh in the South Korean resort of Cheju Island on July 21.

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(2)Koizumi, Roh agree to speed up work on N. Korea nuke issue

CHEJU ISLAND, South Korea - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) and South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun shake hands at the end of their joint press conference in the South Korean resort of Cheju Island on July 21. The agreed to cooperate with the United States to speed up work toward the dismantlement of nuclear development programs in North Korea.

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(1)Koizumi, Roh agree to speed up work on N. Korea nuke issue

CHEJU ISLAND, South Korea - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) and South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun smile at a joint press conference at the end of their talks on the South Korean resort of Cheju Island on July 21. The two leaders said they have agreed to cooperate with the United States to speed up work toward the dismantlement of nuclear development programs in North Korea.

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(1)Koizumi, Roh begin talks on Cheju Island

CHEJU ISLAND, South Korea - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) and South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun pose for photos at the start of their talks in the South Korean resort Cheju Island on July 21.

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(2)Koizumi, Roh begin talks on Cheju Island

CHEJU ISLAND, South Korea - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun chat before they begin talks in the South Korean resort Cheju Island on July 21.

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Koizumi leaves for Cheju for talks with S. Korea's Roh

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi waves as he leaves Tokyo's Haneda airport on July 21 for South Korea's Cheju Island for talks with South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun.

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Koizumi to visit S. Korea on July 21-22

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi waves at photographers as he walks into his office for a regular cabinet session on July 13. The government announced Koizumi will visit Cheju Island in South Korea on July 21-22 for talks with South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun.

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England squad in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - England captain David Beckham (L) and ace striker Michael Owen arrive at Osaka international airport May 25 from South Korea's Cheju Island to play in a friendly match against Cameroon in Kobe on May 26.

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Korean leaders end 3rd round of talks on Cheju Island

CHEJU ISLAND, South Korea - Jon Kum Jin (L), who led a North Korean delegation at the third round of inter-Korean ministerial talks on South Korea's resort island of Cheju, waves after negotiations wrapped up Sept. 30. Beside him is Seoul's Unification Minister Park Jae Kyu, who led the South Korean team. The two sides agreed to implement an accord reached during the historic summit of leaders from the two countries in June.

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N., S. Korea resume talks for peace, reconciliation

CHEJU ISLAND, South Korea - Jon Kum Jin (L), a cabinet councillor and head of a five-member North Korean delegation, and his South Korean counterpart Unification Minister Park Jae Kyu (R) shake hands as they resume talks at a hotel on Cheju Island on Sept. 29.

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N., S. Korean officials begin 3rd round of talks

CHEJU ISLAND, South Korea - South Korean Unification Minister Park Jae Kyu (L) and Jon Kum Jin, a cabinet councillor and head of a five-member North Korean delegation, shake hands before they begin talks on Cheju Island on reconciliation, peace and economic cooperation between the two Koreas.

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N. Korea's People's Armed Forces minister meets S. Korean presid

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Kim Dae Jung (R) and North Korea's People's Armed Forces Minister Kim Il Chol shake hands prior to their talks at the presidential palace in Seoul on Sept. 26. Kim Il Chol met the president after holding the first-ever inter-Korean defense ministerial talks with South Korean Defense Minister Cho Sung Tae on Cheju Island.

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S., N. Korea begin first-ever defense ministers' talks

CHEJU ISLAND, South Korea - North Korean People's Armed Forces Minister Vice Marshal Kim Il Chol (L) and South Korean Defense Minister Cho Sung Tae shake hands in the first-ever inter-Korean defense ministers' talks, which opened at a hotel in Cheju Island on Sept. 25. The two-day talks will explore ways of easing military tensions on the Korean Peninsula and promoting confidence-building measures on the world's last remaining Cold War frontier.

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N. Korean defense minister arrives in Cheju Island

CHEJU ISLAND, South Korea - Kim Il Chol, minister for North Korea's People's Army, arrives at South Korea's Cheju Island and receives a bouquet from a South Korean girl. Kim is to hold the first-ever inter-Korean defense ministerial talks with South Korean Defense Minister Cho Sung Tae on the island on Sept. 25-26.

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N. Korean defense minister enters S. Korea

PANMUNJOM - Vice Marshal Kim Il Chol, minister for North Korea's People's Armed Forces, (2nd from L) enters South Korea through the truce village of Panmunjom on Sept. 24 for talks with South Korean Defense Minister Cho Sung Tae on the Cheju Island for the first ever inter-Korean defense ministerial talks on Sept. 25-26. Photo shows the North Korean minister being received by a South Korean military officer in Panmunjom.

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N., S. Korean defense ministers begin talks

CHEJU ISLAND, South Korea - North Korean People's Armed Forces Minister Kim Il Chol (L) shakes hands with his South Korean counterpart Cho Sung Tae at the start of the second day of their talks in a Cheju Island hotel Sept. 26.

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Obuchi, Kim take a walk on Cheju Island

CHEJU, South Korea - Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (R) and his South Korean counterpart Kim Jong Pil take a walk on the morning of Oct. 24 in a garden at the hotel on Cheju Island where Obuchi is staying. The two leaders chatted on the second day of a bilateral cabinet-level meeting.

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Obuchi, Kim toast each other at dinner on Cheju Island

CHEJU, South Korea - Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (L) and his South Korean counterpart Kim Jong Pil toast each other's health and further friendship and cooperation between Japan and South Korea at a dinner held on Cheju Island on Oct. 23. The dinner took place on the first day of a two-day bilateral cabinet-level meeting.

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Japan, S. Korea ships in 1st joint naval drill

ABOARD DESTROYER SHIRANE, - Japanese destroyer Tone and two South Korean frigates sail off South Korea's Cheju Island in the first joint naval drill by the two countries on Aug. 5.

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Japan, S. Korea conduct 1st joint naval drill

ABOARD DESTROYER SHIRANE, - Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force and the South Korean Navy conduct a joint search-and-rescue exercise in the East China Sea off South Korea's Cheju Island on Aug. 5. Photo shows the Japanese destroyer Setoyuki (R) close behind a South Korean warship during the first joint military drill by the two countries.

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Japan, S. Korea conduct 1st joint naval drill

ABOARD DESTROYER SHIRANE, - Helicopters take off from the destroyer Shirane of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) in the East China Sea off South Korea's Cheju Island on Aug. 5. as part of joint search-and-rescue exercises with the South Korean navy. The drills, in which ships of the two countries trained in responding to a fire on a civilian vessel, were the first joint military exercises by the two countries.

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Japanese, S. Korean ships head for joint naval drills

PUSAN, South Korea - South Korean and Japanese naval ships leave Pusan port in South Korea on Aug. 4 for the first bilateral search-and-rescue exercises, to be held in the East China Sea off South Korea's Cheju Island. The photo shows Japanese destroyer Shirane (below).

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Pusan citizens protest arrival of Japanese destroyer

PUSAN, South Korea - Some 50 local citizens protest the arrival of the Japanese destroyer Shirane at the Pusan port in southern South Korea on Aug. 2. The vessel will take part in Japan-South Korea joint naval exercises in international waters east of the South Korean island of Cheju.

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Japanese, S. Korean foreign ministers hold talks in Jeju

CHEJU, South Korea - Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso (R) and Song Min Soon, South Korea's foreign affairs and trade minister, pose for photographers at the outset of a bilateral meeting on South Korea's Cheju Island on March 31. (Kyodo)

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Japanese, S. Korean foreign ministers hold talks in Jeju

CHEJU, South Korea - Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso (R) and Song Min Soon, South Korea's foreign affairs and trade minister, pose for photographers at the outset of a bilateral meeting on South Korea's Cheju Island on March 31. (Kyodo)

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Japanese, S. Korean foreign ministers hold talks in Jeju

CHEJU, South Korea - Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso (2nd R) and Song Min Soon (3rd L), South Korea's foreign affairs and trade minister, hold talks on South Korea's Cheju Island on March 31. (Kyodo)

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Japan, S. Korea foreign ministers take morning stroll on Jeju re

CHEJU, South Korea - Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Aso (L) and South Korea's Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Song Min Soon take a morning stroll together at their hotel on April 1 a day after holding a one-day meeting on the South Korean resort island Jeju. (Kyodo)

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Pusan citizens protest arrival of Japanese destroyer

PUSAN, South Korea - Some 50 local citizens protest the arrival of the Japanese destroyer Shirane at the Pusan port in southern South Korea on Aug. 2. The vessel will take part in Japan-South Korea joint naval exercises in international waters east of the South Korean island of Cheju.

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(4)Koizumi, Roh begin talks on Cheju Island

CHEJU ISLAND, South Korea - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun chat before they begin talks at a hotel on the South Korean resort Cheju Island on July 21. (Kyodo)

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(3)Koizumi, Roh begin talks on Cheju Island

CHEJU ISLAND, South Korea - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun pose for photos at the start of their talks at a hotel on the South Korean resort Cheju Island on July 21. (Kyodo)

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N., S. Korean defense ministers begin talks

CHEJU ISLAND, South Korea - North Korean People's Armed Forces Minister Kim Il Chol (L) shakes hands with his South Korean counterpart Cho Sung Tae at the start of the second day of their talks in a Cheju Island hotel Sept. 26.

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S., N. Korea begin first-ever defense ministers' talks

CHEJU ISLAND, South Korea - North Korean People's Armed Forces Minister Vice Marshal Kim Il Chol (L) and South Korean Defense Minister Cho Sung Tae shake hands in the first-ever inter-Korean defense ministers' talks, which opened at a hotel in Cheju Island on Sept. 25. The two-day talks will explore ways of easing military tensions on the Korean Peninsula and promoting confidence-building measures on the world's last remaining Cold War frontier.

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N., S. Korean officials begin 3rd round of talks

CHEJU ISLAND, South Korea - South Korean Unification Minister Park Jae Kyu (L) and Jon Kum Jin, a cabinet councillor and head of a five-member North Korean delegation, shake hands before they begin talks on Cheju Island on reconciliation, peace and economic cooperation between the two Koreas.