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Royals At Princess of Asturias Awards - Spain

Byung-Chul Han, 2025 Princess of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities, receives the award during the 2025 Princess of Asturias Awards ceremony held at the Campoamor Theater on October 24, 2025, in Oviedo (Spain). he Princess of Asturias Foundation has designed an extensive program of more than seventy cultural activities for the forty-fifth Princess of Asturias Awards. Under the name "Awards Week", it will take place between October 16 and 25 in Avilés, Colombres, Gijón, Oviedo and San Martín del Rey Aurelio. In this edition, the program includes concerts, film cycles, exhibitions, art installations and collective workshops. The award winners will be the protagonists of encounters with the public, meetings with experts in their respective fields and activities with students from various schools in Asturias. Photo by Raul Terrel/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royal Family Audience - Oviedo

Princess Leonor greets the 2025 Princess of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities, Byung-Chul Han, during the reception of the 2025 Princess of Asturias Laureates at the Hotel de la Reconquista, on October 24, 2025, in Oviedo (Spain). Photo by Raul Terrel / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royal Family Audience - Oviedo

The 2025 Princess of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities, Byung-Chul Han, during the reception of the 2025 Princess of Asturias Laureates at the Hotel de la Reconquista, on October 24, 2025, in Oviedo (Spain). Photo by Raul Terrel / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Royals preside over the annual meeting of the Cervantes Institute - Madrid

King Felipe and Queen Letizia present the 'Ñ' award to Park Chul during the annual meeting of the Instituto Cervantes Board of Trustees held at the Royal Palace of El Pardo, on February 5, 2025, in Madrid, Spain. During the ceremony, the monarchs presented the "Ñ Award", with which the institution distinguishes personalities who stand out for their work in the international dissemination of the Spanish language. Photo by José Oliva / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Royals preside over the annual meeting of the Cervantes Institute - Madrid

King Felipe and Queen Letizia present the 'Ñ' award to Park Chul during the annual meeting of the Instituto Cervantes Board of Trustees held at the Royal Palace of El Pardo, on February 5, 2025, in Madrid, Spain. During the ceremony, the monarchs presented the "Ñ Award", with which the institution distinguishes personalities who stand out for their work in the international dissemination of the Spanish language. Photo by José Oliva / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Royals preside over the annual meeting of the Cervantes Institute - Madrid

King Felipe and Queen Letizia present the 'Ñ' award to Park Chul during the annual meeting of the Instituto Cervantes Board of Trustees held at the Royal Palace of El Pardo, on February 5, 2025, in Madrid, Spain. During the ceremony, the monarchs presented the "Ñ Award", with which the institution distinguishes personalities who stand out for their work in the international dissemination of the Spanish language. Photo by José Oliva / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Royals preside over the annual meeting of the Cervantes Institute - Madrid

(L-R) Park Chul, King Felipe and Queen Letizia during the annual meeting of the Instituto Cervantes Board of Trustees held at the Royal Palace of El Pardo, on February 5, 2025, in Madrid, Spain. During the ceremony, the monarchs presented the "Premio Ñ" award, with which the institution distinguishes personalities who stand out for their work in the international dissemination of the Spanish language. Photo by José Oliva / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Royals preside over the annual meeting of the Cervantes Institute - Madrid

King Felipe and Queen Letizia present the 'Ñ' award to Park Chul during the annual meeting of the Instituto Cervantes Board of Trustees held at the Royal Palace of El Pardo, on February 5, 2025, in Madrid, Spain. During the ceremony, the monarchs presented the "Ñ Award", with which the institution distinguishes personalities who stand out for their work in the international dissemination of the Spanish language. Photo by José Oliva / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Royals preside over the annual meeting of the Cervantes Institute - Madrid

(L-R) Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, King Felipe, Park Chul, and Queen Letizia pose during the annual meeting of the Instituto Cervantes Board of Trustees held at the Royal Palace of El Pardo on February 5, 2025, in Madrid, Spain. During the ceremony, the monarchs presented the "Premio Ñ" award, with which the institution distinguishes personalities who stand out for their work in the international dissemination of the Spanish language. Photo by José Oliva / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan's dumping of nuke wastewater draws ire from int'l community

STORY: Japan's dumping of nuke wastewater draws ire from int'l community DATELINE: Aug. 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:04:42 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant 2. various of protesters 3. STANDUP 1 (English): ZHANG LI, Xinhua correspondent 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ZAFAR ULLAH KORESHI, Dean of Graduate Studies, Air University, Pakistan 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): LEONARD SIMANJUNTAK, Country Director of Greenpeace Indonesia 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): Prof. TIMOTHY MOUSSEAU, Department of Biological Sciences at University of South Carolina 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (Japanese): MIZUHO FUKUSHIMA, Head of Social Democratic Party "Radioactive materials, once discharged, cannot be retrieved, so they must be intensively managed. Such materials would be beyond management if they are discharged into the ocean. We can't allow such a thing to happen." 8. SOUNDBITE 5 (Korean): KIM YOUNG-CHUL, Executive Chief, Federation of Korean Fishermen's Associations 9. SOUNDBITE 6

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S. Korean fishermen stage rally against Japan's planned release of nuclear-contaminated wastewater

STORY: S. Korean fishermen stage rally against Japan's planned release of nuclear-contaminated wastewater DATELINE: July 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:01 LOCATION: BOSEONG, South Korea CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): LU RUI, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of the rally 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Korean): KIM YOUNG-CHUL, Executive chief, Federation of Korean Fishermen's Associations 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Korean): CHANG DONG-BEOM, Fisherman STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): LU RUI, Xinhua correspondent "The Federation of South Korean Fishermen's Associations holds a maritime protest rally here against Japan's planned discharge of contaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the ocean. A group of local fishermen gathered here on the seashore of the southwestern coastal county of Boseong, holding placards that read 'oppose discharging Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water into the sea.' Similar banners are also put up on the sides of dozens of fishing boats that stage a maritime de

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(SP)JAPAN-TOKYO-2023 WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC-CHN VS KOR

(230313) -- TOKYO, March 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's manager Lee Kang Chul is seen before the Pool B match between China and South Korea of the 2023 World Baseball Classic at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, March 13, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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(SP)JAPAN-TOKYO-2023 WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC-CHN VS KOR

(230313) -- TOKYO, March 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- China's manager Dean Treanor (2nd L) shakes hands with South Korea's manager Lee Kang Chul (1st L) before the Pool B match between China and South Korea of the 2023 World Baseball Classic at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, March 13, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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Baseball: S. Korea national team in Tokyo

South Korea national team manager Lee Kang Chul speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on March 8, 2023.

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Baseball: S. Korea's WBC training

Lee Kang Chul, manager of South Korea's national baseball team, poses for a photo during a training camp in Tucson, Arizona, on Feb. 18, 2023, in preparation for the World Baseball Classic.

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Mourning for Itaewon crush victims

Lee Jong Chul (2nd from R), leader of a bereaved family group of the Itaewon Halloween crowd crush victims, speaks during a gathering in Seoul on Dec. 29, 2022, two months after the incident that claimed 158 lives.

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S. Korean 'comfort women' speak in defense of memorial

LOS ANGELES, United States - Lee Ok Seon (L), 87, and Kang Il Chul, 85, meet the press in Los Angeles on July 22, 2014. The two South Korean women have offered statements about their wartime experiences of being forced to provide sex to Japanese soldiers, in support of the California city of Glendale which is fighting a lawsuit that seeks to remove a "comfort women" memorial in a city park.

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Japan, S. Korea seal civil nuclear pact

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (L) and South Korean Ambassador to Japan Kwon Chul Hyun shake hands after signing an agreement to exchange nuclear-power technologies between the two countries at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2010.

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S. Korean Ambassador to Japan Kwon

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean Ambassador to Japan Kwon Chul Hyun is photographed in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2010. Kwon suggested relations of the two countries have been in the best shape ever since the ties were normalized in 1965.

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Cambodia to enjoy good crops this year, astrologer predicts

SIEM REAP, Cambodia - A ceremony to predict this year's agricultural crops is held at Lean Chul Damrei, an ancient temple in the Bayon Temple area of the Angkor Wat temple complex in Siem Reap Province on May 2, 2010. Cambodian royal astrologer Korng Keng told a crowd of tens of thousands at the temple that the country's crops, especially corn and beans, will be ''good.''

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Hatoyama agrees to deepen ties with China, S. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama (R) and South Korean Ambassador to Japan Kwon Chul Hyun shake hands at the DPJ's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 4.

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Hatoyama agrees to deepen ties with China, S. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama (R) talks with South Korean Ambassador to Japan Kwon Chul Hyun at the DPJ's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 4.

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N. Korea launches 'satellite' despite international pressure

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean Ambassador to Japan Kwon Chul Hyun speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 6 after talks with Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura following North Korea's rocket launch.

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S. Korea envoy returns to Japan after protesting islets claim

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean Ambassador to Japan Kwon Chul Hyun speaks to reporters at Haneda airport in Tokyo after he returned to his Tokyo post on Aug. 5, three weeks after he was recalled to Seoul in protest against Japan's claim to sovereignty over two South Korean-controlled islets in a teaching guideline for junior high schools.

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S. Korea's recalled ambassador to return to Tokyo on Tuesday

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of South Korea's ambassador to Japan Kwon Chul Hyun. The South Korean Foreign Ministry said Aug. 4 that Kwon, who was recalled to South Korea after Japan renewed its claim to a pair of South Korean-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan, will return to his Tokyo post on Aug. 5.

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Japan has much to lose from Takeshima reference: S. Korean envoy

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean Ambassador to Japan Kwon Chul Hyun (R) fields questions from reporters at the Japanese Foreign Ministry after talks with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka on July 15, one day after Japan decided to mention for the first time two islets disputed with S. Korea in a teaching guideline for junior high schools to help teachers deepen students' understanding of Japan's territory.

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Japan has much to lose from Takeshima reference: S. Korean envoy

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean Ambassador to Japan Kwon Chul Hyun (R) shakes hands with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka (L) at the Japanese Foreign Ministry on July 15. Kwon lodged a protest over Japan's decision to mention for the first time two islets disputed with S. Korea in a teaching guideline for junior high schools to help teachers deepen students' understanding of Japan's territory.

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S. Korea appoints new ambassador to Japan

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak (L) and Kwon Chul Hyun, a lawmaker from the ruling Grand National Party, pose for photos at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on April 15 after Lee appointed Kwon as new ambassador to Japan.

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S. Korea appoints new ambassador to Japan

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak (L) and Kwon Chul Hyun, a lawmaker from the ruling Grand National Party, shake hands at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on April 15 after Lee appointed Kwon as new ambassador to Japan.

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S. Korean tenor who lost voice undergoing rehab in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Bae Jae Chul, the South Korean tenor who successfully underwent thyroid cancer surgery and a thyroplasty operation, receives a massage from a bone-setter in Tokyo to help restore his singing voice.

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China's Yang wins gold in parallel bars at worlds

AARHUS, Denmark - Gold medalist Yang Wie of China, (L), and joint silver medalists Japan's Hiroyuki Tomita (C) and South Korea's Won Chul Yoo stand on the podium after receiving their medals for the men's individual parallel bars competition at the World Gymnastics Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, on Oct. 21.

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(1)Japan vs. S. Korea

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japan striker Tatsuhiko Kubo (R) attempts a shoot past South Korea defenders Choi Jin Cheul (2nd from L) and Yoo Sang Chul (L) in the first half of their East Asian Football Championship game at International Stadium Yokohama on Dec. 10.

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(3)S. Korea edge China at E. Asian Championship

SAITAMA, Japan - South Korea captain Yoo Sang Chul (6) celebrates after scoring the winning goal in the first half of the East Asian Football Championship, beating China 1-0 at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on Dec. 7.

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Yokohama sign S. Korean star Yoo

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama F Marinos have signed veteran South Korea international midfielder Yoo Sang Chul (in file photo) on a contract running from July 1 through June 2004, officials of the J-League first division side said on June 25. The versatile 31-year-old joined Yokohama in 1999 before moving to Kashiwa Reysol two seasons later and has made a total of 77 J-League appearances, scoring 38 goals.

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Roh envoy asks opposition lawmakers to talk to N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Chyung Dai Chul (L), South Korean President-elect Roh Moo Hyun's envoy, shakes hands with Katsuya Okada, secretary general of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, at a Tokyo hotel Feb. 8. Chyung urged Okada to contribute to efforts in resolving the North Korean nuclear standoff by seeking dialogue with Pyongyang.

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Roh's special envoy Chyung meets Kawaguchi

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean President-elect Roh Moo Hyun's special envoy Chyung Dai Chul (L) meets Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (R) in Tokyo on Feb. l7.

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Japan's Funaki wins ski jumping

OWANI, Japan - (From L to R) Silver medalist Akira Higashi, gold medalist Kazuyoshi Funaki, both of Japan, and Choi Heung Chul of South Korea pose for photos at a ski jumping award ceremony at the Winter Asian Games in Owani, Aomori Prefecture, on Feb. 4.

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Fujita wins gold in men's 400-meter freestyle

PUSAN, South Korea - Japan's Shunichi Fujita waves at the audience after winning gold in the Asian Games men's 400-meter freestyle at Sajik swimming pool in Pusan on Oct. 2. Walking behind him is Han Kyu Chul of South Korea who won bronze.

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(2)Portugal vs South Korea

INCHEON, South Korea - South Korea midfielder Yoo Sang Chul (L)and Portugal forward Joao Pinto battle for the ball during the first half of their World Cup group D match at Incheon stadium on June 14. South Korea beat Portugal 1-0 to advance to the second round. Portugal was eliminated. (World Cup 2002)

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(1)South Korea vs United States

TAEGU, South Korea - South Korea's Yoo Sang Chul dribbles with the ball during the first half of a World Cup group D match between South Korea and the United States at the Taegu World Cup Stadium on June 10. (World Cup 2002)

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(5)S. Korea vs Poland

PUSAN, South Korea - South Korea midfielder Yoo Sang Chul (6) is jubilant after scoring the team's second goal in the 53rd minute in the World Cup group D match against Poland at Pusan Sports Complex Main Stadium in South Korea on June 4. Poland goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek lies in the foreground. (World Cup 2002)

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(4)S. Korea vs Poland

PUSAN, South Korea - South Korea midfielder Yoo Sang Chul (6) scores the team's second goal in the 53rd minute in the World Cup group D match against Poland at Pusan Sports Complex Main Stadium in Pusan, South Korea, on June 4. (World Cup 2002)

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Manaka hits solo home run

TOKYO, Japan - Yakult Swallows outfielder Mitsuru Manaka is greeted by his coach after blasting a solo homer off Yomiuri Giants starter Chung Min Chul in the top of the third inning at Tokyo Dome on Aug. 12.

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Inaba hits two-run homer

TOKYO, Japan - Yakult Swallows outfilder Atsunori Inaba watches the ball after slamming a two-run homer off Yomiuri Giants starter Chung Min Chul with two outs in the top of the first inning at Tokyo Dome on May 22.

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Takimoto takes gold in Olympic

SYDNEY, Australia - Japan's Makoto Takimoto is all smiles as he holds the gold medal he won in the Olympic men's 81-kilogram judo Sept. 19 at the Sydney Exhibition Center. In his first Olympic appearance, Takimoto scored a yusei victory over Cho In Chul of South Korea in the final.

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Takimoto wins gold in Olympic men's 81-kilogram judo

SYDNEY, Australia - Japan's Makoto Takimoto puts his opponent Djamel Bouaras of France off-balance for a yusei victory in the semifinal before winning gold in the Olympic men's 81-kilogram judo Sept. 19 at the Sydney Exhibition Center. Takimoto beat Cho In Chul of South Korea in the final to win the gold medal in his first Olympic appearance.

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Takimoto grabs gold in Olympic men's 81-kilogram judo

SYDNEY, Australia - Japan's Makoto Takimoto lifts his fists after scoring a yusei victory over Cho In Chul of South Korea in the championship final of the Sydney Olympic Games men's 81-kilogram judo Sept. 19 at the Sydney Exhibition Center. Takimoto won his first Olympic gold medal.

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S. Korean cager, North coach to carry flag in ceremony

SYDNEY, Australia - With the unification flag in hand, South Korean Olympic chef de mission Lee Sang Chul speaks at a news conference at the main press center. He said Olympic officials from North and South Korea have agreed that representatives from each delegation will carry the unification flag at the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympic Games on Sept. 15.

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Kim Hyun Chul arrested

Kim Hyun Chul, the second son of South Korean President Kim Young Sam was arrested ony May 17, 1997 on suspicion of taking bribes and evading taxes. The junior Kim, who does not hold any public post, is suspected of having received nearly 3.2 billion won (about 3.4 million dollars) from two businessmen in return for influence peddling.

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Kim Hyun Chul arrested

Kim Hyun Chul, the younger son of South Korean President Kim Young Sam was arrested ony May 17, 1997 on suspicion of taking bribes and evading taxes. The junior Kim, who does not hold any public post, is suspected of having received nearly 3.2 billion won (about 3.4 million dollars) from two businessmen in return for influence peddling.