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Exhibition of demining equipment in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 2, 2024 - A DOK-ING MV-4 light category mine clearance and EOD robotic system is displayed during the Demine Ukraine Forum 2.0, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Exhibition of demining equipment in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 2, 2024 - A DOK-ING MV-4 light category mine clearance and EOD robotic system is displayed during the Demine Ukraine Forum 2.0, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Pro-N. Korean group's delegation to Pyongyang

Ko Dok U, head of the Tokyo branch of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan is pictured at Beijing Capital International Airport on Sept. 5, 2024, on his way to Pyongyang for a ceremony marking the 76th anniversary of North Korea's Founding. The pro-Pyongyang organization, known as Chongryon, sent its official delegation to Pyongyang for the first time after the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.

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S. Korea court orders Japan firm to redress

GWANGJU, South Korea - Yang Gum Dok (L) reacts in Gwangju, South Korea, on Nov. 1, 2013, after the Gwangju District Court ruled in favor of four Korean women, including Yang, who were forcibly conscripted as laborers during Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula. The court ordered Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. to pay them 150 million won (about $141,510) each in compensation.

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S. Korea court orders Japan firm to redress

GWANGJU, South Korea - Yang Gum Dok (R) reacts in Gwangju, South Korea, on Nov. 1, 2013, after the Gwangju District Court ruled in favor of four Korean women, including Yang, who were forcibly conscripted as laborers during Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula. The court ordered Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. to pay them 150 million won (about $141,510) each in compensation.

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N. Korea ready to accept oil from nonmembers of 6-way talks

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ri Pyong Dok, a researcher in charge of Japan at the North Korean Foreign Ministry, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Pyongyang on Nov. 4. Ri said North Korea is willing to accept oil from countries that are not members of the six-party denuclearization talks in place of Japan's share of energy aid that Tokyo is refusing to provide due to a bilateral row.

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N. Korean researcher speaks about Japan in interview with Kyodo

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ri Pyong Dok, a researcher in charge of Japan at the North Korean Foreign Ministry, said in an interview with Kyodo News at a Pyongyang hotel on June 26 that he does not see the point of holding bilateral talks with Japan under the six-party framework until Tokyo changes its attitude on key disputes.

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High court also dismisses suit by Korean WWII forced laborer

NAGOYA, Japan - The Nagoya High Court on May 31 upheld a lower court decision that dismissed claims by seven South Korean plaintiffs who sought compensation over forced labor at a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. munitions factory in Nagoya during World War II. Yang Gum Dok (C), 76, one of the plaintiffs, collapsed into tears after the judge handed down the sentence.

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N. Korea repeats abduction issue is already solved

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ri Pyong Dok (L), a researcher in charge of Japan at the North Korean Foreign Ministry, said at a Pyongyang hotel on July 5 problems regarding the past abduction of Japanese nationals by North Korean agents have already been settled.

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S. Korea, Japan resume fishery talks in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Dok Bae (L), head of the Fishery Resources Bureau of the South Korean Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, and Hiroshi Unno, director general of the Resources Management Department of the Japanese Fisheries Agency, shake hands to kick off a two-day meeting in Seoul on Dec. 27 to set the terms for fishing operations for next year in each other's 200-nautical mile exclusive economic zone.

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Japan begins loading rice for shipment to N. Korea

OSAKA, Japan - The first batch of 500,000 tons of rice is being loaded into the 16,104-ton North Korean-registered freighter Dok Chon at the port of Osaka on Jan. 18 for shipment in aid to North Korea to help alleviate food shortages there.

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Japanese firm settles with 3 Koreans over forced labor

TOYAMA, Japan - South Korean women who sued machine tool maker Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp. over their wartime forced labor speak to the media July 11 at Toyama prefectural hall after a settlement was reached with the company at the Supreme Court in Tokyo. The Toyama-based company will pay three South Koreans and their supporters between 30 to 40 million yen to settle the suit, filed in 1992. The plaintiffs comprise two women -- Lee Jong Suk, 68, and Choi Bong Nyon, 69 -- and one man -- Ko Dok Hwan, 77.

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Korean weightlifter wins Japanese high school meet

ESASHI, Japan - Pak Dok Gwi, 16, of the Hokkaido Korean School, celebrates after winning the gold medal in the 94-kg weightlifting competition at the national high school games on Aug. 5 in Esashi, Iwate Prefecture, northeast Japan. He is the first competitor from a Korean school in Japan to win a title at the inter-scholastic sports meet.

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S. Korea, Japan resume fishery talks in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Dok Bae (L), head of the Fishery Resources Bureau of the South Korean Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, and Hiroshi Unno, director general of the Resources Management Department of the Japanese Fisheries Agency, shake hands to kick off a two-day meeting in Seoul on Dec. 27 to set the terms for fishing operations for next year in each other's 200-nautical mile exclusive economic zone.

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Japanese firm settles with 3 Koreans over forced labor

TOYAMA, Japan - South Korean women who sued machine tool maker Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp. over their wartime forced labor speak to the media July 11 at Toyama prefectural hall after a settlement was reached with the company at the Supreme Court in Tokyo. The Toyama-based company will pay three South Koreans and their supporters between 30 to 40 million yen to settle the suit, filed in 1992. The plaintiffs comprise two women -- Lee Jong Suk, 68, and Choi Bong Nyon, 69 -- and one man -- Ko Dok Hwan, 77.

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1944 photo of brothers of Korean descent prior to 'kamikaze' enrolment

A handwritten note as seen on Aug. 11, 2015, on the back of a December 1944 photo of Cho Oi Sok, 23, and his younger brother Oi Dok, 21, both residents in Japan of Korean descent, reads "younger brother to enlist in air corps" and "trip around Kyushu," showing that the picture was taken during the brothers' last time traveling together just before the younger one enrolled as a "kamikaze" suicide pilot during World War II. Oi Sok was strongly opposed to his brother's decision, but Oi Dok insisted on doing so as he believed if he died for Japan, his family and other Korean residents in the country would get more respect and better treatment. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean woman demands apology over wartime labor

Yang Gum Dok, one of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit in South Korea seeking compensation from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. for wartime labor, demands an apology at a press conference in Tokyo on July 8, 2015. She said she was forced to work and was kicked and beaten. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean court orders Japan firm to pay Korean women for forced labor

Yang Gum Dok (C), 84, who was among the plaintiffs who demanded compensation from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., cries in joy in the southwestern South Korean city of Gwangju on June 24, 2015, after the Gwangju High Court upheld a lower court ruling that ordered the Japanese company to pay compensation to four Korean women who were forcibly conscripted as laborers during World War II, when Japan ruled the Korean Peninsula. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea repeats abduction issue is already solved

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ri Pyong Dok (L), a researcher in charge of Japan at the North Korean Foreign Ministry, said at a Pyongyang hotel on July 5 problems regarding the past abduction of Japanese nationals by North Korean agents have already been settled. (Kyodo)

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N. Korean official says no information on missile launch

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ri Pyong Dok, a researcher in charge of Japan in the North Korean Foreign Ministry, speaks to Japanese reporters in Pyongyang on July 5 after North Korea launched missiles into the Sea of Japan earlier in the day. (Kyodo)

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N. Korean researcher speaks about Japan in interview with Kyodo

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ri Pyong Dok, a researcher in charge of Japan at the North Korean Foreign Ministry, said in an interview with Kyodo News at a Pyongyang hotel on June 26 that he does not see the point of holding bilateral talks with Japan under the six-party framework until Tokyo changes its attitude on key disputes. (Kyodo)

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High court also dismisses suit by Korean WWII forced laborer

NAGOYA, Japan - The Nagoya High Court on May 31 upheld a lower court decision that dismissed claims by seven South Korean plaintiffs who sought compensation over forced labor at a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. munitions factory in Nagoya during World War II. Yang Gum Dok (C), 76, one of the plaintiffs, collapsed into tears after the judge handed down the sentence. (Kyodo)

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N. Korea ready to accept oil from nonmembers of 6-way talks

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ri Pyong Dok, a researcher in charge of Japan at the North Korean Foreign Ministry, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Pyongyang on Nov. 4. Ri said North Korea is willing to accept oil from countries that are not members of the six-party denuclearization talks in place of Japan's share of energy aid that Tokyo is refusing to provide due to a bilateral row. (Kyodo)

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N. Korea denies abduction of newly recognized Japanese victim

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ri Pyong Dok, a researcher in charge of Japan at the North Korean Foreign Ministry, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Pyongyang on Nov. 24. Ri denied North Korea had abducted a Japanese woman who was recently added to Japan's official list of people kidnapped by North Korean agents, saying she never entered North Korean territory. (Kyodo)

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3 Americans detained in N. Korea return home

U.S. President Donald Trump (L) applauds three Americans released from detention in North Korea -- (from R) Kim Hak Song, Kim Dong Chul and Kim Sang Dok -- upon their arrival at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on May 10, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan begins loading rice for shipment to N. Korea

OSAKA, Japan - The first batch of 500,000 tons of rice is being loaded into the 16,104-ton North Korean-registered freighter Dok Chon at the port of Osaka on Jan. 18 for shipment in aid to North Korea to help alleviate food shortages there.

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Korean weightlifter wins Japanese high school meet

ESASHI, Japan - Pak Dok Gwi, 16, of the Hokkaido Korean School, celebrates after winning the gold medal in the 94-kg weightlifting competition at the national high school games on Aug. 5 in Esashi, Iwate Prefecture, northeast Japan. He is the first competitor from a Korean school in Japan to win a title at the inter-scholastic sports meet.