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Israel Grabs More Of The Golan Heights

Israeli troops are seen near the buffer zone fence on the eastern side of the Golan Heights, on December 10, 2024. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that Israel was creating a "sterile defense zone" in southern Syria to prevent hostile forces from approaching its borders. Katz added that Israeli forces are "currently completing their deployment in the buffer zone and strategic areas to protect the Golan Heights and Israeli citizens." The buffer zone is a demilitarized area established by the 1974 disengagement agreement between Israeli and Syrian forces. Photo by Chen Junqing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel Grabs More Of The Golan Heights

Israeli troops are seen near the buffer zone fence on the eastern side of the Golan Heights, on December 10, 2024. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that Israel was creating a "sterile defense zone" in southern Syria to prevent hostile forces from approaching its borders. Katz added that Israeli forces are "currently completing their deployment in the buffer zone and strategic areas to protect the Golan Heights and Israeli citizens." The buffer zone is a demilitarized area established by the 1974 disengagement agreement between Israeli and Syrian forces. Photo by Chen Junqing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel Grabs More Of The Golan Heights

Israeli troops are seen near the buffer zone fence on the eastern side of the Golan Heights, on December 10, 2024. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that Israel was creating a "sterile defense zone" in southern Syria to prevent hostile forces from approaching its borders. Katz added that Israeli forces are "currently completing their deployment in the buffer zone and strategic areas to protect the Golan Heights and Israeli citizens." The buffer zone is a demilitarized area established by the 1974 disengagement agreement between Israeli and Syrian forces. Photo by Chen Junqing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel Grabs More Of The Golan Heights

Israeli troops are seen near the buffer zone fence on the eastern side of the Golan Heights, on December 10, 2024. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that Israel was creating a "sterile defense zone" in southern Syria to prevent hostile forces from approaching its borders. Katz added that Israeli forces are "currently completing their deployment in the buffer zone and strategic areas to protect the Golan Heights and Israeli citizens." The buffer zone is a demilitarized area established by the 1974 disengagement agreement between Israeli and Syrian forces. Photo by Chen Junqing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel Grabs More Of The Golan Heights

Israeli troops are seen in the buffer zone in the Golan Heights, on December 10, 2024. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that Israel was creating a "sterile defense zone" in southern Syria to prevent hostile forces from approaching its borders. Katz added that Israeli forces are "currently completing their deployment in the buffer zone and strategic areas to protect the Golan Heights and Israeli citizens." The buffer zone is a demilitarized area established by the 1974 disengagement agreement between Israeli and Syrian forces. Photo by Chen Junqing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel Grabs More Of The Golan Heights

This photo shows the buffer zone fence on the eastern side of the Golan Heights, on December 10, 2024. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that Israel was creating a "sterile defense zone" in southern Syria to prevent hostile forces from approaching its borders. Katz added that Israeli forces are "currently completing their deployment in the buffer zone and strategic areas to protect the Golan Heights and Israeli citizens." The buffer zone is a demilitarized area established by the 1974 disengagement agreement between Israeli and Syrian forces. Photo by Chen Junqing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel Grabs More Of The Golan Heights

Israeli troops are seen near the buffer zone fence on the eastern side of the Golan Heights, on December 10, 2024. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that Israel was creating a "sterile defense zone" in southern Syria to prevent hostile forces from approaching its borders. Katz added that Israeli forces are "currently completing their deployment in the buffer zone and strategic areas to protect the Golan Heights and Israeli citizens." The buffer zone is a demilitarized area established by the 1974 disengagement agreement between Israeli and Syrian forces. Photo by Chen Junqing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel Grabs More Of The Golan Heights

Israeli troops are seen near the buffer zone fence on the eastern side of the Golan Heights, on December 10, 2024. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that Israel was creating a "sterile defense zone" in southern Syria to prevent hostile forces from approaching its borders. Katz added that Israeli forces are "currently completing their deployment in the buffer zone and strategic areas to protect the Golan Heights and Israeli citizens." The buffer zone is a demilitarized area established by the 1974 disengagement agreement between Israeli and Syrian forces. Photo by Chen Junqing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel Grabs More Of The Golan Heights

Israeli troops are seen near the buffer zone fence on the eastern side of the Golan Heights, on December 10, 2024. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that Israel was creating a "sterile defense zone" in southern Syria to prevent hostile forces from approaching its borders. Katz added that Israeli forces are "currently completing their deployment in the buffer zone and strategic areas to protect the Golan Heights and Israeli citizens." The buffer zone is a demilitarized area established by the 1974 disengagement agreement between Israeli and Syrian forces. Photo by Chen Junqing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel Grabs More Of The Golan Heights

Israeli troops are seen near the buffer zone fence on the eastern side of the Golan Heights, on December 10, 2024. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that Israel was creating a "sterile defense zone" in southern Syria to prevent hostile forces from approaching its borders. Katz added that Israeli forces are "currently completing their deployment in the buffer zone and strategic areas to protect the Golan Heights and Israeli citizens." The buffer zone is a demilitarized area established by the 1974 disengagement agreement between Israeli and Syrian forces. Photo by Chen Junqing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World Central Kitchen pauses Gaza operation after aid workers killed in Israeli strike

STORY: World Central Kitchen pauses Gaza operation after aid workers killed in Israeli strike SHOOTING TIME: April 2, 2024 DATELINE: April 3, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:57 LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine CATEGORY: MILITARY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of cars of the World Central Kitchen attacked by the Israeli airstrike STORYLINE: The World Central Kitchen (WCK) organization on Tuesday announced an immediate suspension of its aid operations in Gaza, following the killing of seven employees in an overnight Israeli airstrike. The non-profit organization was "shocked to confirm the killing of seven members of its team in an Israeli army raid on Gaza," it said in a statement published on the official website. The aid group noted the targeted team "was traveling in a demilitarized zone in two armored cars bearing the organization's logo." The team was hit while leaving the Deir al-Balah warehouse after unloading food aid there despite coordinating movements with the Israel Defense Forces, the statement added, ur

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Israeli PM rejects ceasefire plan as army continues strike in Gaza

STORY: Israeli PM rejects ceasefire plan as army continues strike in Gaza SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 21, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 22, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:12 LOCATION: TEL AVIV, Israel/Gaza CATEGORY: POLITICS/MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): WANG ZHUOLUN, Xinhua correspondent in Tel Aviv 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): KARAM WESSAM, Gaza resident 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): NOUR HUSSIEN, Gaza resident STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): WANG ZHUOLUN, Xinhua correspondent in Tel Aviv "As Sunday marked the 107th day of the conflict between Israel and Hamas, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video statement that Israel completely rejects Hamas's demands for the end of the conflict in exchange for releasing the remaining 136 hostages in Gaza. He stressed that Gaza must be demilitarized and under Israel's full security control." The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has exceeded 25,000, the Gaza-based Health Ministry said on Sunday. The Health Ministry said the health situation

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Working-level officials kick off 2-day talks on N. Korea energy aid

PANMUNJEOM, Korean Demilitarized Zone - North Korea's chief delegate Kim Myong Kil sits as working-level officials from six country in talks on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program kicked off a two-day meeting at the truce village Panmunjeom on Aug. 7. The talks are expected to discuss details regarding how to ship and store 950,000 tons of heavy oil or equivalent aid to the North, which is known to have a storage facility for only 200,000 tons a year.

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Working-level officials kick off 2-day talks on N. Korea energy aid

PANMUNJEOM, Korean Demilitarized Zone - Chief U.S. delegate Kurt Tong takes his seat as working-level officials from six country in talks on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program kick off a two-day meeting at the truce village Panmunjeom on Aug. 7. The talks are expected to discuss details regarding how to ship and store 950,000 tons of heavy oil or equivalent aid to the North, which is known to have a storage facility for only 200,000 tons a year.

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Working-level officials kick off 2-day talks on N. Korea energy aid

PANMUNJEOM, Korean Demilitarized Zone - Japan's chief delegate Junichi Ihara is seated as working-level officials from six country in talks on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program kick off a two-day meeting at the truce village Panmunjeom on Aug. 7. The talks are expected to discuss details regarding how to ship and store 950,000 tons of heavy oil or equivalent aid to the North, which is known to have a storage facility for only 200,000 tons a year.

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Inter-Korean summit

SEOUL, South Korea, April 27 Kyodo - South Korean President Moon Jae In (R) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shake hands at the border village of Panmunjeom in the Demilitarized Zone on April 27, 2018. (Inter-Korean Summit Press Corps)

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Inter-Korean summit

SEOUL, South Korea, April 27 Kyodo - People in Seoul watch a live broadcast showing South Korean President Moon Jae In (R) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shaking hands at the border village of Panmunjeom in the Demilitarized Zone on April 27, 2018.

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The U.S.-led United Nations Command solders

SEOUL, Korea, Jan. 4 Kyodo - The U.S.-led United Nations Command solders stand guard on Jul. 27, 2017 in front of North Korea's main building, in a joint security area at the border village of Panmunjeom, located in the demilitarized zone that divides the two Koreas. A North Korean soldier was shot and wounded by fellow soldiers on Nov. 13, 2017 while defecting to South Korea at the border village.

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The U.S.-led United Nations Command solders

SEOUL, Korea, Jan. 4 Kyodo - The U.S.-led United Nations Command solders stand guard on Jul. 27, 2017 in front of North Korea's main building, in a joint security area at the border village of Panmunjeom, located in the demilitarized zone that divides the two Koreas. A North Korean soldier was shot and wounded by fellow soldiers on Nov. 13, 2017 while defecting to South Korea at the border village.

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South Korean soldiers stand guard

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 4 Kyodo - South Korean soldiers stand guard on Sept. 30, 2017 in front of North Korea's main building in a joint security area at the border village of Panmunjeom, located in the demilitarized zone that divides the two Koreas. A North Korean soldier was shot and wounded by fellow soldiers on Nov. 13, 2017 while defecting to South Korea at the border village.

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A South Korean soldier

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 4 Kyodo - A South Korean soldier (front) stands face-to-face with a North Korean soldier on July 27, 2017 at the border village of Panmunjeom, located in the demilitarized zone that divides the two Koreas. A North Korean soldier was shot and wounded by fellow soldiers on Nov. 13, 2017 while defecting to South Korea at the border village.

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N. Korea-S. Korea border

SEOUL, South Korea, Jan. 4 Kyodo - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis (front 2 from L) and South Korean Defense Minister Song Young Moo (front L) visit the border village of Panmunjeom in the demilitarized zone that divides the two Koreas on Oct. 27, 2017.

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U.S. troops in Panmunjeom

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. soldiers (front) and members of the Korean People's Army of North Korea (back) stay alert in Panmunjeom in the demilitarized zone separating South Korea and North Korea on July 27, 2014. The 61st anniversary of the signing of the Korean War Armistice was marked the same day.

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N. Korean officer points camera at U.S. general

SEOUL, South Korea - One of three Korean People's Army officers points a camera toward Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, commander of U.S. Forces Korea (in the foreground), in Panmunjeom in the demilitarized zone separating South Korea and North Korea on July 27, 2014, on the 61st anniversary of the signing of the 1950-53 Korean War armistice.

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Motorcyclists cross Korean DMZ

SEOUL, South Korea - A group of five New Zealand motorcyclists are pictured on a road in Paju, South Korea, on Aug. 29, 2013, after traveling from North Korea crossing the demilitarized zone between the two Koreas. Both Koreas granted permission for the journey.

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Panmunjom amid tensions

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows a North Korean military officer at an observation facility near the demilitarized zone on April 16, 2013. Kyodo News entered the border village of Panmunjom from the North Korean side amid continued tensions.

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Panmunjom amid tensions

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows a signboard reading "independent unification" at the North Korean entrance to the demilitarized zone on April 16, 2013. Kyodo News entered the border village of Panmunjom from the North Korean side amid continued tensions.

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Panmunjom amid tensions

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A North Korean military officer points to the military demarcation line on a Korean Peninsula map in a security facility at the North Korean entrance to the demilitarized zone on April 16, 2013. Kyodo News entered the border village of Panmunjom from the North Korean side amid continued tensions.

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Panmunjom amid tensions

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows a signboard (L) reading "70 kilometers to Seoul" near the North Korean entrance to the demilitarized zone on April 16, 2013. Kyodo News entered the border village of Panmunjom from the North Korean side amid continued tensions.

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Panmunjom amid tensions

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A North Korean military officer is on guard on the North Korean side near the demilitarized zone on April 16, 2013. Kyodo News entered the border village of Panmunjom from the North Korean side amid continued tensions.

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Panmunjom amid tensions

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows foreign tourists beside a Korean unification slogan near the North Korean entrance to the demilitarized zone on April 16, 2013. Kyodo News entered the border village of Panmunjom from the North Korean side amid continued tensions.

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Panmunjom amid tensions

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows a pedestrian near the North Korean entrance to the demilitarized zone on April 16, 2013. Kyodo News entered the border village of Panmunjom from the North Korean side amid continued tensions.

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U.S., S. Korea stage live-fire drill near N. Korea border

SEOUL, South Korea - The U.S. and South Korean armed forces stage a major live-fire drill near South Korea's border with North Korea on June 22, 2012, to mark the 62nd anniversary of the start of the Korean War. The drill, the largest since the end of the 1950-1953 Korean War, was held at a shooting range in Pocheon near the Demilitarized Zone between the two Koreas.

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N. Korea border area

SEOUL, South Korea - A North Korean soldier looks through binoculars in Panmunjom on the North Korean side of the demilitarized zone between the two Koreas on Dec. 22, 2011. The figure in front is a South Korean soldier standing on the South Korean side.

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Demilitarized zone on Korean Peninsula

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo taken July 15, 2011, shows the demilitarized zone on the Korean Peninsula. Seen on top L is a North Korean facility.

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U.S. boy calls for 'peace forest' in N. Korea trip

BEIJING, China - Jonathan Lee, a 13-year-old American, gets into a car while surrounded by reporters in Beijing on Aug. 19, 2010, after returning from a one-week trip to North Korea. Lee said he pushed an idea to create a ''children's peace forest'' in the demilitarized zone that divides North and South Korea.

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Clinton, Gates visit Panmunjeom

SEOUL, South Korea - (From L to R) South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Yu Myung Hwan, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and South Korean Defense Minister Kim Tae visit the truce village of Panmunjeom near the Demilitarized Zone between South and North Korea on July 21, 2010.

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U.S. Secretary of State Clinton in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R in front) is welcomed in a ceremony in Seoul on July 21, 2010. Clinton plans to visit the Demilitarized Zone dividing the Korean Peninsula and attend a meeting of U.S. and South Korean foreign and defense ministers.

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U.S. Secretary of State Clinton in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton waves after her arrival in Seoul on July 21, 2010. Clinton plans to visit the Demilitarized Zone dividing the Korean Peninsula and attend a meeting of U.S. and South Korean foreign and defense ministers.

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Gates, Clinton to visit DMZ dividing 2 Koreas

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates addresses troops at Camp Casey, a U.S. base in South Korea near the tense Demilitarized Zone that divides the Korean Peninsula, on July 20, 2010. Gates said he and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would visit the zone the following day.

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Balloons released carrying DVDs on sinking of S. Korean warship

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of an anti-North Korean civic group release balloons carrying materials including around 300 DVDs containing an investigation report on the sinking of a South Korean warship in Imjingak, near the demilitarized zone north of Seoul, South Korea, on June 10, 2010. About 200 portable radios, 2,000 1 dollar bills and around 150,000 fliers were also attached to the balloons.

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Balloons released carrying DVDs on sinking of S. Korean warship

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of an anti-North Korean civic group release balloons carrying materials including around 300 DVDs containing an investigation report on the sinking of a South Korean warship in Imjingak, near the demilitarized zone north of Seoul, South Korea, on June 10, 2010. About 200 portable radios, 2,000 1 dollar bills and around 150,000 fliers were also attached to the balloons.

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S. Korea sends hand cleaning agent to N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Trucks carrying 200,000 liters of the cleaning agent leave the Customs, Immigration and Quarantine office in Dorason, south of the demilitarized zone separating North and South Korea, on Feb. 23, 2010, to head for the North's border city of Kaesong. The sanitizer is being sent to help North Koreans fight the H1N1 flu virus.

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N. Korea army near DMZ

TOKYO, Japan - A soldier of the North Korean people's army salutes while patrolling in a village near the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea in Panmunjeom on Oct. 25, 2009.

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N. Korea army near DMZ

TOKYO, Japan - A colonel of the North Korean people's army is seen observing areas through special binoculars near the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea in a Kaesong suburb on Oct. 25, 2009.

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Hyundai Group chief visits N. Korea over detained worker

SEOUL, South Korea - Hyun Jung Eun, chairwoman of South Korea's Hyundai Group, leaves the customs, immigration and quarantine office in Paju, just south of the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea, on Aug. 10 for a three-day visit to North Korea.

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2 Koreas hold working-level talks on joint industrial complex

PAJU, South Korea - A senior official of South Korea's Unification Ministry speaks to reporters at the Customs, Immigration and Quarantine office just south of the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea in Paju on June 19 before leaving for the inter-Korean industrial complex in Kaesong in North Korea.

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S. Korea delegation leaves for talks in N. Korea border city

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean officials leave the Inter-Korean Transit Office near the demilitarized zone for the North Korean border city of Kaesong on April 21 for talks with North Korean officials.

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S. Korean civic groups send anti-N. Korea fliers to N. Korea

IMJIN PAVILION, South Korea - Members of South Korean civic groups for South Korean abductees' families release two balloons with leaflets and North Korean banknotes attached from the Imjin Pavilion near the Demilitarized Zone on Feb. 16 to coincide with the 67th birthday of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

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S. Korean presidential election campaign begins

SEOUL, South Korea - Chung Dong Young, a former unification minister in South Korea and candidate from the pro-government United New Democratic Party, acknowledges voters near the demilitarized zone north of Seoul on Nov. 27 as official campaigning for the country's Dec. 19 presidential election began the same day.