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China visa application center opens in Ethiopia's capital

STORY: China visa application center opens in Ethiopia's capital DATELINE: March 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:56 LOCATION: Addis Ababa CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ZHAO ZHIYUAN, Chinese Ambassador to Ethiopia 3. various of street scenes in Ethiopia 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SAMUEL FITSUMBIRHAN, Director of Asia Pacific Division at the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs STORYLINE: The Chinese Embassy in Ethiopia on Friday inaugurated the China visa application center in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. The center is responsible for handling some consular document applications and consular authentication, as well as collecting governmental fees for these certificates. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ZHAO ZHIYUAN, Chinese Ambassador to Ethiopia "The flow of people between our two countries is rising. More and more Ethiopian friends want to go to China. As a result, Chinese visa applications have surged." SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SAMUEL FITSUMBIRHAN, Director o

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Japan-N. Korea meeting

SHENYANG, China - Ryu Song Il, chief of the Japanese affairs section of the North Korean Foreign Ministry, is surrounded by reporters after arriving at Shenyang airport in northeastern China on March 19, 2014. He will attend informal talks with Keiichi Ono, director of the Northeast Asia Division of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, on the sidelines of a meeting of the two countries' Red Cross societies in Shenyang.

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Japan-N. Korea meeting

SHENYANG, China - Ryu Song Il, chief of the Japanese affairs section of the North Korean Foreign Ministry, arrives at Shenyang airport in northeastern China on March 19, 2014. He will attend informal talks with Keiichi Ono, director of the Northeast Asia Division of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, on the sidelines of a meeting of the two countries' Red Cross societies in Shenyang.

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Japan-N. Korea meeting

NARITA, Japan - Keiichi Ono, director of the Northeast Asia Division of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, leaves Narita airport near Tokyo on March 19, 2014. He will attend informal talks with Ryu Song Il, chief of the Japanese affairs section of the North Korean Foreign Ministry, on the sidelines of a meeting of the two countries' Red Cross societies in Shenyang, northeastern China.

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Japan-N. Korea informal talks

NARITA, Japan - Keiichi Ono, director of the Northeast Asia Division of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, arrives at Narita airport near Tokyo on March 4, 2014. Ono and Ryu Song Il, chief of the Japanese affairs section of the North Korean Foreign Ministry, held informal talks the previous day in Shenyang, China, on the sidelines of a meeting of the two countries' Red Cross societies.

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Japan-N. Korea informal talks

SHENYANG, China - Keiichi Ono, director of the Northeast Asia Division of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, arrives at an airport in Shenyang on March 4, 2014, en route to Japan. Ono and Ryu Song Il, chief of the Japanese affairs section of the North Korean Foreign Ministry, held informal talks the previous day in the Chinese city on the sidelines of a meeting of the two countries' Red Cross societies.

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N. Korea complains about slow provision of energy aid

PANMUNJEOM, Korea - Hwang Jae Kook (L), head of the South Korean Foreign Ministry's North Korean nuclear issue bureau, shakes hands with Hyon Hak Bong, deputy director of the U.S. affairs division at the North Korean Foreign Ministry, before a meeting at the truce village of Panmunjeom on June 5. In the bilateral meeting, Hyon expressed disappointment over the pace of agreed-upon energy aid from its dialogue partners at the six-way talks aimed at ending the North's nuclear weapons program, according to South Korea's Yonhap News Agency.

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Next 6-way talks to be held by end of June: N. Korean official

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Jong Thae Yang, director of the North Korean Foreign Ministry's division for U.S. affairs, speaks to a group of Japanese reporters at a hotel in Pyongyang on April 23. Jong said he believes the next round of six-party talks to discuss the country's nuclear development program will take place as planned by the end of June.

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Prosecutors nab diplomats in fund fraud

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Maejima, assistant director of the Foreign Ministry's Oceanian Division, leaves his home in Funabashi, Chiba, on May 14. Later in the day, Maejima and Masaru Sato, an expert on Russian affairs in the ministry, were arrested by prosecutors on suspicion of using more than 33 million yen in funds earmarked for an international aid panel for Russia to pay for a trip to Israel.

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Foreign Ministry fires official over hotel fraud scam

TOKYO, Japan - Three senior Foreign Ministry officials bow at a news conference Sept. 27 after announcing the dismissal of Akio Asakawa, 56, a former assistant director at the First West Europe Division of the ministry's European Affairs Bureau, who was indicted on fraud charges.

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LDP panel approves 500,000 tons of rice for N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Foreign Affairs Division of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), in a meeting Oct. 4, endorse a government plan to send 500,000 tons of rice to North Korea to alleviate the country's food shortage. Seated 2nd from right is Foreign Minister Yohei Kono.

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China urges Japan to ensure steady growth of relations on right track

STORY: China urges Japan to ensure steady growth of relations on right track DATELINE: Aug. 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:45 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese/English interpretation): ZHAO LIJIAN, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson STORYLINE: China urged Japan not to incite regional division and confrontation and to look at China's development in an objective light and ensure the steady growth of relations with China on the right track, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said on Monday. SOUNDBITE (Chinese/English interpretation): ZHAO LIJIAN, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson "The Japanese side has too often issued irresponsible remarks to smear China's normal military and maritime activities, interferes in China's internal affairs, and incite regional division and confrontation. This is not constructive at all. I want to stress that China follows the path of peaceful development and a national defense policy that is defen

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Pakistani experts express concerns on accession of Sweden, Finland to NATO

STORY: Pakistani experts express concerns on accession of Sweden, Finland to NATO DATELINE: July 21, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:35 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP 1 (English) ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English) TASNEEM ASLAM, Former Special Secretary Multilateralism at Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English) SAEED KHALID, Former Head of Europe and Americas Division at Pakistani Foreign Ministry 4. STANDUP 2 (English) ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English) TASNEEM ASLAM, Former Special Secretary Multilateralism at Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (English) SAEED KHALID, Former Head of Europe and Americas Division at Pakistani Foreign Ministry STORYLINE: The experts in Pakistan have expressed serious concerns on the accession of Sweden and Finland to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), saying that it may exacerbate regional tension. STANDUP 1 (English) ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter "The accession of Swede

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China urges G7 to stop interfering in its internal affairs

STORY: China urges G7 to stop interfering in its internal affairs DATELINE: June 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:52 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Chinese/English interpretation): ZHAO LIJIAN, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE (Chinese/English interpretation): ZHAO LIJIAN, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson "G7 members benefited the most from globalization. They should have assumed their special responsibilities in advancing globalization, promoting world economic growth and addressing global, financial, and economic issues. However, at a time when the international community is at a critical stage of fighting COVID-19 and striving for economic recovery, G7, instead of committing themselves to solidarity and cooperation, is obsessed with creating division and confrontation. Those countries have no sense of responsibility or morality to think of. I also want to point that the combined population of G7 countries account for only 10 percent of the world's total

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Next 6-way talks to be held by end of June: N. Korean official

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Jong Thae Yang, director of the North Korean Foreign Ministry's division for U.S. affairs, speaks to a group of Japanese reporters at a hotel in Pyongyang on April 23. Jong said he believes the next round of six-party talks to discuss the country's nuclear development program will take place as planned by the end of June. (Kyodo)

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N. Korea complains about slow provision of energy aid

PANMUNJEOM, Korea - Hwang Jae Kook (L), head of the South Korean Foreign Ministry's North Korean nuclear issue bureau, shakes hands with Hyon Hak Bong, deputy director of the U.S. affairs division at the North Korean Foreign Ministry, before a meeting at the truce village of Panmunjeom on June 5. In the bilateral meeting, Hyon expressed disappointment over the pace of agreed-upon energy aid from its dialogue partners at the six-way talks aimed at ending the North's nuclear weapons program, according to South Korea's Yonhap News Agency. (Kyodo)

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Prosecutors nab diplomats in fund fraud

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Maejima, assistant director of the Foreign Ministry's Oceanian Division, leaves his home in Funabashi, Chiba, on May 14. Later in the day, Maejima and Masaru Sato, an expert on Russian affairs in the ministry, were arrested by prosecutors on suspicion of using more than 33 million yen in funds earmarked for an international aid panel for Russia to pay for a trip to Israel.

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Foreign Ministry fires official over hotel fraud scam

TOKYO, Japan - Three senior Foreign Ministry officials bow at a news conference Sept. 27 after announcing the dismissal of Akio Asakawa, 56, a former assistant director at the First West Europe Division of the ministry's European Affairs Bureau, who was indicted on fraud charges.

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LDP panel approves 500,000 tons of rice for N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Foreign Affairs Division of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), in a meeting Oct. 4, endorse a government plan to send 500,000 tons of rice to North Korea to alleviate the country's food shortage. Seated 2nd from right is Foreign Minister Yohei Kono.