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US: Gold Mountain Fire Continues to Rage in Ouray County With No Containment

The Gold Mountain fire in Ouray County, Colorado grew to 12,376 acres as of Tuesday, June 30, with zero percent containment. Governor Jared Polis declared a disaster emergency. Ouray County officials ordered more mandatory evacuations and part of U.S. 550 remained closed.

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US: Several Inches of Snow Forecast for NYC, Prompting Travel Warnings Across City 3

A winter storm warning was issued for parts of New York as a powerful system moved into the Tri-State area on Friday, December 26. In response to the conditions, a state of emergency has been declared in both New York and New Jersey. 5 to 9 inches of snow were expected, and NYC's Department of Emergency Management issued a travel advisory, warning that roads would become slick.

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US: Pro-Palestinian Protesters Disrupt University Of Michigan Graduation Ceremony 3

Pro-Palestinian protesters briefly disrupted a University of Michigan graduation ceremony at Michigan Stadium on Saturday, May 4. Planes flew over the stadium with the message, "Divest from Israel now! Free Palestine!" and "We stand with Israel. Jewish lives matter."

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US: Pro-Palestine Demonstrators Hold Protest Calling For Israel-Hamas Immediate Ceasefire During 2024 Oscars

Pro-ceasefire demonstrators held a protest during this year's Academy Awards ceremony, March 10. The pro-Palestinian protesters calling for the immediate ceasefire of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war disrupted traffic on the main road to the Dolby Theater, causing the delay of the arrival of some of the big stars. They reached the red carpet but were met by anti-riot police.

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Seoul urges Pyongyang to resume exchanges of divided families

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's Unification Minister Hong Soon Young (2nd from R) shake hands with Kim Ryong Song, a North Korean cabinet councilor, at Mt. Kumgang in eastern North Korea on Nov. 9 at the start of the sixth ministerial inter-Korean talks. The photo was taken by a South Korean media group representative.

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S., N. Korea agree to hold another round of family reunions

SEOUL, South Korea - Kim Ryong Song (3rd from L), a senior cabinet councilor who heads the North Korean delegation, shake hands with South Korean Unification Minister Hong Soon Young in Seoul on Sept. 18 at the end of three-day, ministerial-level talks. The two Koreas agreed to hold a fourth round of temporary reunions next month for family members torn apart by the turbulence of the 1950-53 Korean War.

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Suspended inter-Korea ministerial talks resume in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Delegates from North (L) and South Korea (R) attend a ministerial meeting Sept. 16 in Seoul, amid hopes the talks will succeed in restarting the stalled inter-Korean reconciliatory process. The S. Korean delegation is led by Hong Soon Young, unification minister, and the N. Korean delegation by Kim Ryong Song, a senior cabinet councilor.

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Hong named new S. Korean unification minister

SEOUL, South Korea - File photo shows Hong Soon Young, who was named unification minister in South Korean President Kim Dae Jung's cabinet reshuffle Sept. 7.

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Foreign ministers of China, S. Korea meet

SEOUL, South Korea - Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan (L) shakes hands with South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Hong Soon Young in Seoul on Dec. 10 prior to their talks. Tang arrived in Seoul earlier in the day for three days of talks with Hong.

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S. Korean Foreign Minister Hong meets Prime Minister Obuchi

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Hong Soon Young (L) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (R) Aug. 23 at the prime minister's official residence prior to talks. They stressed the importance of the two nations and the United States continuing to coordinate policy on North Korea, especially for deterring Pyongyang's suspected missile launch plan.

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N. Korea not to escalate confrontation, Hong says

South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Hong Soon Young speaks at the Seoul Foreign Correspondents' Club on June 18. Hong said North Korea is not likely to escalate confrontation with South Korea following an exchange of gunfire in the Yellow Sea earlier this week.

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Japan, S. Korea sign renewed fisheries pact

Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura (3rd from R) exchanges notes with South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Hong Soon Young in Kagoshima, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 28 after signing a renewed treaty permitting fishing in each other's economic waters. The signing follows a meeting of 11 cabinet ministers from the two nations. Japanese officials hope the renewed pact will go into effect in January after parliamentary approval.

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Kim, Obuchi sign joint declaration

South Korean President Kim Dae Jung (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (R) sign a joint declaration at the end of their two-hour summit at the Akasaka State Guesthouse in Tokyo on Thursday Oct. 8. South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Hong Soon Young (behind Kim) and Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura (2nd from R) stand behind in witness.

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Japan, S. Korea, U.S. slam N. Korean missile launch

Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura (L), South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Hong Soon Young (R) and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (C) shake hands prior to their meeting in New York on Sept. 24. The foreign ministers slammed North Korea for launching what they called a ''missile'' over Japan into the Pacific Ocean last month.

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I wish to contribute to legal exchanges between HK and mainland: student

STORY: I wish to contribute to legal exchanges between HK and mainland: student DATELINE: Sept. 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:30 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of Cheong King Yau 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHEONG KING YAU, Postgraduate student, China University of Political Science and Law STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHEONG KING YAU, Postgraduate student, China University of Political Science and Law "My name is Cheong King Yau, a postgraduate studying constitutional law and administrative law at the China University of Political Science and Law. Born in 1997, I will soon be 25 years old, 'the same age' as the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. As a young person growing up together with the HKSAR, I have witnessed that after 25 years of Hong Kong's return to the motherland, Hong Kong has been able to maintain prosperity and stability, which is inseparable from the support of the motherland. I came to Beijing in 2017. I've witnessed the development of our country. In 2022, I wat

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Seoul urges Pyongyang to resume exchanges of divided families

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's Unification Minister Hong Soon Young (2nd from R) shake hands with Kim Ryong Song, a North Korean cabinet councilor, at Mt. Kumgang in eastern North Korea on Nov. 9 at the start of the sixth ministerial inter-Korean talks. The photo was taken by a South Korean media group representative.

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S., N. Korea agree to hold another round of family reunions

SEOUL, South Korea - Kim Ryong Song (3rd from L), a senior cabinet councilor who heads the North Korean delegation, shake hands with South Korean Unification Minister Hong Soon Young in Seoul on Sept. 18 at the end of three-day, ministerial-level talks. The two Koreas agreed to hold a fourth round of temporary reunions next month for family members torn apart by the turbulence of the 1950-53 Korean War.

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Hong named new S. Korean unification minister

SEOUL, South Korea - File photo shows Hong Soon Young, who was named unification minister in South Korean President Kim Dae Jung's cabinet reshuffle Sept. 7.

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S. Korean Foreign Minister Hong meets Prime Minister Obuchi

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Hong Soon Young (L) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (R) Aug. 23 at the prime minister's official residence prior to talks. They stressed the importance of the two nations and the United States continuing to coordinate policy on North Korea, especially for deterring Pyongyang's suspected missile launch plan.

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N. Korea not to escalate confrontation, Hong says

South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Hong Soon Young speaks at the Seoul Foreign Correspondents' Club on June 18. Hong said North Korea is not likely to escalate confrontation with South Korea following an exchange of gunfire in the Yellow Sea earlier this week.

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N. Korea not to escalate confrontation, Hong says

South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Hong Soon Young speaks at the Seoul Foreign Correspondents' Club on June 18. Hong said North Korea is not likely to escalate confrontation with South Korea following an exchange of gunfire in the Yellow Sea earlier this week.

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Kim, Obuchi sign joint declaration

South Korean President Kim Dae Jung (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (R) sign a joint declaration at the end of their two-hour summit at the Akasaka State Guesthouse in Tokyo on Thursday Oct. 8. South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Hong Soon Young (behind Kim) and Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura (2nd from R) stand behind in witness.