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Asian Games: Wrestling

Japanese wrestler Nonoka Ozaki appears dejected after losing to North Korea's Mun Hyong Yong in the women's freestyle 62-kilogram final at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Oct. 6, 2023.

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Asian Games: Wrestling

Japanese wrestler Nonoka Ozaki (blue) competes against Mun Hyong Yong of North Korea in the women's freestyle 62-kilogram final at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Oct. 6, 2023.

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Asian Games: Wrestling

Japanese wrestler Nonoka Ozaki (blue) competes against Mun Hyong Yong of North Korea in the women's freestyle 62-kilogram final at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Oct. 6, 2023.

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Asian Games: Wrestling

Japanese wrestler Nonoka Ozaki (blue) competes against Mun Hyong Yong of North Korea in the women's freestyle 62-kilogram final at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Oct. 6, 2023.

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N. Korea's ceremonial leader

PYONGYANG, North Korea, Nov. 20 Kyodo - North Korea's ceremonial head of state Kim Yong Nam (L) is seen off by Yang Hyong Sop, vice president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, at Pyongyang's international airport on Nov. 20, 2018, prior to his departure on a Latin American tour.

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S. Korean consul in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Sin Hyong Gun (L), the South Korean consul general in Hiroshima, offers a prayer in front of the cenotaph for Korean victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the city, at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on March 26, 2014. The 60-year-old diplomat -- a second-generation "hibakusha" survivor of the atomic bombing -- ended his stint as consul general the same day.

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S. Korean envoy in Hiroshima visits Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - Shin Hyong Gun (R), consul general at the Consulate General of South Korea in Hiroshima, and his wife offer flowers on Dec. 1, 2011, at the monument for an atomic blast in Nagasaki peace park in Nagasaki in southwestern Japan. Shin's father Shin Yong Su, who was exposed to an atomic bombing in Hiroshima during World War II in 1945, became the founder and former president of an association of South Korean survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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Hiroshima exhibition featuring foreign A-bomb survivors

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Shin Hyong Gun, South Korean consul general in Hiroshima, points to exhibits featuring the diaries of foreign atomic-bomb survivors at the peace museum in the city on July 15, 2011. The exhibits include the journal of his deceased father, Shin Yong Su, who founded the association for South Korean atomic-bomb survivors.

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Hiroshima exhibition featuring foreign A-bomb survivors

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Shin Hyong Gun, South Korean consul general in Hiroshima, points to exhibits featuring the diaries of foreign atomic-bomb survivors at the peace museum in the city on July 15, 2011. The exhibits include the journal of his deceased father, Shin Yong Su, who founded the association for South Korean atomic-bomb survivors.

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China vice premier in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang (3rd from L) shakes hands with North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Hyong Jun upon arrival at Pyongyang airport on July 10, 2011.

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China vice premier in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang (front R) shakes hands with North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Hyong Jun upon arrival at Pyongyang airport on July 10, 2011.

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S. Korean son of A-bomb victim visits Hiroshima as consul general

HIROSHIMA, Japan - South Korea's newly appointed consul general in Hiroshima, Shin Hyong Gun, offers a wreath at a cenotaph for the victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on March 11, 2011. His father survived the atomic bomb attack.

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S. Korean son of A-bomb victim visits Hiroshima as consul general

HIROSHIMA, Japan - South Korea's newly appointed consul general in Hiroshima, Shin Hyong Gun, answers reporters' questions after visiting a cenotaph for the victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on March 11, 2011. His father survived the atomic bomb attack.

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N. Korea commemorates North-South declaration

PYONGYANG, Japan - Yang Hyong Sop, a vice president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea, speaks at an event to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the June 15 North-South Joint Declaration in Pyongyang on June 14, 2010.

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Bill Clinton arrives in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton (R) shakes hands with Yang Hyong Sop, vice president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, upon arriving at Pyongyang international airport on Aug. 4.

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Bill Clinton arrives in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton (C) receives flowers from a girl upon arriving at Pyongyang international airport on Aug. 4. Clinton was met on his arrival by North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan (2nd from L) and Yang Hyong Sop (3rd from L), vice president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly.

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S. Korea leader vows to provide liquidity to stabilize markets

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak (bottom) addresses the National Assembly in Seoul on Oct. 27 as Speaker Kim Hyong O listens. Lee said his government is determined to provide liquidity to help stabilize the financial markets.

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N. Korean Assembly Vice President Yang Hyong Sop in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Yang Hyong Sop, a vice president of North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly, flies into Beijing on May 26 for an undisclosed visit. Yang apparently is the first senior North Koran official to visit China since Pyongyang conducted a nuclear test in October last year. No Chinese official was at the Beijing airport to greet the North Korean visitor, and there is possibility that Yang was on transit to the third country

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Diplomats in Beijing, Pyongyang to defuse tension over missiles

BEIJING, China - Yang Hyong Sop (R), vice president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, arrives at Beijing airport on July 11 at the head of a North Korean delegation to participate in activities in China marking the 45th anniversary of the conclusion of a bilateral friendship treaty.

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N. Korea's new U.N. envoy is veteran U.S. hand

NEW YORK, United States - North Korea's new ambassador to the United Nations Pak Gil Yon (L) shakes hands with U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Dec. 5 after presenting his credentials. Pak, a veteran U.S. expert who served as ambassador to the U.N. in 1991-1996, replaced Li Hyong Chol.

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U.S., N. Korea resume talks in N.Y., 1st under Bush

NEW YORK, United States - North Korean Ambassador to the United Nations Ri Hyong Chol walks to an undisclosed location in New York on June 13 to meet with Charles Pritchard, a former White House National Security Council aide who was recently named as U.S. special envoy in charge of peace talks for the Korean Peninsula. Ri and Pritchard resumed U.S.-North Korean talks interrupted after U.S. President George W. Bush came to office in January.

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Funeral of Chongryun leader held

TOKYO, Japan - People walk to a funeral site March 3 for Han Tok Su, former leader of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryun) in Tokyo's Kita Ward. A high-level delegation from North Korea, headed by Yang Hyong Sop, vice president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, attended the funeral. Han died of pneumonia on Feb. 21 at age 94.

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Kono shakes hands with N. Korean envoy at U.N.

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono (L) shakes hands with North Korean Ambassador to the United Nations Li Hyong Chol on Sept. 14 after attending a tea ceremony Japan hosted at the U.N. headquarters. ''I asked the ambassador to convey my greetings to (North Korean) Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun, and the ambassador promised to do so,'' Kono told reporters later.

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Former S. Korean Pres. Roh Tae Woo dies

File photo taken Sept. 6, 1990, shows South Korean President Roh Tae Woo (L) shaking hands with North Korean Prime Minister Yon Hyong Muk in Seoul. Roh died on Oct. 26, 2021, at the age of 88.

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N. Korea's new U.N. envoy is veteran U.S. hand

NEW YORK, United States - North Korea's new ambassador to the United Nations Pak Gil Yon (L) shakes hands with U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Dec. 5 after presenting his credentials. Pak, a veteran U.S. expert who served as ambassador to the U.N. in 1991-1996, replaced Li Hyong Chol.

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N. Korea's ceremonial leader

North Korea's ceremonial head of state Kim Yong Nam (L) is seen off by Yang Hyong Sop, vice president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, at Pyongyang's international airport on Nov. 20, 2018, prior to his departure on a Latin American tour. (Kyodo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Diplomats in Beijing, Pyongyang to defuse tension over missiles

BEIJING, China - Yang Hyong Sop (R), vice president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, arrives at Beijing airport on July 11 at the head of a North Korean delegation to participate in activities in China marking the 45th anniversary of the conclusion of a bilateral friendship treaty. (Kyodo)

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N. Korean Assembly Vice President Yang Hyong Sop in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Yang Hyong Sop, a vice president of North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly, flies into Beijing on May 26 for an undisclosed visit. Yang apparently is the first senior North Koran official to visit China since Pyongyang conducted a nuclear test in October last year. No Chinese official was at the Beijing airport to greet the North Korean visitor, and there is possibility that Yang was on transit to the third country (Kyodo)

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S. Korea leader vows to provide liquidity to stabilize markets

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak (bottom) addresses the National Assembly in Seoul on Oct. 27 as Speaker Kim Hyong O listens. Lee said his government is determined to provide liquidity to help stabilize the financial markets. (Kyodo)

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Hiroshima exhibition featuring foreign A-bomb survivors

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Shin Hyong Gun, South Korean consul general in Hiroshima, points to exhibits featuring the diaries of foreign atomic-bomb survivors at the peace museum in the city on July 15, 2011. The exhibits include the journal of his deceased father, Shin Yong Su, who founded the association for South Korean atomic-bomb survivors. (Kyodo)

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Hiroshima exhibition featuring foreign A-bomb survivors

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Shin Hyong Gun, South Korean consul general in Hiroshima, points to exhibits featuring the diaries of foreign atomic-bomb survivors at the peace museum in the city on July 15, 2011. The exhibits include the journal of his deceased father, Shin Yong Su, who founded the association for South Korean atomic-bomb survivors. (Kyodo)

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China vice premier in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang (front R) shakes hands with North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Hyong Jun upon arrival at Pyongyang airport on July 10, 2011. (Kyodo)

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China vice premier in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang (3rd from L) shakes hands with North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Hyong Jun upon arrival at Pyongyang airport on July 10, 2011. (Kyodo)

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N. Korea commemorates North-South declaration

PYONGYANG, Japan - Yang Hyong Sop, a vice president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea, speaks at an event to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the June 15 North-South Joint Declaration in Pyongyang on June 14, 2010. (Kyodo)

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S. Korean son of A-bomb victim visits Hiroshima as consul general

HIROSHIMA, Japan - South Korea's newly appointed consul general in Hiroshima, Shin Hyong Gun, answers reporters' questions after visiting a cenotaph for the victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on March 11, 2011. His father survived the atomic bomb attack. (Kyodo)

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S. Korean son of A-bomb victim visits Hiroshima as consul general

HIROSHIMA, Japan - South Korea's newly appointed consul general in Hiroshima, Shin Hyong Gun, offers a wreath at a cenotaph for the victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on March 11, 2011. His father survived the atomic bomb attack. (Kyodo)

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S. Korean envoy in Hiroshima visits Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - Shin Hyong Gun (R), consul general at the Consulate General of South Korea in Hiroshima, and his wife offer flowers on Dec. 1, 2011, at the monument for an atomic blast in Nagasaki peace park in Nagasaki in southwestern Japan. Shin's father Shin Yong Su, who was exposed to an atomic bombing in Hiroshima during World War II in 1945, became the founder and former president of an association of South Korean survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. (Kyodo)

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North Korea's vice armed forces minister

Kim Hyong Ryong, North Korea's vice people's armed forces minister, attends a forum in Beijing on Oct. 20, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea to send art troupe to N. Korea from March 31 for shows

Composer Yun Sang (C) is pictured in Seoul on March 20, 2018 after an agreement by South Korea to send an art troupe to North Korea later this month for shows in Pyongyang between March 31 and April 3. Yun, who headed the delegation from the South for the talks with the North at the demilitarized zone dividing the two Koreas, has been tapped as the music director for 160-strong group consisting mostly of singers. The North Korean side was represented by Hyong Song Wol, head of the all-female Moranbong Band. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea to send art troupe to N. Korea from March 31 for shows

Composer Yun Sang is pictured in Seoul on March 20, 2018 after an agreement by South Korea to send an art troupe to North Korea later this month for shows in Pyongyang between March 31 and April 3. Yun, who headed the delegation from the South for the talks with the North at the demilitarized zone dividing the two Koreas, has been tapped as the music director for the 160-strong group consisting mostly of singers. The North Korean side was represented by Hyong Song Wol, head of the all-female Moranbong Band. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Hyong Song Wol (C), head of the North Korean Samjiyon art troupe, leaves a concert hall in Gangneung, South Korea, after their performance on Feb. 8, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Hyong Song Wol (C), head of the North Korean Samjiyon art troupe, leaves a concert hall in Gangneung, South Korea, after their performance on Feb. 8, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea steps up anti-Japan education

Kim Hyong Chol, head of the National House of Class Education in Pyongyang, explains articles on display on Aug. 12, 2016. North Korea has stepped up efforts in educating its people on the "history of aggression" by Japan and the United States through the newly built facility. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea steps up anti-Japan education

Kim Hyong Chol, head of the National House of Class Education in Pyongyang, explains articles on display on Aug. 12, 2016. North Korea has stepped up efforts in educating its people on the "history of aggression" by Japan and the United States through the newly built facility. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S., N. Korea resume talks in N.Y., 1st under Bush

NEW YORK, United States - North Korean Ambassador to the United Nations Ri Hyong Chol walks to an undisclosed location in New York on June 13 to meet with Charles Pritchard, a former White House National Security Council aide who was recently named as U.S. special envoy in charge of peace talks for the Korean Peninsula. Ri and Pritchard resumed U.S.-North Korean talks interrupted after U.S. President George W. Bush came to office in January.

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Funeral of Chongryun leader held

TOKYO, Japan - People walk to a funeral site March 3 for Han Tok Su, former leader of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryun) in Tokyo's Kita Ward. A high-level delegation from North Korea, headed by Yang Hyong Sop, vice president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, attended the funeral. Han died of pneumonia on Feb. 21 at age 94.

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Kono shakes hands with N. Korean envoy at U.N.

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono (L) shakes hands with North Korean Ambassador to the United Nations Li Hyong Chol on Sept. 14 after attending a tea ceremony Japan hosted at the U.N. headquarters. ''I asked the ambassador to convey my greetings to (North Korean) Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun, and the ambassador promised to do so,'' Kono told reporters later.