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S. Korea to disclose diplomatic documents on ties with Japan

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Soo Hyuck briefs reporters in Seoul on Dec. 28 on the government's plan to make public five sets of diplomatic documents exchanged with Japan for the normalization of relations between the two countries in 1965.

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Japan, S. Korea, U.S. agree on need for 6-way talks

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Soo Hyuck (L), Japan, Mitoji Yabunaka (C), chief of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, and U.S. Assistance Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs James Kelly (R) pose for photographs after their meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 10. They agreed to continue calling on North Korea to accept a plan to hold the next round of six-party talks on its nuclear ambitions by the end of September.

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(1)6-way talks on N. Korean nukes begin in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Senior diplomats from six countries -- (from L to R) U.S. Undersecretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs James Kelly, South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Soo Hyuck, North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Mitoji Yabunaka, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Losyukov -- pose for a photo at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Feb. 25 before their talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program. (Pool photo)

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Japan, S. Korea, U.S. hold preparatory meeting on N. Korea nukes

SEOUL, South Korea - Mitoji Yabunaka (L), head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Soo Hyuck (C), and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs James Kelly chat in Seoul on Feb. 23 before starting preparatory talks for six-way talks on North Korea's nuclear program scheduled to begin Feb. 25 in Beijing.

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N. Korea agrees to hold 6-way talks in early 2004

SEOUL, South Korea - (From L to R) Fu Ying, head of Asian affairs at the Chinese Foreign Ministry, South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Soo Hyuck, and Mitoji Yabunaka, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, shake hands in Seoul on Dec. 29 prior to their talks on a second round of six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear arms program. Fu reportedly said N. Korea has agreed to hold a second round of talks at an early date next year.

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Kelly meets with S. Korean officials on 6-way nuclear talks

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Soo Hyuck (L) and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly shake hands in Seoul on Nov. 20 before their talks. Kelly arrived in Seoul on Nov. 19 to discuss North Korea's nuclear weapons program with South Korean officials.

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Trilateral talks on N. Korea end without decision on KEDO

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Soo Hyuck (R), Mitoji Yabunaka, head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau (C) and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs James Kelly greet each other before beginning a second and final day of talks on North Korean nuclear development programs. They ended the meeting without reaching agreement on the suspension of an international project to construct two light-water nuclear reactors in the North.

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Japan, U.S., S. Korea continue policy coordination on N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Soo Hyuck, Mitoji Yabunaka, head of the Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs James Kelly shake hands prior to their meeting to discuss coordinating policies for a comprehensive solution to the North Korean nuclear issue in Tokyo on Sept. 30, the final day of their two-day meeting.

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N. Korea agrees to hold 6-way talks in early 2004

SEOUL, South Korea - (From L to R) Fu Ying, head of Asian affairs at the Chinese Foreign Ministry, South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Soo Hyuck, and Mitoji Yabunaka, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, shake hands in Seoul on Dec. 29 prior to their talks on a second round of six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear arms program. Fu reportedly said N. Korea has agreed to hold a second round of talks at an early date next year. (Kyodo)

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Trilateral talks on N. Korea end without decision on KEDO

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Soo Hyuck (R), Mitoji Yabunaka, head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau (C) and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs James Kelly greet each other before beginning a second and final day of talks on North Korean nuclear development programs. They ended the meeting without reaching agreement on the suspension of an international project to construct two light-water nuclear reactors in the North. (Kyodo)

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Japan, S. Korea, U.S. hold preparatory meeting on N. Korea nukes

SEOUL, South Korea - Mitoji Yabunaka (L), head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Soo Hyuck (C), and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs James Kelly chat in Seoul on Feb. 23 before starting preparatory talks for six-way talks on North Korea's nuclear program scheduled to begin Feb. 25 in Beijing. (Kyodo)

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Japan, S. Korea, U.S. agree on need for 6-way talks

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Soo Hyuck (L), Japan, Mitoji Yabunaka (C), chief of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, and U.S. Assistance Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs James Kelly (R) pose for photographs after their meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 10. They agreed to continue calling on North Korea to accept a plan to hold the next round of six-party talks on its nuclear ambitions by the end of September. (Kyodo)

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(9)6 countries begin talks on N. Korea nukes

BEIJING, China - South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Soo Hyuck gives his opening remarks as six nations begin their third round of talks on North Korea's nuclear ambitions at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on June 23. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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S. Korea to disclose diplomatic documents on ties with Japan

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Soo Hyuck briefs reporters in Seoul on Dec. 28 on the government's plan to make public five sets of diplomatic documents exchanged with Japan for the normalization of relations between the two countries in 1965. (Kyodo)

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(1)6-way talks on N. Korean nukes begin in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Senior diplomats from six countries -- (from L to R) U.S. Undersecretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs James Kelly, South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Soo Hyuck, North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Mitoji Yabunaka, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Losyukov -- pose for a photo at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Feb. 25 before their talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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S. Korea protests Japan's renewed claim over disputed islets

South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman Cho June Hyuck talks about Japan's annual defense white paper in Seoul on Aug. 2, 2016. The ministry summoned a senior Japanese Embassy official to protest Tokyo's renewed claim over South Korea-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan in the white paper, while issuing a statement to make it clear that the islets, known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea, are South Korean territory. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(6)Six nations resume talks on N. Korea

BEIJING, China - South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Soo Hyuck leaves for Diaoyutai state guesthouse in Beijing on Feb. 26 to attend the second-day session of the six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear program. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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(3)6-nation talks in Beijing

BEIJING, China - South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Soo Hyuck (L) shakes hands with Chinese State Councillor and former Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan, at the Diaoyutyai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Feb. 26. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Chief S. Korean diplomat for 6-way talks arrives in Beijing

BEIJING, China - South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Soo Hyuck arrives at Beijing International Airport on Feb. 24 to take part in six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear ambitions. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Kelly meets with S. Korean officials on 6-way nuclear talks

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Soo Hyuck (L) and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly shake hands in Seoul on Nov. 20 before their talks. Kelly arrived in Seoul on Nov. 19 to discuss North Korea's nuclear weapons program with South Korean officials. (Kyodo)

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Japan, U.S., S. Korea continue policy coordination on N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Soo Hyuck, Mitoji Yabunaka, head of the Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs James Kelly shake hands prior to their meeting to discuss coordinating policies for a comprehensive solution to the North Korean nuclear issue in Tokyo on Sept. 30, the final day of their two-day meeting. (Kyodo)

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S. Korean delegate arrives in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Lee Soo Hyuck, South Korean chief delegate to six-nation talks on North Koreafs nuclear development programs, arrived in Beijing from Seoul on Aug. 25. (Kyodo)

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(1)Delegates to six-nation talks on North Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Delegates to six-nation talks on North Korea, due to begin in Beijing on Aug. 27. (From top left clockwise) Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs James Kelly, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Losyukov, Mitoji Yabunaka, chief of Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, and South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Soo Hyuck. (Kyodo)