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US: Destructive EF-2 Tornado Tears Through Lena, Illinois, Causing Widespread Damage

An EF-2 tornado struck Lena, Illinois, on Friday, April 17, causing significant damage to trees and homes, including several houses that lost their entire roof structure. No fatalities or serious injuries were reported, though thousands of customers were left without power in Stephenson County.

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US: Magnitude 5.7 Earthquake Hits Silver Springs, Nevada, Aftershocks Continue

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Silver Springs, Nevada, on Monday, April 13, with shaking felt in parts of California, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. No significant damage or injuries were reported, though more than 20 aftershocks have been reported.

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US: Fast-Moving Springs Fire Breaks Out in Riverside County, Prompting Evacuations 2

The Springs Fire broke out east of Moreno Valley in Riverside County on Friday, April 3, quickly spreading to more than 4,000 acres and prompting evacuation orders for nearby residents, including the campus of Moreno Valley College. The fire was driven by strong winds with no injuries reported.

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US: Tropical Depression Brings Heavy Rain to North Carolina Causing Severe Flooding

Tropical Depression Chantal bought heavy rain to central North Carolina on Sunday, July 6, leaving devastating flooding.

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Loading of Japanese rice for N. Korea starts in Hakodate

HAKODATE, Japan - Dock workers began loading Japanese rice onto the 20,900-ton North Korean freighter Jon Jin on April 7 at Hakodate port, Hokkaido. About 10,000 tons of domestic brown rice produced in 1995-1996 and bought by the central government will be shipped to North Korea as humanitarian aid via the U.N. World Food Program. Jon Jin is to set sail for the North in about two weeks.

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Two Koreas resume ministerial meeting

SEOUL, South Korea - Pool photo from Pyongyang shows South Korean Unification Minister Park Jae Kyu and North Korean Cabinet Councellor Jon Kum Jin shaking hands as they resume the bilateral ministerial-level meeting in the North Korean capital Dec. 13.

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Korean leaders end 3rd round of talks on Cheju Island

CHEJU ISLAND, South Korea - Jon Kum Jin (L), who led a North Korean delegation at the third round of inter-Korean ministerial talks on South Korea's resort island of Cheju, waves after negotiations wrapped up Sept. 30. Beside him is Seoul's Unification Minister Park Jae Kyu, who led the South Korean team. The two sides agreed to implement an accord reached during the historic summit of leaders from the two countries in June.

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N., S. Korea resume talks for peace, reconciliation

CHEJU ISLAND, South Korea - Jon Kum Jin (L), a cabinet councillor and head of a five-member North Korean delegation, and his South Korean counterpart Unification Minister Park Jae Kyu (R) shake hands as they resume talks at a hotel on Cheju Island on Sept. 29.

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N., S. Korean officials begin 3rd round of talks

CHEJU ISLAND, South Korea - South Korean Unification Minister Park Jae Kyu (L) and Jon Kum Jin, a cabinet councillor and head of a five-member North Korean delegation, shake hands before they begin talks on Cheju Island on reconciliation, peace and economic cooperation between the two Koreas.

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S. Korea proposes setting up military hot line with N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Unification Minister Park Jae Kyu (L), head of the South Korean delegation, shakes hands with his North Korean counterpart Jon Kum Jin, at the start of ministerial talks in Pyongyang on Aug. 30. South Korea proposed setting up a military hot line with North Korea. The pool photo was provided by the South Korean press.

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Park offers S. Korean drink to N. Korea's Jon

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Unification Minister Park Jae Kyu (R), who leads the South Korean delegation at three-day talks with North Korea, recommends a South Korean alcoholic drink to Jon Kum Jin, a North Korean cabinet counselor, who heads the North Korean delegation, during a luncheon at a Seoul hotel on July 31. The talks are aimed at promoting relations between the two Koreas.

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S. Korean President Kim greets chief N. Korean delegate

SEOUL, S. Korea - South Korean President Kim Dae Jung (R) greets North Korean cabinet counselor Jon Kum Jin at the Blue House presidential office in Seoul on July 31. Earlier in the day, the two Koreas announced that Jon and South Korean Unification Minister Park Jae Kyu reached an agreement that includes the reopening of liaison offices at the truce village of Panmunjom on Aug. 15.

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Chief N., S. Korean delegates announce accord

SEOUL, S. Korea - North Korean cabinet counselor Jon Kum Jin (R) shakes hands July 31 with South Korean Unification Minister Park Jae Kyu at a Seoul hotel July 31, following two rounds of minister-level talks on implementing a historic accord signed during the inter-Korean summit last month. Jon and Park announced an agreement that includes the reopening of a liaison office at the truce village of Panmunjom on Aug. 15.

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Koreas to hold 2 ministerial meetings July 30

SEOUL, S. Korea - South Korean Unification Minister Park Jae Kyu (L) chats July 29 with Jon Kum Jin, North Korea's cabinet counselor who heads North Korea's five-member delegation, ahead of two ministerial meetings between the two countries to be held at Seoul's Shilla Hotel on July 30.

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N., S. Korea agree to hold regular ministerial talks

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's Unification Minister Park Jae Kyu (R) shakes hands with Jon Kum Jin, a North Korean cabinet counselor, at a first round of ministerial talks at a Seoul hotel July 30. Park and Jon, each leading a five-member delegation, agreed to hold regular ministerial talks to discuss implementing the historic accord signed by South Korean President Kim Dae Jung and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il at the first-ever inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang June 13-15.

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N. Korean delegates pledge to work for unification

SEOUL, South Korea - A five-member North Korean delegation, headed by Jon Kum Jin, a cabinet counselor, arrives at Seoul's Kimpo international airport at 12:35 p.m. on July 29 for three days of ministerial talks with South Korea aimed at implementing the historic accord signed during the June 13-15 inter-Korean summit. In an arrival statement, members of the North Korean delegation said they have come to Seoul 'with an ardent desire' to realize peace and national unification for the whole of Korea.

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N., S. Korean officials begin 3rd round of talks

CHEJU ISLAND, South Korea - South Korean Unification Minister Park Jae Kyu (L) and Jon Kum Jin, a cabinet councillor and head of a five-member North Korean delegation, shake hands before they begin talks on Cheju Island on reconciliation, peace and economic cooperation between the two Koreas.

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Loading of Japanese rice for N. Korea starts in Hakodate

HAKODATE, Japan - Dock workers began loading Japanese rice onto the 20,900-ton North Korean freighter Jon Jin on April 7 at Hakodate port, Hokkaido. About 10,000 tons of domestic brown rice produced in 1995-1996 and bought by the central government will be shipped to North Korea as humanitarian aid via the U.N. World Food Program. Jon Jin is to set sail for the North in about two weeks.

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Loading of Japanese rice for N. Korea starts in Hakodate

HAKODATE, Japan - Dock workers began loading Japanese rice onto the 20,900-ton North Korean freighter Jon Jin on April 7 at Hakodate port, Hokkaido. About 10,000 tons of domestic brown rice produced in 1995-1996 and bought by the central government will be shipped to North Korea as humanitarian aid via the U.N. World Food Program. Jon Jin is to set sail for the North in about two weeks.

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Korean leaders end 3rd round of talks on Cheju Island

CHEJU ISLAND, South Korea - Jon Kum Jin (L), who led a North Korean delegation at the third round of inter-Korean ministerial talks on South Korea's resort island of Cheju, waves after negotiations wrapped up Sept. 30. Beside him is Seoul's Unification Minister Park Jae Kyu, who led the South Korean team. The two sides agreed to implement an accord reached during the historic summit of leaders from the two countries in June.

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Park offers S. Korean drink to N. Korea's Jon

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Unification Minister Park Jae Kyu (R), who leads the South Korean delegation at three-day talks with North Korea, recommends a South Korean alcoholic drink to Jon Kum Jin, a North Korean cabinet counselor, who heads the North Korean delegation, during a luncheon at a Seoul hotel on July 31. The talks are aimed at promoting relations between the two Koreas.

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Chief N., S. Korean delegates announce accord

SEOUL, S. Korea - North Korean cabinet counselor Jon Kum Jin (R) shakes hands July 31 with South Korean Unification Minister Park Jae Kyu at a Seoul hotel July 31, following two rounds of minister-level talks on implementing a historic accord signed during the inter-Korean summit last month. Jon and Park announced an agreement that includes the reopening of a liaison office at the truce village of Panmunjom on Aug. 15.

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Koreas to hold 2 ministerial meetings July 30

SEOUL, S. Korea - South Korean Unification Minister Park Jae Kyu (L) chats July 29 with Jon Kum Jin, North Korea's cabinet counselor who heads North Korea's five-member delegation, ahead of two ministerial meetings between the two countries to be held at Seoul's Shilla Hotel on July 30.