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CALCIO - Supercoppa Femminile - Juventus FC vs AS Roma

Danielle De Joung of Juventus women saves the ball during the Italian Women Super Cup match between Juventus and AS Roma at Stadio Adriatico on January 11, 2026 in Pescara, Italy. Â©Photo: Cinzia Camela.

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CALCIO - Supercoppa Femminile - Juventus FC vs AS Roma

Danielle De Joung of Juventus women saves the ball during the Italian Women Super Cup match between Juventus and AS Roma at Stadio Adriatico on January 11, 2026 in Pescara, Italy. Â©Photo: Cinzia Camela.

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(Chengdu Universiade)CHINA-CHENGDU-WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES-DIVING(CN)

(230802) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Joung Dongmin of South Korea competes during the diving men's 3m springboard final at the 31st FISU Summer World University Games in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 2, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Kun)

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(Chengdu Universiade)CHINA-CHENGDU-WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES-DIVING(CN)

(230802) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist Zhang Wenao (C) and silver medalist Liang Chaohui (L) of China and bronze medalist Joung Dongmin of South Korea pose for photos during the awarding ceremony for the diving men's 3m springboard at the 31st FISU Summer World University Games in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 2, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Kun)

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2 Koreas to hold 2nd summit Aug. 28-30 in Pyongyang

SEOUL, South Korea - Chief presidential National Security Adviser Baek Jong Cheon (R) announces in Seoul on Aug. 8 that North and South Korea have agreed to hold their second summit Aug. 28-30 in Pyongyang. At left is S. Korea's Unification Minister Lee Jae Joung.

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Japan's Ueno claims judo bronze at London Olympics

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Yoshie Ueno (L) fights South Korea's Joung Da Woon during the quarterfinals in the women's judo 63-kilogram category at the 2012 London Olympics, at the ExCeL competition venue on July 31, 2012. Ueno lost to Joung.

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N., S. Korea prime ministers meet for 1st time in 15 years

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's Unification Minister Lee Jae Joung speaks at a press briefing after the first round of talks between the prime ministers of North and South Korea in Seoul on Nov. 14.

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Roh conveys Japan premier's message to N. Korean leader Kim

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Unification Minister Lee Jae Joung (R) briefs reporters in Seoul on Oct. 5 about summit talks between South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

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U.S. envoy welcomes shutdown of N. Korean nuke facilities

SEOUL, South Korea - Top U.S. nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill (L) shakes hands with South Korean Unification Minister Lee Jae Joung in Seoul on July 16. Hill welcomed the shutdown of key nuclear facilities announced by North Korea.

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Inter-Korean talks fail to yield any agreements

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Unification Minister Lee Jae Joung (L) and North Korean Chief Cabinet Councilor Kwon Ho Ung leave a hotel in Seoul on June 1 at the end of three days of ministerial talks. They failed to reach any agreements due to a dispute over the South's delay in shipping rice aid to the North.

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N. Korea accuses U.S. of delay in nuclear deal

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korean Chief Cabinet Councilor Kwon Ho Ung (L) and South Korean Unification Minister Lee Hae Joung shake hands at the start of inter-Korean ministerial talks at a Seoul hotel on May 30. Kwon accused the United States of delaying the implementation of a nuclear deal under which North Korea is to take initial steps toward denuclearization.

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S. Korean delegate arrives in N. Korea for ministerial talks

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's Unification Minister Lee Jae Joung acknowledges well-wishers in Seoul on Feb. 27 as he heads to Pyongyang to attend the 20th round of ministerial talks with North Korea. This is the first high-level dialogue between the two Koreas since July last year.

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(2)Joung Japanese celebrate Coming-of-Age at Disneyland

URAYASU, Japan - A young mother with her baby daughter joins her friends in the Coming-of-Age celebrations at Tokyo Disneyland on Jan. 12.

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Textbook should not harm Seoul-Tokyo ties: S. Korean minister

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Lee Joung Binn speaks to Kyodo News at the foreign ministry in Seoul on March 19. In an exclusive interview with Kyodo, Lee said the recent controversy over a Japanese history textbook should not damage bilateral relations between Seoul and Tokyo.

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S. Korea's foreign minister meets Japanese premier

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Lee Joung Binn (L) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori at the premier's official residence Nov. 6. Lee is currently on a two-day visit to Japan from Monday for talks with Japanese leaders on promoting bilateral ties.

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Foreign ministers of Japan, S. Korea, U.S. meet press

SEOUL, South Korea - (From L to R) U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Lee Joung Binn, and Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono attend a news conference at a Seoul hotel on Oct. 25 after their trilateral talks ended.

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Japanese, S. Korean, U.S. foreign ministers meet in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - (From L to R) South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Lee Joung Binn, U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono shake hands before they begin talks in Seoul on Oct. 24.

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Albright arrives in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright arrives in Seoul on Oct. 25 after completing a historic two-day visit to North Korea. Albright is expected to brief South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Lee Joung Binn and Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono on her visit, in which she held six hours of talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

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Kono, Lee hold talks in Atami

ATAMI, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono (far L) and South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Lee Joung Binn (far R) hold a breakfast meeting in the hot-sprint resort city of Atami in Shizuoka Prefecture southwest of Tokyo on Sept. 24 on the sidelines of summit talks between Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and South Korean President Kim Dae Jung.

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Albright meets South Korea's

BANGKOK, Thailand - U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and South Korean Foreign Minister Lee Joung Binn pose for photographers at a Bangkok hotel July 28 before they hold talks on the sidelines of an annual meeting between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its 10 extra-regional ''dialogue partners.''

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Koreas agree to cooperate diplomatically, end U.N. rivalry

BANGKOK, Thailand - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minster Lee Joung Binn (L) and North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun pose for a photo session at a Bangkok hotel July 26 prior to their talks. In their first-ever official foreign ministerial talks, the two officials agreed to end their rivalry at the United Nations and to cooperate at the U.N. and other international bodies.

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ARF ministers begin working dinner

BANGKOK, Thailand - (From L to R in the back row) Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono, North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun and South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minster Lee Joung Binn attend a photo session, along with other foreign ministers meeting for the ASEAN Regional Forum at a Bangkok hotel July 26. Ministers from Asia, North America and Europe began their annual discussion on security in the Asia-Pacific region during the dinner with the spotlight squarely on the North Korean delegation and developments on the Korean Peninsula.

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Kono flies into Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono arrives at Seoul's Kimpo airport July 13. Kono, fresh from the Group of Eight (G-8) foreign ministers' meeting in Miyazaki, will brief South Korean President Kim Dae Jung and Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Lee Joung Binn on the G-8 discussion on North Korea,

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Albright rebuffs debate on U.S. troops pullout

SEOUL, S. Korea - U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (L) speaks at a joint news conference with South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Lee Joung Binn in Seoul on June 23. She rebuffed any debate in South Korea on changing the status or withdrawal of U.S. troops as ''not appropriate or premature.''

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(CORRECTED) 2 Koreas to hold 2nd summit Aug. 28-30 in Pyongyang

SEOUL, South Korea - Chief presidential National Security Adviser Baek Jong Cheon (R) announces in Seoul on Aug. 8 that North and South Korea have agreed to hold their second summit Aug. 28-30 in Pyongyang. At left is S. Korea's Unification Minister Lee Jae Joung. (Kyodo)

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2 Koreas to hold 2nd summit Aug. 28-30 in Pyongyang

SEOUL, South Korea - Chief presidential National Security Adviser Baek Jong Chun (R) announces in Seoul on Aug. 8 that North and South Korea have agreed to hold their second summit Aug. 28-30 in Pyongyang. At left is S. Korea's Unification Minister Lee Jae Joung. (Kyodo)

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U.S. envoy welcomes shutdown of N. Korean nuke facilities

SEOUL, South Korea - Top U.S. nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill (L) shakes hands with South Korean Unification Minister Lee Jae Joung in Seoul on July 16. Hill welcomed the shutdown of key nuclear facilities announced by North Korea. (Kyodo)

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Inter-Korean talks fail to yield any agreements

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Unification Minister Lee Jae Joung (L) and North Korean Chief Cabinet Councilor Kwon Ho Ung leave a hotel in Seoul on June 1 at the end of three days of ministerial talks. They failed to reach any agreements due to a dispute over the South's delay in shipping rice aid to the North. (Kyodo)

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N. Korea accuses U.S. of delay in nuclear deal

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korean Chief Cabinet Councilor Kwon Ho Ung (L) and South Korean Unification Minister Lee Hae Joung shake hands at the start of inter-Korean ministerial talks at a Seoul hotel on May 30. Kwon accused the United States of delaying the implementation of a nuclear deal under which North Korea is to take initial steps toward denuclearization. (Kyodo)

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S. Korean delegate arrives in N. Korea for ministerial talks

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's Unification Minister Lee Jae Joung acknowledges well-wishers in Seoul on Feb. 27 as he heads to Pyongyang to attend the 20th round of ministerial talks with North Korea. This is the first high-level dialogue between the two Koreas since July last year. (Kyodo)

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N., S. Korea prime ministers meet for 1st time in 15 years

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's Unification Minister Lee Jae Joung speaks at a press briefing after the first round of talks between the prime ministers of North and South Korea in Seoul on Nov. 14. (Kyodo)

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Roh conveys Japan premier's message to N. Korean leader Kim

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Unification Minister Lee Jae Joung (R) briefs reporters in Seoul on Oct. 5 about summit talks between South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. (Kyodo)

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(2)Joung Japanese celebrate Coming-of-Age at Disneyland

URAYASU, Japan - A young mother with her baby daughter joins her friends in the Coming-of-Age celebrations at Tokyo Disneyland on Jan. 12. (Kyodo)

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Textbook should not harm Seoul-Tokyo ties: S. Korean minister

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Lee Joung Binn speaks to Kyodo News at the foreign ministry in Seoul on March 19. In an exclusive interview with Kyodo, Lee said the recent controversy over a Japanese history textbook should not damage bilateral relations between Seoul and Tokyo.

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S. Korea's foreign minister meets Japanese premier

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Lee Joung Binn (L) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori at the premier's official residence Nov. 6. Lee is currently on a two-day visit to Japan from Monday for talks with Japanese leaders on promoting bilateral ties.

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Foreign ministers of Japan, S. Korea, U.S. meet press

SEOUL, South Korea - (From L to R) U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Lee Joung Binn, and Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono attend a news conference at a Seoul hotel on Oct. 25 after their trilateral talks ended.

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Albright arrives in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright arrives in Seoul on Oct. 25 after completing a historic two-day visit to North Korea. Albright is expected to brief South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Lee Joung Binn and Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono on her visit, in which she held six hours of talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

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Kono, Lee hold talks in Atami

ATAMI, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono (far L) and South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Lee Joung Binn (far R) hold a breakfast meeting in the hot-sprint resort city of Atami in Shizuoka Prefecture southwest of Tokyo on Sept. 24 on the sidelines of summit talks between Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and South Korean President Kim Dae Jung.

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Albright meets South Korea's

BANGKOK, Thailand - U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and South Korean Foreign Minister Lee Joung Binn pose for photographers at a Bangkok hotel July 28 before they hold talks on the sidelines of an annual meeting between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its 10 extra-regional ''dialogue partners.''

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Koreas agree to cooperate diplomatically, end U.N. rivalry

BANGKOK, Thailand - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minster Lee Joung Binn (L) and North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun pose for a photo session at a Bangkok hotel July 26 prior to their talks. In their first-ever official foreign ministerial talks, the two officials agreed to end their rivalry at the United Nations and to cooperate at the U.N. and other international bodies.

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ARF ministers begin working dinner

BANGKOK, Thailand - (From L to R in the back row) Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono, North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun and South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minster Lee Joung Binn attend a photo session, along with other foreign ministers meeting for the ASEAN Regional Forum at a Bangkok hotel July 26. Ministers from Asia, North America and Europe began their annual discussion on security in the Asia-Pacific region during the dinner with the spotlight squarely on the North Korean delegation and developments on the Korean Peninsula.

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Kono flies into Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono arrives at Seoul's Kimpo airport July 13. Kono, fresh from the Group of Eight (G-8) foreign ministers' meeting in Miyazaki, will brief South Korean President Kim Dae Jung and Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Lee Joung Binn on the G-8 discussion on North Korea,

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Albright rebuffs debate on U.S. troops pullout

SEOUL, S. Korea - U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (L) speaks at a joint news conference with South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Lee Joung Binn in Seoul on June 23. She rebuffed any debate in South Korea on changing the status or withdrawal of U.S. troops as ''not appropriate or premature.''

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Korea's new foreign affairs and trade minister

SEOUL, South Korea - A file photo shows Lee Joung Binn who was named foreign affairs and trade minister in South Korean President Kim Dae Jung's cabinet reshuffle Jan. 13.