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Charcoal Production in Bukan - Iran

View of the green plains of Iran's Kurdistan province from a kil in a charcoal production factory in Bukan, Iran, on May 8, 2025. According to reports, the number of oak trees of Zagros mountains is quickly decreasing as a result of illegal logging and drought. Photo by Barbod Khorshidi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Türkiye inaugurates 14-km Istanbul Airport metro line

STORY: Türkiye inaugurates 14-km Istanbul Airport metro line SHOOTING TIME: March 19, 2024 DATELINE: March 20, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:40 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of metro line in Istanbul 2. various of airport in Istanbul STORYLINE: A 14-kilometer metro line connecting Türkiye's largest international airport, Istanbul Airport, with the Arnavutkoy district of Istanbul was inaugurated on Tuesday. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, addressing the opening ceremony via live broadcast, stated that it would take eight minutes to travel from Arnavutkoy to Istanbul Airport using the new line. Erdogan announced that the line would start operations on Wednesday morning, offering free transportation until March 31, when the local elections are scheduled to be held. A 34-kilometer-long metro line connecting the airport to central Istanbul was launched in January last year, featuring China-made automated driverless trains capable of reaching a speed of up to 120 kil

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Egyptian policeman, 3 Israeli soldiers killed in gunfire on Israel-Egypt border

STORY: Egyptian policeman, 3 Israeli soldiers killed in gunfire on Israel-Egypt border DATELINE: June 4, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:10 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: POLITICS/MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of commanders at the scene of the attack 2. various of Israel-Egypt border (file) STORYLINE: Three Israeli soldiers and a member of Egyptian security forces were killed early on Saturday in a shootout along the border between Israel and Egypt, according to the two countries' military statements. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement that the assailant who killed the three soldiers was an Egyptian policeman. He first killed two soldiers, a man and a woman, who were on duty in a border post and gunned down a third during an exchange of fire hours later when a manhunt was underway. Another Israeli soldier was lightly wounded and the Egyptian gunman was "neutralized" by the soldiers, the statement added. The Egyptian army stated that three Israeli soldiers and a member of Egyptian security forces were kil

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Working-level officials kick off 2-day talks on N. Korea energy aid

PANMUNJEOM, Korean Demilitarized Zone - North Korea's chief delegate Kim Myong Kil sits as working-level officials from six country in talks on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program kicked off a two-day meeting at the truce village Panmunjeom on Aug. 7. The talks are expected to discuss details regarding how to ship and store 950,000 tons of heavy oil or equivalent aid to the North, which is known to have a storage facility for only 200,000 tons a year.

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Former sex slaves give speeches

OSAKA, Japan - Kim Bok Dong (R), 87, and Kil Won Ok, 84, two South Korean women who were forced to serve as wartime sex slaves for the Japanese military, attend a gathering organized by a civic group supporting them, in Osaka, western Japan, on May 25, 2013.

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Former sex slaves give speeches

OSAKA, Japan - Kim Bok Dong (standing), 87, and Kil Won Ok (L), 84, two South Korean women who were forced to serve as wartime sex slaves for the Japanese military, attend a gathering organized by a civic group supporting them, in Osaka, western Japan, on May 25, 2013.

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Former sex slaves give speeches

OSAKA, Japan - Kim Bok Dong (R), 87, and Kil Won Ok, 84, two South Korean women who were forced to serve as wartime sex slaves for the Japanese military, attend a gathering organized by a civic group supporting them, in Osaka, western Japan, on May 25, 2013.

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Former sex slaves give speeches

OSAKA, Japan - Kim Bok Dong (2nd from L), 87, and Kil Won Ok (2nd from R), 84, two South Korean women who were forced to serve as wartime sex slaves for the Japanese military, attend a gathering organized by a civic group supporting them, in Osaka, western Japan, on May 25, 2013.

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Mayor's meeting with former sex slaves canceled

OSAKA, Japan - File photo shows Kil Won Ok, 84, a South Korean woman who was forced to serve as a wartime sex slave, at Hiroshima airport shortly after her arrival from South Korea on May 17, 2013. Kil and another such woman canceled a scheduled meeting with Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto on May 24, saying it is "worthless." Hashimoto has been under fire over his claim that sexual servitude was "necessary to maintain discipline" in the Japanese military.

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Mayor's meeting with former sex slaves canceled

OSAKA, Japan - Combined file photo shows Kim Bok Dong (L), 87, and Kil Won Ok, 84, two South Korean women who were forced to serve as wartime sex slaves. They canceled a scheduled meeting with Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto on May 24, 2013, saying it is "worthless." Hashimoto has been under fire over his claim that sexual servitude was "necessary to maintain discipline" in the Japanese military.

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S. Korean ex-comfort woman arrives in Japan

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Kil Won Ok (L), an 84-year-old South Korean woman forced into wartime sex slavery by Japan, arrives at Hiroshima airport on May 17, 2013. Kil is planning to meet with Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto on May 24, along with another elderly South Korean woman who worked as a "comfort woman," the Japanese euphemism for such women, following controversy over the mayor's series of remarks defending Japan's wartime military brothels.

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S. Korean ex-comfort woman arrives in Japan

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Kil Won Ok, an 84-year-old South Korean woman forced into wartime sex slavery by Japan, arrives at Hiroshima airport on May 17, 2013. Kil is planning to meet with Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto on May 24, along with another elderly South Korean woman who worked as a "comfort woman," the Japanese euphemism for such women, following controversy over the mayor's series of remarks defending Japan's wartime military brothels.

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WFP chief wraps up N. Korea visit

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Josette Sheeran (L), executive director of the World Food Program, shakes hands with Pak Kil Yon, a North Korean vice foreign minister, at Pyongyang airport on Nov. 4, 2010, as she wraps up a three-day visit. Sheeran met the country's No. 2 leader Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, the North's parliament, during her stay.

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World Food Program chief arrives in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Josette Sheeran (R), executive director of the World Food Program, is welcomed by Pak Kil Yon, a North Korean vice foreign minister, after arriving at Pyongyang airport for a three-day visit on Nov. 2, 2010.

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N. Korea says denuclearization depends on U.S. policy

NEW YORK, United States - North Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Pak Kil Yon addresses a United Nations General Assembly session at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 28, 2009. Pak said the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula hinges on decisions made by the United States.

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N. Korea defends self at U.N. over nukes

NEW YORK, United States - Pak Kil Yon, North Korea's vice minister of foreign affairs, addresses a session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 27. Pak defended his country's resumption of its nuclear activities while slamming Japan for being a ''war criminal state'' unsuited to becoming a permanent U.N. Security Council member.

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S. Korea defense chief offers to quit

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Defense Minister Cho Young Kil (in file photo) offered to resign July 27 to take responsibility for a dispute over the military's false reporting of a naval incident with North Korea earlier in July.

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N. Korea envoy to U.N. says no plan to conduct nuclear tests

WASHINGTON, United States - Pak Kil Yon (L), the North Korean permanent representative to the United Nations, and Han Song Ryol, North Korea's deputy representative to the U.N., speak to reporters in the U.S. Senate in Washington on July 20. Pak became the first North Korean ambassador to the U.N. to visit Washington under the administration of George W. Bush.

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Japan, S. Korea defense chiefs discuss Iraq, N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean Defense Minister Cho Young Kil (L) and Japanese Defense Agency Director General Shigeru Ishiba shake hands before their meeting in Tokyo on Nov. 26. They discussed the two countries' participation in the reconstruction of Iraq as well as the situation surrounding North Korea.

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U.S., S. Korea warn North against using WMD, nukes

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld (L) and South Korean Defense Minister Cho Young Kil hold a news conference after their talks in Seoul on Nov. 17. The two called on North Korea to halt its development of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and warned that their use would have ''the gravest consequences.''

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S. Korea, Russia agree on peaceful end to nuke issue

SEOUL, S. Korea - South Korean Defense Minister Cho Young Kil (R) and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov shake hands at the outset of their talks in Seoul on April 10. They agreed to closely cooperate on resolving the North Korea nuclear issue through peaceful means.

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Japanese, South Korean defense chiefs meet in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Defense Agency Director General Shigeru Ishiba (L) and South Korean Defense Minister Cho Young Kil shake hands March 29 at the Defense Ministry in Seoul before their talks. The defense chiefs of the two countries met for the first time since President Roh Moo Hyun's administration was inaugurated Feb. 25.

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(2)President Kim reshuffles cabinet

SEOUL, South Korea - File photo shows Kim Jung Kil who was named justice minister in South Korean President Kim Dae Jung's cabinet reshuffle announced on July 11.

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Family reunion in tears

SEOUL, South Korea - Hong Kil Soon (L) sobs as she embraces her daughter Kim Ok Bae (L), from North Korea, during their reunion in a Seoul hotel Aug. 16. Two Koreas exchanged 100 people each for a four-day reunion with separated family members.

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Solar and wind energy being developed in China's Qaidam Basin

STORY: Solar and wind energy being developed in China's Qaidam Basin DATELINE: June 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:05 LOCATION: XINING, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. vairous of the large photovoltaic and wind power project in Qaidam Basin 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LAN ZHIHUI, Deputy director, Energy Administration of Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture STORYLINE: Solar and wind energy is being developed in China's drought-ridden Qaidam Basin in northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China's Qinghai Province is located in the Qaidam Basin. It has accelerated the construction of large photovoltaic and wind power projects to promote clean energy development. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LAN ZHIHUI, Deputy director, Energy Administration of Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture "The prefecture is very well endowed with solar and wind energy. The vast desert and unused land here will accommodate an installed capacity of 920 million kil

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U.S. military covers up civilian killings to escape punishment: Syrian experts

STORY: U.S. military covers up civilian killings to escape punishment: Syrian experts DATELINE: May 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:42 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): HUSSAM SHOAIB, Syrian political expert 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MOHAMMAD AL-OMARI, Syrian political expert STORYLINE: During its controversial war on terror in Syria, the U.S. military killed a big number of civilians and has ever since tried to cover up the crimes in order to escape with impunity, Syrian experts have said. In a 2019 airstrike near the town of Baghouz in Syria's eastern Deir al-Zour province, a total of 80 people were killed, 64 of whom were believed to be civilians including women and children, in one of the largest civilian casualty incidents in the U.S. war against the Islamic State (IS). However, the killing of civilians in the attack was first exposed by The New York Times in last November, prompting a U.S. internal probe by the Pentagon, which concluded last week that most of the kil

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China's Hualong One reactor demonstration project fully operational

STORY: China's Hualong One reactor demonstration project fully operational DATELINE: March 26, 2022 LENGTH: 0:00:59 LOCATION: FUZHOU, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of China's Hualong One reactor demonstration project 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): XU JINLONG, Deputy General Manager, China National Nuclear Corporation STORYLINE: China's Hualong One demonstration project, a domestically designed third-generation nuclear reactor, has been completed and put into commercial operation, the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said on Friday. The No. 6 unit, the country's second nuclear power unit using Hualong One, is located in the city of Fuqing in east China's Fujian Province, and has met commercial operation conditions. The first Hualong One unit, the No. 5 unit, entered commercial operation in January 2021. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): XU JINLONG, Deputy General Manager, China National Nuclear Corporation "The project's two nuclear power units are expected to generate nearly 20 billion kil

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N. Korea defends self at U.N. over nukes

NEW YORK, United States - Pak Kil Yon, North Korea's vice minister of foreign affairs, addresses a session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 27. Pak defended his country's resumption of its nuclear activities while slamming Japan for being a ''war criminal state'' unsuited to becoming a permanent U.N. Security Council member. (Kyodo)

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N. Korea says denuclearization depends on U.S. policy

NEW YORK, United States - North Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Pak Kil Yon addresses a United Nations General Assembly session at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 28, 2009. Pak said the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula hinges on decisions made by the United States. (Kyodo)

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Working-level officials kick off 2-day talks on N. Korea energy

PANMUNJEOM, Korean Demilitarized Zone - North Korea's chief delegate Kim Myong Kil sits as working-level officials from six country in talks on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program kicked off a two-day meeting at the truce village Panmunjeom on Aug. 7. The talks are expected to discuss details regarding how to ship and store 950,000 tons of heavy oil or equivalent aid to the North, which is known to have a storage facility for only 200,000 tons a year. (Kyodo)

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S. Korea defense chief offers to quit

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Defense Minister Cho Young Kil (in file photo) offered to resign July 27 to take responsibility for a dispute over the military's false reporting of a naval incident with North Korea earlier in July. (Kyodo)

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N. Korea envoy to U.N. says no plan to conduct nuclear tests

WASHINGTON, United States - Pak Kil Yon (L), the North Korean permanent representative to the United Nations, and Han Song Ryol, North Korea's deputy representative to the U.N., speak to reporters in the U.S. Senate in Washington on July 20. Pak became the first North Korean ambassador to the U.N. to visit Washington under the administration of George W. Bush. (Kyodo)

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World Food Program chief arrives in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Josette Sheeran (R), executive director of the World Food Program, is welcomed by Pak Kil Yon, a North Korean vice foreign minister, after arriving at Pyongyang airport for a three-day visit on Nov. 2, 2010. (Kyodo)

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WFP chief wraps up N. Korea visit

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Josette Sheeran (L), executive director of the World Food Program, shakes hands with Pak Kil Yon, a North Korean vice foreign minister, at Pyongyang airport on Nov. 4, 2010, as she wraps up a three-day visit. Sheeran met the country's No. 2 leader Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, the North's parliament, during her stay. (Kyodo)

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N. Korean diplomat to hold talks with Chinese officials

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang holds a press briefing in Beijing on Feb. 28, 2017. North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Ri Kil Song arrived in Beijing the same day for talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and other senior officials, amid renewed tensions between the two countries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(2)President Kim reshuffles cabinet

SEOUL, South Korea - File photo shows Kim Jung Kil who was named justice minister in South Korean President Kim Dae Jung's cabinet reshuffle announced on July 11.

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China-N. Korea talks

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) and North Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Ri Kil Song shake hands ahead of their talks in Beijing on Feb. 28, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo, Seoul clash over S. Korean warship's fire-control radar lock-on

Kenji Kanasugi (L), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, meets the press in Seoul on Dec. 24, 2018 after holding talks with his South Korean counterpart Kim Yong Kil over what Tokyo alleges was a South Korean warship's directing of its fire-control radar onto a Japanese patrol plane in the Sea of Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo, Seoul clash over S. Korean warship's fire-control radar lock-on

Kenji Kanasugi, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, is pictured in Seoul on Dec. 24, 2018 before holding talks with his South Korean counterpart Kim Yong Kil over what Tokyo alleges was a South Korean warship's directing of its fire-control radar onto a Japanese patrol plane in the Sea of Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo, Seoul clash over S. Korean warship's fire-control radar lock-on

Kenji Kanasugi, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, meets the press in Seoul on Dec. 24, 2018 after holding talks with his South Korean counterpart Kim Yong Kil over what Tokyo alleges was a South Korean warship's directing of its fire-control radar onto a Japanese patrol plane in the Sea of Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo, Seoul clash over S. Korean warship's fire-control radar lock-on

Kenji Kanasugi, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, is pictured in Seoul on Dec. 24, 2018 before holding talks with his South Korean counterpart Kim Yong Kil over what Tokyo alleges was a South Korean warship's directing of its fire-control radar onto a Japanese patrol plane in the Sea of Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian Games 2018

Won Kil U (R), North Korean vice sports minister, and other delegates arrive at Beijing International Airport on Aug. 10, 2018, on their way to Indonesia to participate in the Asian Games 2018 in Jakarta and Palembang. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China foreign minister visit to Pyongyang

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (C, L) shakes hands with North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Ri Kil Song (C, R) at Pyongyang airport on May 3, 2018, wrapping up his visit to the country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang arrives in N. Korea

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L) and North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Ri Kil Song walk together at Pyongyang International Airport following Wang's arrival in North Korea on May 2, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang arrives in N. Korea

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L) greets North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Ri Kil Song at Pyongyang International Airport in North Korea on May 2, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-S. Korea security talks

Kim Yong Kil (front), head of the South Korean Foreign Ministry's Northeast Asian Affairs Bureau, attends the 11th round of security talks between Japan and South Korea in Tokyo on March 15, 2018. Kim headed the South Korean delegation for the security talks, the first in three years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korean Olympic delegation in S. Korea

Won Kil U (front, L), North Korean vice sports minister and head of the North Korean delegation to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, arrives at Yangyang airport, eastern South Korea on Feb. 1, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korean Olympic delegation

Won Kil U (C), North Korea vice sports minister and head of the North Korean delegation to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, meets with reporters at Yangyang airport, eastern South Korea, on Feb. 1, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese foreign minister has talks with senior N. Korean diplomat

A vehicle (front) carrying North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Ri Kil Song leaves China's Foreign Ministry in Beijing on March 1, 2017. Ri had a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, according to the ministry. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese foreign minister has talks with senior N. Korean diplomat

North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Ri Kil Song leaves China's Foreign Ministry in Beijing on March 1, 2017, after meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo