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2 Koreas begin 2nd round of high-level talks

SEOUL, South Korea - The South Korean delegation, led by Kim Kyou Hyun (2nd from L), head of the secretariat of the National Security Council, is pictured in Seoul on Feb. 14, 2014, as it heads for a second round of high-level talks with North Korean officials at the border village of Panmunjeom. The two Koreas are discussing a broad range of bilateral issues including reunions of families separated by the 1950-1953 Korean War.

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Inter-Korean high-level talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Kim Kyou Hyun (C), head of the South Korean delegation, gives a press conference in Seoul on Feb. 12, 2014, before heading for the border village of Panmunjeom to hold high-level talks with North Korean officials. The two Koreas held the first high-level meeting in seven years.

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Inter-Korean high-level talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Kim Kyou Hyun (R), head of the South Korean delegation, shakes hands with South Korean Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl Jae in Seoul on Feb. 12, 2014, before heading for the border village of Panmunjeom to hold high-level talks with North Korean officials. The two Koreas held their first high-level meeting in seven years.

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Inter-Korean high-level talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Kim Kyou Hyun (L), head of the South Korean delegation, meets with South Korean Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl Jae (R) in Seoul on Feb. 12, 2014, before heading for the border village of Panmunjeom to hold high-level talks with North Korean officials. The two Koreas held their first high-level meeting in seven years.

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Territorial disputes

SEOUL, South Korea - Koro Bessho (L), the Japanese ambassador to South Korea, is summoned to the South Korean foreign ministry in Seoul and receives a rebuke from South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou Hyun over Japan's renewed claim to disputed isles in new school teaching manuals on Jan. 28, 2014.

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Territorial disputes

SEOUL, South Korea - Koro Bessho (facing), the Japanese ambassador to South Korea, is summoned to the South Korean foreign ministry in Seoul and receives a rebuke from South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou Hyun (R) over Japan's renewed claim to disputed isles in new school teaching manuals on Jan. 28, 2014.

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U.S. deputy secretary of state

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns answers reporters' questions after talks with South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou Hyun in Seoul on Jan. 21, 2014.

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U.S. deputy secretary of state in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns (L) and South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou Hyun hold talks at the foreign ministry in Seoul on Jan. 21, 2014.

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U.S. deputy secretary of state in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns speaks to reporters after holding talks with South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou Hyun at the foreign ministry in Seoul on Jan. 21, 2014.

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U.S. deputy secretary of state in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou Hyun (L) and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns shake hands prior to holding talks at the foreign ministry in Seoul on Jan. 21, 2014.

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Japan-S. Korea meeting

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama (L) and South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou Hyun shake hands before their meeting in Seoul on Nov. 8, 2013.

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Japan-S. Korea meeting

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama (L) and South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou Hyun meet in Seoul on Nov. 8, 2013.

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Chinese, S. Korean vice foreign ministers

SEOUL, South Korea - Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin (L) and South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou Hyun shake hands prior to holding talks in Seoul on Nov. 7, 2013.

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U.S. diplomat in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Daniel Russel (L), U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, holds talks with South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou Hyun in Seoul on Sept. 6, 2013.

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Japan-S. Korea meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) and South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou Hyun (R) meet at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on July 18, 2013.

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Japanese, S. Korean vice foreign ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki (R) shakes hands with South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou Hyun at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on July 18, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Japan-S. Korea meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) and South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou Hyun shake hands in Tokyo on July 18, 2013.

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Japan-S. Korea meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) and South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou Hyun (R) meet in Tokyo on July 18, 2013.

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Japan, S. Korea vice ministers meet

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki (L) and South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou Hyun shake hands before their meeting in Seoul on July 11, 2013.

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Japan, S. Korea vice ministers meet

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki (L) and South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou Hyun meet in Seoul on July 11, 2013.

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S. Korea protests Japan

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou Hyun (R) summons Japanese Ambassador Koro Bessho (L) to the ministry in Seoul on April 25, 2013, to lodge an official protest against Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's remarks defending his Cabinet members' visits to the war-related Yasukuni Shrine.

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S. Korea protests Japan

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou Hyun (R) summons Japanese Ambassador Koro Bessho (L) to the ministry in Seoul on April 25, 2013, to lodge an official protest against Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's remarks defending his Cabinet members' visits to the war-related Yasukuni Shrine.

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Speed skaters Nagashima and Kato give Japan 1st Vancouver medals

RICHMOND, Canada - Japan's Keiichiro Nagashima (L) and South Korea's Lee Kyou Hyuk skate during their first of two runs in the men's 500-meter speed skating event at the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games at the Richmond Olympic Oval in Richmond, Canada, on Feb. 15. Nagashima won the silver with an overall time of 69.98 seconds.

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Nagashima takes 1st in 500 at sprint worlds

OBIHIRO, Japan - Japan's Keiichiro Nagashima celebrates after winning the men's 500 meters at the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships at the Meiji Hokkaido-Tokachi Oval in Obihiro, Hokkaido, on Jan. 16, 2010. Nagashima clocked 35.01 seconds to outrun South Korea's Lee Kang Seok and Lee Kyou Hyuk, the top two in the World Cup 500-meter rankings this season.

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Nagashima takes 1st in 500 at sprint worlds

OBIHIRO, Japan - Japan's Keiichiro Nagashima celebrates after winning the men's 500 meters at the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships at the Meiji Hokkaido-Tokachi Oval in Obihiro, Hokkaido, on Jan. 16, 2010. Nagashima clocked 35.01 seconds to outrun South Korea's Lee Kang Seok and Lee Kyou Hyuk, the top two in the World Cup 500-meter rankings this season.

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S. Korea's Lee takes gold in 1,000-meter speed skating

HACHINOHE, Japan - South Korea's Lee Kyou Hyuk (C), winner of the men's 1,000-meter speed skating Feb. 5 at the Winter Asian Games, is flanked by silver medalist Hiroyasu Shimizu (L) and Takaharu Nakajima (R), both of Japan, in an award ceremony at Nagane Park Speed Skating Rink in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture.

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South Korean Lee Kyou Hyuk wins men's 1,500 meters

HACHINOHE, Japan - South Korea's Lee Kyou Hyuk skates to victory in the men's 1,500 meter speed skating event at the Winter Asian Games at Nagane Park Speed Skating Rink in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, on Feb. 3.

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Speed skaters Nagashima and Kato give Japan 1st Vancouver medals

RICHMOND, Canada - Japan's Keiichiro Nagashima (L) and South Korea's Lee Kyou Hyuk skate during their first of two runs in the men's 500-meter speed skating event at the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games at the Richmond Olympic Oval in Richmond, Canada, on Feb. 15. Nagashima won the silver with an overall time of 69.98 seconds. (Kyodo)

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Nagashima takes 1st in 500 at sprint worlds

OBIHIRO, Japan - Japan's Keiichiro Nagashima celebrates after winning the men's 500 meters at the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships at the Meiji Hokkaido-Tokachi Oval in Obihiro, Hokkaido, on Jan. 16, 2010. Nagashima clocked 35.01 seconds to outrun South Korea's Lee Kang Seok and Lee Kyou Hyuk, the top two in the World Cup 500-meter rankings this season. (Kyodo)

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Nagashima takes 1st in 500 at sprint worlds

OBIHIRO, Japan - Japan's Keiichiro Nagashima celebrates after winning the men's 500 meters at the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships at the Meiji Hokkaido-Tokachi Oval in Obihiro, Hokkaido, on Jan. 16, 2010. Nagashima clocked 35.01 seconds to outrun South Korea's Lee Kang Seok and Lee Kyou Hyuk, the top two in the World Cup 500-meter rankings this season. (Kyodo)

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S. Korea's Lee takes gold in 1,000-meter speed skating

HACHINOHE, Japan - South Korea's Lee Kyou Hyuk (C), winner of the men's 1,000-meter speed skating Feb. 5 at the Winter Asian Games, is flanked by silver medalist Hiroyasu Shimizu (L) and Takaharu Nakajima (R), both of Japan, in an award ceremony at Nagane Park Speed Skating Rink in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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South Korean Lee Kyou Hyuk wins men's 1,500 meters

HACHINOHE, Japan - South Korea's Lee Kyou Hyuk skates to victory in the men's 1,500 meter speed skating event at the Winter Asian Games at Nagane Park Speed Skating Rink in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, on Feb. 3. (Kyodo)