(2)2 members of U.S. mission to N. Korea arrive in Seoul

(2)2 members of U.S. mission to N. Korea arrive in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Republican aide Keith Luse (L) and Democratic colleague Frank Jannuzi (C), members of a five-man unofficial American delegation who visited North Korea, are greet by South Korean government official Park Chan Bong (R) on arrival at the Unification Ministry in Seoul on Jan. 12.

2 members of U.S. mission to N. Korea arrive in Seoul

2 members of U.S. mission to N. Korea arrive in Seoul

SEOUL, south Korea - One of two members of an unofficial U.S. delegation that inspected a key North Korean nuclear complex keeps mum on arrival at Incheon International Airport outside Seoul from Beijing on Jan. 11. Senate foreign policy aides Keith Luse and Frank Jannuzi were scheduled to meet presidential and foreign ministry officials to brief them on the results of their five-day visit to North Korea.

Guinness mails world's oldest woman certificate to Hongo

Guinness mails world's oldest woman certificate to Hongo

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kamato Hongo, a 115-year-old resident of Kagoshima, receives a certificate Sept. 24 that officially recognizes her as the oldest living female in the Guinness Book of World Records. The certificate, mailed by the British publication, reached Hongo six months after she became the world's oldest person when 115-year-old American Maude Farris-Luse died March 18.

114-year-old Japanese woman becomes world's oldest person

114-year-old Japanese woman becomes world's oldest person

NEW YORK, United States - Kamato Hongo (photo), a 114-year-old woman in Kagoshima, southwestern Japan, became the oldest person in the world on March 18 following the death of Maude Farris-Luse in Coldwater, Michigan, at the age of 115 years and 56 days.

114-year-old Japanese woman becomes world's oldest person

114-year-old Japanese woman becomes world's oldest person

NEW YORK, United States - Kamato Hongo (photo), a 114-year-old woman in Kagoshima, southwestern Japan, became the oldest person in the world on March 18 following the death of Maude Farris-Luse in Coldwater, Michigan, at the age of 115 years and 56 days.

2 members of U.S. mission to N. Korea arrive in Seoul

2 members of U.S. mission to N. Korea arrive in Seoul

SEOUL, south Korea - One of two members of an unofficial U.S. delegation that inspected a key North Korean nuclear complex keeps mum on arrival at Incheon International Airport outside Seoul from Beijing on Jan. 11. Senate foreign policy aides Keith Luse and Frank Jannuzi were scheduled to meet presidential and foreign ministry officials to brief them on the results of their five-day visit to North Korea. (Kyodo)