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4 N. Koreans seek asylum at Japanese school in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Photo released on the Web site of the RENK group, which assists North Korean asylum seekers, shows Chu Mi Yong (R), her daughter Roh Yu Mi (2nd from L), and son Roh Gwang Myoung (2nd from R), who joined Kim Chol (L), a student in entering a Japanese school in Beijing on Feb. 18 to seek political asylum. (Kyodo)

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Preparatory meeting for inter-Korean summit

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon (2nd from L) and Ri Son Gwon (2nd from R), chairman of North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country, hold talks at the truce village of Panmunjeom on March 29, 2018, to work out details of an inter-Korean summit slated for late April. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Preparatory meeting for inter-Korean summit

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon (R) and Ri Son Gwon, chairman of North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country, reach out to shake hands March 29, 2018, during a meeting at the truce village of Panmunjeom to work out details of an inter-Korean summit slated for late April. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Preparatory meeting for inter-Korean summit

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon (R) and Ri Son Gwon, chairman of North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country, shake hands on March 29, 2018, at the truce village of Panmunjeom, where they held talks to work out details of an inter-Korean summit slated for late April. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Preparatory meeting for inter-Korean summit

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon (R) and Ri Son Gwon, chairman of North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country, are pictured March 29, 2018, at the truce village of Panmunjeom where they held talks to work out details of an inter-Korean summit slated for late April. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S.-S. Korea talks on N. Korea

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon (L) and U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun shake hands at the outset of their talks in Seoul on Dec. 21, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Inter-Korean high-level talks

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon speaks to reporters in Seoul on Oct. 15, 2018, before heading to the border village of Panmunjeom for high-level talks with North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Inter-Korean high-level talks

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon (front L) shakes hands with Ri Son Gwon, head of North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, during high-level talks at the Peace House on the South's side of the border village of Panmunjeom on Oct. 15, 2018. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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11th anniversary of inter-Korean statement

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon (R) and Ri Son Gwon, head of the Committee for Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, a North Korean state agency in charge of handling inter-Korean affairs, join hands during "mass games" held at May Day Stadium in Pyongyang on Oct. 5, 2018, commemorating the 11th anniversary of the signing of a joint statement at a 2007 inter-Korean summit. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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11th anniversary of inter-Korea statement

Kim Yong Nam (R), the No. 2 man of the North Korea's ruling party, shakes hands with South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon during an event on Oct. 5, 2018, in Pyongyang, commemorating the 11th anniversary of a joint statement signed at a 2007 inter-Korean summit. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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11th anniversary of inter-Korea statement

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon delivers a speech at an event on Oct. 5, 2018, in Pyongyang, North Korea, commemorating the 11th anniversary of a joint statement signed at a 2007 inter-Korean summit. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean delegation arrives in North

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon arrives at Pyongyang International Airport on Oct. 4, 2018. A group of 160 South Koreans including Cho visited North Korea to attend events commemorating a joint statement signed at a 2007 inter-Korean summit. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Inter-Korean liaison office

Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon (2nd from L) of South Korea and Ri Son Gwon (2nd from R), head of the Committee for Peaceful Reunification of North Korea, shake hands in Kaesong, North Korea, on Sept. 14, 2018, as the two countries opened a liaison office. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Inter-Korean liaison office

Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon (2nd from L) of South Korea and Ri Son Gwon (2nd from R), head of the Committee for Peaceful Reunification of North Korea, shake hands in Kaesong, North Korea, on Sept. 14, 2018, during a ceremony for the opening of an inter-Korean liaison office. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Inter-Korean high-level talks

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon (R) and Ri Son Gwon, the head of North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, shake hands after their talks at the truce village of Panmunjeom on Aug. 13, 2018. North and South Korea agreed to hold their next summit meeting in September in Pyongyang. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 Koreas hold high-level talks with summit schedule top of agenda

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon (2nd from L) and Ri Son Gwon (2nd from R), the head of North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, hold talks at the truce village of Panmunjeom on Aug. 13, 2018, aiming to arrange a third summit between the leaders of the two Koreas. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 Koreas hold high-level talks with summit schedule top of agenda

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon (C) meets the press in Seoul on Aug. 13, 2018 after holding high-level talks earlier in the day with a North Korean delegation led by Ri Son Gwon, head of the North's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, at the border village of Panmunjeom. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Inter-Korean talks

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon (far R) and North Korea's Kim Yong Chol (far L), vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, hold talks in Pyongyang on July 5, 2018. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Inter-Korean talks

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon (L) and North Korea's Kim Yong Chol, vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, shake hands in Pyongyang on July 5, 2018. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Inter-Korean meeting

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon attends a meeting with Ri Son Gwon, chairman of North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, at the truce village of Panmunjeom on June 1, 2018. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Inter-Korean meeting

Ri Son Gwon (L), chairman of North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, and South Korea's Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon shake hands at the truce village of Panmunjeom on June 1, 2018. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Inter-Korean meeting

Ri Son Gwon, chairman of North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, attends a meeting with South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon at the truce village of Panmunjeom on June 1, 2018. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Inter-Korean meeting

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon (R) and Ri Son Gwon, chairman of North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country, shake hands on June 1, 2018, at the truce village of Panmunjeom. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Two Koreas' high-level meeting

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon is pictured in Seoul on June 1, 2018, as he leaves for a high-level meeting with North Korea in the border village of Panmunjeom. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Two Koreas' high-level meeting

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon meets the press in Seoul on June 1, 2018, before he leaves for a high-level meeting with North Korea in the border village of Panmunjeom. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean Unification Minister Cho

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon gives an interview with Kyodo News in Seoul on May 18, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean Unification Minister Cho

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon gives an interview with Kyodo News in Seoul on May 18, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean Unification Minister Cho

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon gives an interview with Kyodo News in Seoul on May 18, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Preparatory meeting for inter-Korean summit

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon (R) and Ri Son Gwon, chairman of North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country, shake hands on March 29, 2018, at the truce village of Panmunjeom, where they held talks to work out details of an inter-Korean summit slated for late April. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Preparatory meeting for inter-Korean summit

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon (L) speaks to reporters in Seoul on March 29, 2018, before heading to a meeting with North Korean officials at the truce village of Panmunjeom to work out details of an inter-Korean summit slated for late April. On his right is presidential spokesman Yoon Young Chan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Preparatory meeting for inter-Korean summit

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon (C), Vice Unification Minister Chun Hae Sung (L) and presidential spokesman Yoon Young Chan leave Seoul on March 29, 2018, for the truce village of Panmunjeom to meet with North Korean officials with the aim of working out details of an inter-Korean summit slated for late April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Preparatory meeting for inter-Korean summit

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon (C) speaks to reporters in Seoul on March 29, 2018, before heading to a meeting with North Korean officials to work out details of an inter-Korean summit slated for late April. On his left is Vice Unification Minister Chun Hae Sung and presidential spokesman Yoon Young Chan on his right. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Photo taken on Jan. 9, 2018, in Panmunjeom shows Cho Myoung Gyon (standing R), South Korea's minister of unification, shaking hands with Ri Son Gwon, chairman of North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea. The North officially announced their participation in the Pyeongchang Olympics in the meeting. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 Koreas agree on Olympics, military talks

South Korea's Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon (L) and Ri Son Gwon, chairman of North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country, after talks at the border truce village of Panmunjeom on Jan. 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 Koreas agree on Olympics, military talks

South Korea's Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon (2nd from R) and Ri Son Gwon (2nd from L), chairman of North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country, shake hands at talks at the border truce village of Panmunjeom on Jan. 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 Koreas agree on Olympics, military talks

South Korea's Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon (R) and Ri Son Gwon, chairman of North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country, shake hands after exchanging joint statements at the border truce village of Panmunjeom on Jan. 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 Koreas agree on Olympics, military talks

South Korea's Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon (center R) sees off Ri Son Gwon (center L), chairman of North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country, after talks at the border truce village of Panmunjeom on Jan. 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 Koreas agree on Olympics, military talks

South Korea's Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon speaks to reporters after talks with North Korean officials at the border truce village of Panmunjeom on Jan. 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 Koreas agree on Olympics, military talks

South Korea's Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon (L) and Ri Son Gwon (2nd from L), chairman of North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country, shake hands after exchanging joint statements at the border truce village of Panmunjeom on Jan. 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 Koreas agree on Olympics, military talks

South Korea's Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon (L) and Ri Son Gwon (far R), chairman of North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country, hold talks at the border truce village of Panmunjeom on Jan. 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 Koreas agree on Olympics, military talks

South Korea's Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon (L) and Ri Son Gwon, chairman of North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country, exchange joint statements at the border truce village of Panmunjeom on Jan. 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Inter-Korean talks

South Korea's Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon (L) and Ri Son Gwon, chairman of North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country, shake hands in the truce village of Panmunjeom on Jan. 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Inter-Korean talks

South Korean's Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon attends a meeting with North Korean officials in the truce village of Panmunjeom on Jan. 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Inter-Korean talks

South Korea's Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon (L) and Ri Son Gwon, chairman of North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country, meet in the truce village of Panmunjeom on Jan. 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Inter-Korean talks

Ri Son Gwon (L), chairman of North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country, and South Korea's Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon shake hands in the truce village of Panmunjeom on Jan. 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean delegation for talks with N. Korea

South Korea's delegation, led by Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon (3rd from L), is pictured in Seoul before leaving for talks with North Korea at the border truce village of Panmunjeom on Jan. 9, 2018. ==Kyodo

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S. Korean delegation for talks with N. Korea

South Korea's Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon (C) speaks to reporters in Seoul before leaving for talks with North Korea at the border truce village of Panmunjeom on Jan. 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean delegation for talks with N. Korea

South Korea's Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon (C) is surrounded by reporters in Seoul before leaving for talks with North Korea at the border truce village of Panmunjeom on Jan. 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Inter-Korean talks

South Korea's Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon speaks at a press conference in Seoul on Jan. 2, 2018, proposing high-level talks with North Korea on Jan. 9. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean Unification Minister Cho

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon meets the press in Seoul, on Nov. 28, 2017. He said at the Seoul Foreign Correspondents' Club that North Korea may announce the completion of its nuclear program within a year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo