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US: Unoccupied Homes in Buxton, NC Collapse Amid Rough Seas From Offshore Hurricanes 2

On Tuesday, September 30, at least five unoccupied oceanfront homes in Buxton, North Carolina, collapsed into the Atlantic due to rough surf driven by offshore hurricanes Humberto and Imelda. Another home fell the following morning, bringing the total to six this week and 18 on Hatteras Island since 2020. No injuries were reported, but authorities closed parts of Cape Hatteras National Seashore due to dangerous debris.

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Envoys begin gathering in Shenyang for N. Korea working group talks

SHENYANG, China - Ri Gun (far left), director general of the North Korean Foreign Ministry's American affairs bureau, arrives at Shenyang airport in northeastern China to represent his country in a two-day working group meeting to discuss the specifics of the next stage toward Pyongyang's nuclear abandonment.

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Ex-U.S. envoy Pritchard ends 4-day trip to N. Korea

BEIJING, China - Charles Pritchard, a former U.S. special envoy for Korean peace talks, is surrounded by reporters at Beijing airport on Nov. 24, 2009, after returning from a four-day trip to North Korea. Richardson said his three-member group held about six hours of discussions with Ri Gun, director general of the North Korean Foreign Ministry's North American affairs bureau.

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U.S., N. Korean officials meet in N.Y. over 6-way talks

NEW YORK, United States - Ri Gun, director general of the North American affairs bureau of North Korea's Foreign Ministry, speaks to reporters after meeting U.S. officials at the U.S. office of the United Nations in New York on Oct. 24, 2009. They met to discuss ways to bring Pyongyang back to the stalled six-party nuclear disarmament talks, the first direct bilateral contact since the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama was launched in January.

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Hill express 'regret' over Okinawa servicemen's incidents

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill (L) speaks as Shinichi Nishimiya (R), chief of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's North American Bureau listens at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 21. Hill expressed regret over a series of alleged incidents involving U.S. servicemen in Okinawa Prefecture during his meeting with Nishimiya.

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N. Korea hints at slowing of nuclear disablement steps

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Hyun Hak Bong, deputy director of the North Korean Foreign Ministry's American affairs bureau, answers a media question following talks with Chinese and South Korean diplomats in Pyongyang on Dec. 26. Hyun hinted North Korea will slow the pace of disablement work being carried out on its nuclear facilities, saying a delay in the delivery of energy aid the country was promised as a reward leaves them no choice but to do so.

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U.S. nuke envoy on surprise N. Korea visit

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Top U.S. nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill (L) is greeted on arrival at Pyongyang airport by Ri Gun, director general of the North Korean Foreign Ministry's American Affairs Bureau, on June 21. He made the surprise visit for talks on implementation of a denuclearization deal.

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N. Korea holds talks with U.S. in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Ri Gun, director general of the American Affairs Bureau of the North Korean Foreign Ministry, leaves talks with the United States over U.S. financial sanctions.

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N. Korea holds talks with U.S. in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Ri Gun, director general of the American Affairs Bureau of the North Korean Foreign Ministry, heads for talks with the United States over U.S. financial sanctions.

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N. Korea's Li leaves Beijing after 3-way talks

BEIJING, China - Li Gun, deputy director general of the North Korean Foreign Ministry's American Affairs Bureau, arrives at Beijing airport April 26 to leave the Chinese capital after three-way talks on Pyongyang's suspected nuclear weapons program with the United States and China.

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(1)U.S.-N. Korea talks on second day

BEIJING, China - A car carrying Li Gun, deputy director general of the North Korean Foreign Ministry's American Affairs Bureau, to the venue of the second-day session of the three-way talks on Pyongyang's suspected nuclear weapons program leaves the North Korean Embassy in Beijing on April 24.

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N. Korea's Li arrives in Beijing for trilateral talks

BEIJING, China - Li Gun, deputy director general of the American Affairs Bureau of North Korea's Foreign Ministry, arrives at Beijing International Airport on April 22 for three-way talks with China and the United States.

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Sato named ambassador to U.N.

Yukio Sato, former ambassador to Australia, was appointed Japan's ambassador to the United Nations on Friday Sept. 4. Sato, 58, who has also served as director general of the ministry's North American Affairs Bureau and ambassador to the Netherlands, replaces Hisashi Owada, who has been U.N. envoy since March 1994.

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Hill express 'regret' over Okinawa servicemen's incidents

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill (L) speaks as Shinichi Nishimiya (R), chief of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's North American Bureau listens at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 21. Hill expressed regret over a series of alleged incidents involving U.S. servicemen in Okinawa Prefecture during his meeting with Nishimiya. (Kyodo)

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N. Korea's Li leaves Beijing after 3-way talks

BEIJING, China - Li Gun, deputy director general of the North Korean Foreign Ministry's American Affairs Bureau, arrives at Beijing airport April 26 to leave the Chinese capital after three-way talks on Pyongyang's suspected nuclear weapons program with the United States and China. (Kyodo)

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(1)U.S.-N. Korea talks on second day

BEIJING, China - A car carrying Li Gun, deputy director general of the North Korean Foreign Ministry's American Affairs Bureau, to the venue of the second-day session of the three-way talks on Pyongyang's suspected nuclear weapons program leaves the North Korean Embassy in Beijing on April 24. (Kyodo)

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Senior N. Korea diplomat in China to meet regional nuclear envoys

Choe Son Hui (2nd from L front), deputy director general of the North Korean Foreign Ministry's North American affairs bureau, arrives at Beijing's international airport on June 20, 2016. Choe, who has long been in charge of her country's talks with the United States, is most likely to attend an annual security conference called the Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Senior N. Korea diplomat in China to meet regional nuclear envoys

Choe Son Hui, deputy director general of the North Korean Foreign Ministry's North American affairs bureau, arrives at Beijing's international airport on June 20, 2016. Choe, who has long been in charge of her country's talks with the United States, is most likely to attend an annual security conference called the Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S., Japan, S. Korea reaffirm commitment to N. Korea issues

Kimihiro Ishikane, chief of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, speaks to the press in Washington on Dec. 3, 2015, after meeting with his American and South Korean counterparts. The officials reaffirmed their commitment to working closely on North Korean-related issues including its nuclear program and ballistic missile development, they said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Envoys begin gathering in Shenyang for N. Korea working group ta

SHENYANG, China - Ri Gun (far left), director general of the North Korean Foreign Ministry's American affairs bureau, arrives at Shenyang airport in northeastern China to represent his country in a two-day working group meeting to discuss the specifics of the next stage toward Pyongyang's nuclear abandonment. (Kyodo)

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N. Korean diplomat arrives in Beijing for talks with U.S.

BEIJING, China - Ri Gun (R), head of the North Korean Foreign Ministry's American affairs bureau, arrives at Beijing's international airport on a regular flight from Pyongyang on July 31. Ri will meet with Sung Kim, U.S. special envoy on the six-party process for denuclearizing North Korea, in the Chinese capital. (Kyodo)

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U.S. nuke envoy on surprise N. Korea visit

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Top U.S. nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill (L) is greeted on arrival at Pyongyang airport by Ri Gun, director general of the North Korean Foreign Ministry's American Affairs Bureau, on June 21. He made the surprise visit for talks on implementation of a denuclearization deal. (Kyodo)

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U.S. delegation led by Richardson arrives in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (L) is greeted by Ri Gun, director general of the North Korean Foreign Ministry's American affairs bureau, on arrival at Pyongyang airport on April 8. Richardson heads a U.S. delegation sent to collect the remains of American soldiers who went missing in the Korean War. (KCNA-Kyodo)

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N. Korea holds talks with U.S. in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Ri Gun, director general of the American Affairs Bureau of the North Korean Foreign Ministry, leaves talks with the United States over U.S. financial sanctions. (Kyodo)

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N. Korea holds talks with U.S. in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Ri Gun, director general of the American Affairs Bureau of the North Korean Foreign Ministry, heads for talks with the United States over U.S. financial sanctions. (Kyodo)

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N. Korea hints at slowing of nuclear disablement steps

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Hyun Hak Bong, deputy director of the North Korean Foreign Ministry's American affairs bureau, answers a media question following talks with Chinese and South Korean diplomats in Pyongyang on Dec. 26. Hyun hinted North Korea will slow the pace of disablement work being carried out on its nuclear facilities, saying a delay in the delivery of energy aid the country was promised as a reward leaves them no choice but to do so. (Kyodo)

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(CORRECTED) Ex-U.S. envoy Pritchard ends 4-day trip to N. Korea

BEIJING, China - Charles Pritchard, a former U.S. special envoy for Korean peace talks, is surrounded by reporters at Beijing airport on Nov. 24, 2009, after returning from a four-day trip to North Korea. Pritchard said his three-member group held about six hours of discussions with Ri Gun, director general of the North Korean Foreign Ministry's North American affairs bureau. (Kyodo)

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Ihara new North American bureau chief

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Foreign Ministry official Junichi Ihara. Japan appointed him as chief of the ministry's North American Affairs Bureau on Sept. 13, 2011. (Kyodo)

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U.S., N. Korean officials meet in N.Y. over 6-way talks

NEW YORK, United States - Ri Gun, director general of the North American affairs bureau of North Korea's Foreign Ministry, speaks to reporters after meeting U.S. officials at the U.S. office of the United Nations in New York on Oct. 24, 2009. They met to discuss ways to bring Pyongyang back to the stalled six-party nuclear disarmament talks, the first direct bilateral contact since the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama was launched in January. (Kyodo)

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N. Korea's Li arrives in Beijing for trilateral talks

BEIJING, China - Li Gun, deputy director general of the American Affairs Bureau of North Korea's Foreign Ministry, arrives at Beijing International Airport on April 22 for three-way talks with China and the United States. (Kyodo)

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Sato named ambassador to U.N.

Yukio Sato, former ambassador to Australia, was appointed Japan's ambassador to the United Nations on Friday Sept. 4. Sato, 58, who has also served as director general of the ministry's North American Affairs Bureau and ambassador to the Netherlands, replaces Hisashi Owada, who has been U.N. envoy since March 1994.