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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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UK: Protesters Gather Outside Glasgow Hampden Park Ahead Of Women’s Euro 2025 Qualifier Versus Israel

Protesters gathered outside Hampden Park stadium in Glasgow on Friday, May 31, ahead of the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifier match between Scotland and Israel to protest against Israel's military operation in Gaza.

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UK: Pro-Palestine Protest In Glasgow Ahead Of World Athletics Indoor Championships

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered in Glasgow on Tuesday, February 27, ahead of the World Athletics Indoor Championships, which will start on March 1, protesting against the participation of Israeli athletes.

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Inoki arrives in N. Korea to stage martial arts event

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Japanese wrestler-turned-parliamentarian Antonio Inoki (R) hugs Chang Ung, a North Korean member of the International Olympic Committee, upon his arrival at Pyongyang's international airport on Aug. 28, 2014. Inoki, 71, is scheduled to co-host the "International Pro Wrestling Festival," a rare combat sports extravaganza in the country, with Chang.

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N. Korean IOC official in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Chang Ung, a North Korean member of the International Olympic Committee, arrives at Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture on July 13, 2011. He plans to attend a meeting of the Olympic Council of Asia in Tokyo to be held the following day. The North Korean member's arrival is an exception to a principle ban on North Korean nationals' entry into Japan that the Japanese government imposed in October 2006 in protest at Pyongyang's nuclear weapons testing.

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N. Korean IOC official heads to Japan

VIENNA, Austria - Chang Ung, a North Korean member of the International Olympic Committee, arrives at Vienna airport on July 12, 2011, before heading to Japan. He plans to attend a meeting of the Olympic Council of Asia in Tokyo.

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N. Korea Olympic Committee delegation visits Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A delegation of North Korea's Olympic Committee, including Son Kwang Ho (L), a vice minister of physical culture and sports and vice president of the North Korean Olympic Committee, arrives at Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture on July 11, 2011. The three-member delegation left Beijing the same day to attend an Olympic Council of Asia meeting to be held in Tokyo on July 14.

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North Korean IOC member's visit to Japan

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ro Jong Su, a North Korean Foreign Ministry researcher, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Pyongyang on July 7, 2011. Ro said he hopes North Korean International Olympic Committee member Jang Ung's planned visit to Japan will lead to a resumption of bilateral talks.

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(1)N. Korea delegation arrives in S. Korea for Universiade

PUSAN, South Korea - Chang Ung, an International Olympic Committee member who heads the 221-member North Korean delegation for the World University Games in Taegu, waves as he arrives at Kimhae International Airport near Pusan on Aug. 20 with athletes and sports officials.

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2 Koreas to march together at Winter Asian Games

AOMORI, Japan - (From L to R) South Korean Olympic Committee Chairman Lee Yun Taek, North Korean delegation leader Ri Tong Ho and South Korean delegation head Shin Hyon Taik shake hands in Aomori on Jan. 31 after announcing that the North and South Korean delegations will march together in the opening ceremony of the Winter Asian Games on Feb. 1.

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Korean Olympic leaders mark historic decision

SYDNEY, Australia - South Korea's International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board member Kim Un Yong (L) and North Korean IOC member Chang Ung (R) exchange handshakes Sept. 10 in Sydney after agreeing that delegations from the two countries would march together at the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympics on Sept. 15. IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch (C) looks on at the Sydney Opera House.

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N. Korea's Kim Jong Il interested in joint Korean sports team

SEOUL, South Korea - Kim Un Yong, chairman of the South Korean Olympic Committee (KOC), says June 21 that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il showed a ''strong interest'' in fielding a joint Korean team in international sports events during South Korean President Kim Dae Jung's landmark three-day summit visit to Pyongyang last week. The KOC's Kim, who accompanied the president on the trip, made the remark in an exclusive interview with Kyodo News in Seoul.

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Pyongyang leg of Olympic torch relay to start at 10 a.m. Mon.

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea holds a news conference for domestic and foreign reporters at a Pyongyang hotel on April 24. A senior official of the North Korean committee organizing the relay said the North Korean leg of the Beijing Olympic torch relay will begin with a ceremony at the Tower of Juche Idea in central Pyongyang. (Kyodo)

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Olympic flame arrives in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Li Binghua (2nd from L), vice president of the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee, holds a lantern encasing the Olympic flame on his arrival at Pyongyang's international airport on April 28. The Olympic flame arrived in North Korea from the South Korean capital of Seoul for the first torch relay in the country. (Kyodo)

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Olympic flame arrives in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Li Binghua, vice president of the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee, holds a lantern encasing the Olympic flame on his arrival at Pyongyang's international airport on April 28. The Olympic flame arrived in North Korea from the South Korean capital of Seoul for the first torch relay in the country. (Kyodo)

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North Korean IOC member's visit to Japan

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ro Jong Su, a North Korean Foreign Ministry researcher, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Pyongyang on July 7, 2011. Ro said he hopes North Korean International Olympic Committee member Jang Ung's planned visit to Japan will lead to a resumption of bilateral talks. (Kyodo)

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N. Korean IOC official in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Chang Ung, a North Korean member of the International Olympic Committee, arrives at Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture on July 13, 2011. He plans to attend a meeting of the Olympic Council of Asia in Tokyo to be held the following day. The North Korean member's arrival is an exception to a principle ban on North Korean nationals' entry into Japan that the Japanese government imposed in October 2006 in protest at Pyongyang's nuclear weapons testing. (Kyodo)

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N. Korean IOC official heads to Japan

VIENNA, Austria - Chang Ung, a North Korean member of the International Olympic Committee, arrives at Vienna airport on July 12, 2011, before heading to Japan. He plans to attend a meeting of the Olympic Council of Asia in Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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N. Korea Olympic Committee delegation visits Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A delegation of North Korea's Olympic Committee, including Son Kwang Ho (L), a vice minister of physical culture and sports and vice president of the North Korean Olympic Committee, arrives at Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture on July 11, 2011. The three-member delegation left Beijing the same day to attend an Olympic Council of Asia meeting to be held in Tokyo on July 14. (Kyodo)

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Inoki arrives in N. Korea to stage martial arts event

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Japanese wrestler-turned-parliamentarian Antonio Inoki (R) hugs Chang Ung, a North Korean member of the International Olympic Committee, upon his arrival at Pyongyang's international airport on Aug. 28, 2014. Inoki, 71, is scheduled to co-host the "International Pro Wrestling Festival," a rare combat sports extravaganza in the country, with Chang. (Kyodo)

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IOC's Bach, sports ministers of 2 Koreas

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (C) holds a press conference in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Feb. 15, 2019, after speaking with Kim Il Guk (R), North Korea's minister of physical culture and sports, and his South Korean counterpart Do Jong Hwan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IOC's Bach, sports ministers of 2 Koreas

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (2nd from R) holds a press conference in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Feb. 15, 2019, after speaking with Kim Il Guk (R), North Korea's minister of physical culture and sports, and his South Korean counterpart Do Jong Hwan (2nd from L). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World gymnastics chief in N. Korea to discuss Tokyo Olympics

International Gymnastics Federation President Morinari Watanabe (L) and North Korean Sports Minister Kim Il Guk (front) who doubles as the president of his country's Olympic Committee hold talks in Pyongyang on July 13, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World gymnastics chief in N. Korea to discuss Tokyo Olympics

International Gymnastics Federation President Morinari Watanabe (far L) of Japan holds talks with North Korean Sports Minister Kim Il Guk (R) who doubles as the president of his country's Olympic Committee in Pyongyang on July 13, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World gymnastics chief in N. Korea to discuss Tokyo Olympics

International Gymnastics Federation President Morinari Watanabe (R) shakes hands with North Korean Sports Minister Kim Il Guk who doubles as the president of his country's Olympic Committee during Watanabe's visit to Pyongyang on July 13, 2018, to exchange views with North Korean officials about cooperation toward the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IOC head Bach in N. Korea

Thomas Bach (R), president of the International Olympic Committee, chats with Kim Il Guk, president of the North Korean Olympic Committee, at Pyongyang airport on March 29, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

South Korean President Moon Jae In (front, R), International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (front, L), U.S. President Donald Trump's daughter and White House adviser Ivanka Trump (C) and Kim Yong Chol (back, 3rd from L), head of the North Korean ruling party's United Front Department, attend the closing ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea on Feb. 25, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Chang Ung, a North Korean member of the International Olympic Committee, is pictured at Incheon airport, South Korea on Feb. 18, 2018, ahead of his departure back to North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (C) watches the pair figure skating competition with North Korean figure skaters Ryom Tae Ok (L) and Kim Ju Sik (R) after their free skate at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on Feb. 15, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

(From 2nd from L in back row) South Korean President Moon Jae In, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea, and Kim Yo Jong, the younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, pose for photos with players of the unified Korean team after their women's preliminary round ice hockey game against Switzerland in Gangneung, South Korea, at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics on Feb. 10, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

(From 2nd from L in back row) South Korean President Moon Jae In, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea, and Kim Yo Jong, the younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, pose for photos with players of the unified Korean team after their women's preliminary round ice hockey game against Switzerland in Gangneung, South Korea, at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics on Feb. 10, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

South Korea's President Moon Jae In (L, top row) smiles as he talks with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (2nd from L) and Kim Yong Nam (3rd from L), president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea, as they together watch a women's preliminary round ice hockey game between the unified Korean team and Switzerland in Gangneung, South Korea, at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics on Feb. 10, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

(From L) South Korea's President Moon Jae In, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea, and Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, watch together a women's preliminary round ice hockey game between the unified Korean team and Switzerland in Gangneung, South Korea, at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics on Feb. 10, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

(From L) South Korea's President Moon Jae In, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach and Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, watch together a women's preliminary round ice hockey game between the unified Korean team and Switzerland in Gangneung, South Korea, at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics on Feb. 10, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

South Korea's President Moon Jae In (2nd from L, back row), International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (3rd from L), Kim Yong Nam (4th from L), president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea, and Kim Yo Jong (5th from L), sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, cheer together during a women's preliminary round ice hockey game between the unified Korean team and Switzerland in Gangneung, South Korea, at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics on Feb. 10, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

South Korea's President Moon Jae In (3rd from L, back row), International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (4th from L), Kim Yong Nam (5th from L), president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea, and Kim Yo Jong (6th from L), sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, are seated together to watch a women's preliminary round ice hockey game between the unified Korean team and Switzerland in Gangneung, South Korea, at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics on Feb. 10, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Thomas Bach (C,L), president of the International Olympic Committee, and Moon Jae In (C,R), president of South Korea, shake hands at the Olympic Stadium in Pyeongchang on Feb. 9, 2018. Seen in far right is Kim Yo Jong, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

South Korean President Moon Jae In (front, 6th from R), U.S. Vice President Mike Pence (front, 3rd from R), both accompanied by their wives, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (front, 2nd from R), International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (front, 3rd from L), Kim Yong Nam (back, 5th from R), president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea, and Kim Yo Jong (back, 6th from L), North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's younger sister, listen to the South Korean national anthem during the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea on Feb. 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

(From L) International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, South Korean President Moon Jae In and Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea, attend a reception in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Feb. 9, 2018, ahead of the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Photo shows the signature of Chang Ung, a North Korean member of the International Olympic Committee, on the Olympic Truce Wall at the athletes' village in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Feb. 5, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Chang Ung, a North Korean member of the International Olympic Committee, is pictured in front of the Olympic Truce Wall at the athletes' village in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Feb. 5, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (R) and North Korean IOC member Chang Ung chat during the unveiling ceremony of the Olympic Truce Wall at the athletes' village in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Feb. 5, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (L) and North Korean IOC member Chang Ung (R) are pictured at the athletes' village in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Feb. 5, 2018, where the unveiling ceremony for the Olympic Truce Wall was held. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Chang Ung, a North Korean member of the International Olympic Committee, arrives at Incheon airport, South Korea, on Feb. 4, 2018, ahead of the start of the Pyeongchang Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Chang Ung, a North Korean member of the International Olympic Committee, speaks to reporters at Incheon airport, South Korea, on Feb. 4, 2018, ahead of the start of the Pyeongchang Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea to participate in Pyeongchang Olympics

(From L) Lee Hee Beom, president of the Pyeongchang Olympics organizing committee, Kim Il Guk, president of the North Korean Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, and Do Jong Whan, South Korean minister of culture, sports and tourism, pose for photos showing off an agreement on North Korea's participation in the Pyeongchang Olympics in South Korea in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Jan. 20, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea to participate in Pyeongchang Olympics

(From L) Lee Hee Beom, president of the Pyeongchang Olympics organizing committee, Kim Il Guk, president of the North Korean Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, and Do Jong Whan, South Korean minister of culture, sports and tourism, pose for photos showing off an agreement on North Korea's participation in the Pyeongchang Olympics in South Korea in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Jan. 20, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korean Olympic committee chief in Beijing

North Korean Olympic Committee President Kim Il Guk arrives at Beijing international airport on Jan. 16, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korean Olympic committee chief in Beijing

North Korean Olympic Committee President Kim Il Guk is swarmed by reporters after arriving at Beijing international airport on Jan. 16, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea, IOC leaders discuss N. Korea participation at Pyeongchang

South Korean President Moon Jae In (R) and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (L) meet in Seoul on July 3, 2017, to discuss North Korea's participation in the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo