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CALCIO - FIFA Mondiali - U17 Women - Final - North Korea vs netherlands

#17 Kim K. Su Rim (Defender) of Korea DPR U-17 is in action during the FIFA U17 Women's World Cup Morocco 2025, 1st - 2nd place match between Korea DOR and Netherlands in Rabat, Morocco, on November 8, 2025, at the Olympic Stadium

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CALCIO - FIFA Mondiali - U17 Women - Semifinal - Brazil vs North Korea

#14 Hellena V. (Midfielder) of Brazil U-17 contrast with #16 Ri R. Ye Rim (Forward) of Korea DPR U-17 is in action during the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Morocco 2025 Semifinal match between Brazil and Korea DPR in Rabat, Morocco, on November 5, 2025, at the Olympic Stadium

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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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US: White Sage Fire in AZ Forces Evacuations of Grand Canyon’s North Rim, Jacob Lake 2

A rapidly growing White Sage Fire, which started on July 9 approximately 15 miles southeast of Fredonia on Bureau of Land Management lands, has expanded to nearly 50,000 acres with zero containment as of July 14. This has prompted mandatory evacuations along the Grand Canyon's North Rim and for Jacob Lake, leading the National Park Service to close the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.

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US: White Sage Fire in AZ Forces Evacuations of Grand Canyon’s North Rim, Jacob Lake

A rapidly growing White Sage Fire, which started on July 9 approximately 15 miles southeast of Fredonia on Bureau of Land Management lands, has expanded to an estimated 1,000 acres with zero containment as of July 10. This has prompted mandatory evacuations along the Grand Canyon's North Rim and for Jacob Lake, leading the National Park Service to close the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.

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Taiwan: Pride Parade Draws Hundreds Of Thousands To Taipei

Hundreds of thousands gathered in Taipei on Saturday, October 26, for the 22nd annual Taiwan Pride parade.

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N. Korean Red Cross official expects crop loss due to floods

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ri Ho Rim, secretary general of the North Korean Red Cross Society, speaks to Kyodo News in Pyongyang on Sept. 13. He says he expects the food shortage in North Korea to worsen after recent floods washed away or submerged 11 percent of the country's farmland.

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Japan-N. Korea talks

SHENYANG, China - Photo shows Ryu Song Il (R), chief of the Japanese affairs section at the North Korean Foreign Ministry, in Shenyang, China, on March 20, 2014, after attending informal talks between Japanese and North Korean diplomats on the sidelines of a two-day meeting of the countries' Red Cross societies. At left is Ri Ho Rim, secretary general of the North Korean Red Cross Society.

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Japan-N. Korea talks

SHENYANG, China - Ri Ho Rim, secretary general of the North Korean Red Cross Society, heads for the second day of a two-day meeting held by the Red Cross societies of Japan and North Korea in Shenyang, northeastern China, on March 20, 2014. Government officials from the two countries also attended the meeting.

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Japan, N. Korea hold Red Cross talks

SHENYANG, China - Ri Ho Rim (R), secretary general of the North Korean Red Cross Society, and Ryu Song Il, chief of the Japanese affairs section at the North Korean Foreign Ministry, are pictured after attending a meeting held by the Red Cross societies of Japan and North Korea in Shenyang, northeastern China, on March 3, 2014, with government officials from the two countries participating.

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Japan, N. Korea hold Red Cross talks

SHENYANG, China - Ri Ho Rim, secretary general of the North Korean Red Cross Society, answers reporters' questions after attending a meeting held by the Red Cross societies of Japan and North Korea in Shenyang, northeastern China, on March 3, 2014, with government officials from the two countries participating.

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Japan, N. Korea hold Red Cross talks

SHENYANG, China - Ri Ho Rim, secretary general of the North Korean Red Cross Society, answers reporters' questions after attending a meeting held by the Red Cross societies of Japan and North Korea in Shenyang, northeastern China, on March 3, 2014, with government officials from the two countries participating.

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Japan, N. Korea hold Red Cross talks

SHENYANG, China - Ri Ho Rim (C), secretary general of the North Korean Red Cross Society, and Ryu Song Il (R), chief of the Japanese affairs section at the North Korean Foreign Ministry, attend a meeting held by the Red Cross societies of Japan and North Korea in Shenyang, northeastern China, on March 3, 2014, with government officials from the two countries participating.

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Japan, N. Korea hold Red Cross meeting in China

SHENYANG, China - The Red Cross societies of Japan and North Korea hold a meeting in Shenyang, northeastern China, on March 3, 2014, with government officials from the two countries participating. Osamu Tasaka (2nd from R), director general of the International Department at the Japanese Red Cross Society, and Ri Ho Rim (2nd from L), secretary general of the North Korean Red Cross Society, attended the meeting.

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Japan, N. Korea hold Red Cross meeting in China

SHENYANG, China - Ri Ho Rim (R), secretary general of the North Korean Red Cross Society, attends a meeting held by the Red Cross societies of Japan and North Korea in Shenyang, northeastern China, on March 3, 2014, with government officials from the two countries participating.

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N. Korean diplomat Ryu

SHENYANG, China - Ryu Song Il (R), a North Korean diplomat in charge of Japanese affairs, and Ri Ho Rim, secretary general of the North Korean Red Cross, get in a car after arriving in the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang on March 1, 2014.

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N. Korean diplomat Ryu

SHENYANG, China - Ryu Song Il (R), a North Korean diplomat in charge of Japanese affairs, and Ri Ho Rim, secretary general of the North Korean Red Cross, arrive in the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang on March 1, 2014.

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Japan, N. Korea Red Cross officials meet in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Osamu Tasaka (L), head of the International Relations Department at the Japanese Red Cross Society, and Ri Ho Rim, secretary general of North Korea's Red Cross Society, shake hands after their talks in Beijing on Aug. 10, 2012. They wrapped up a two-day meeting on possible retrieval of remains of Japanese who died in what is now North Korea during the final phase of World War II and in the confusion following it.

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Japan, N. Korea Red Cross officials meet in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Osamu Tasaka (L), head of the International Relations Department at the Japanese Red Cross Society, and Ri Ho Rim, secretary general of North Korea's Red Cross Society, shake hands after their talks in Beijing on Aug. 10, 2012. They wrapped up a two-day meeting on the possible retrieval of remains of Japanese who died in what is now North Korea during World War II and in the confusion following it.

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Japan, N. Korea Red Cross officials meet in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Osamu Tasaka (L), head of the International Relations Department at the Japanese Red Cross Society, and Ri Ho Rim, secretary general of North Korea's Red Cross Society, shake hands after their talks in Beijing on Aug. 10, 2012. They wrapped up a two-day meeting on the possible retrieval of remains of Japanese who died in what is now North Korea during World War II and in the confusion following it.

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Ex-Chongryon chairman buried in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean Premier Choe Yong Rim makes a speech in memory of So Man Sul, former chairman of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, known as Chongryon, who was buried in Pyongyang on May 28, 2012.

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China Pres. Hu, N. Korea Premier Choe

BEIJING, China - Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) shakes hands with North Korean Premier Choe Yong Rim at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sept. 27, 2011. (Pool photo)

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N. Korean premier in China

BEIJING, China - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) and North Korean Premier Choe Yong Rim attend a welcoming ceremony for Choe at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sept. 26, 2011.

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N. Korean premier in China

BEIJING, China - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) and North Korean Premier Choe Yong Rim attend a welcoming ceremony for Choe at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sept. 26, 2011.

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N. Korea premier visits China

BEIJING, China - North Korean Premier Choe Yong Rim (back) arrives at Beijing airport in China on Sept. 26, 2011 at the invitation of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. Choe will stay in China until Sept. 30, and is expected to hold talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao and Wen.

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N. Korea premier visits China

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean Premier Choe Yong Rim (R) leaves Pyongyang airport for Beijing on Sept. 26, 2011 at the invitation of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. Choe will stay in China until Sept. 30, and is expected to hold talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao and Wen.

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N. Korean Red Cross officials leave Japan

NARITA, Japan - Ri Ho Rim (R), deputy general secretary of North Korea's Red Cross Society, and his colleague, Pak Yong Nam (L), are surrounded by reporters before their departure from Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Nov. 9. They accompanied five Japanese abductees on their homecoming visit.

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N. Korean Red Cross officials criticize Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Ri Ho Rim, deputy general secretary of North Korea's Red Cross Society, speaks to reporters at a Tokyo hotel before leaving Japan on Nov. 9. Ri, who accompanied five Japanese abductees on a homecoming visit, said he and his colleague, Pak Yong Nam, were completely unable to contact the five in their hometowns in Fukui and Niigata prefectures. ''As we can't contact the five, it is impossible to believe media reports that they are changing their minds (about a permanent return),'' Ri said.

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Japan, N. Korea start Red Cross talks in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Hiroshi Higashiura (L), who heads the delegation from the Japanese Red Cross Society, speaks during a meeting with the North Korean Red Cross Society at the People's Palace of Culture in Pyongyang on Aug. 18. At right is North Korean delegation leader Ri Ho Rim. The Red Cross societies from Japan and North Korea began a two-day meeting to mark the start of a series of dialogues between the two countries this month.

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(2)Japan, N. Korea to hold next Red Cross talks around June

BEIJING, China - Ri Ho Rim, deputy secretary general of North Korea's Red Cross Society, speaks with journalists in Beijing on April 30 after two days of talks with the delegation of the Japanese Red Cross Society.

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Japan-N. Korea Red Cross talks open in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Hiroshi Higashiura, head of the international relations department of the Japanese Red Cross Society (2nd from right), and Ri Ho Rim, deputy secretary general of the North Korean Red Cross Society, shake hands at Japan-North Korea Red Cross talks in Beijing on April 29. The two-day meeting will discuss humanitarian issues such as Tokyo's allegations that North Korea abducted Japanese nationals in the 1970s and 1980s.

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APEC leaders begin two-day annual summit

HANOI, Vietnam - Leaders from 21 Pacific Rim economies begin their two-day annual summit in Hanoi to discuss ways to resuscitate stalled global market-opening talks and their response to North Korea's Oct. 9 underground nuclear test. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Rim Jang Pong, North Korean master kidnapper

BEIJING, China - File photo of Rim Jang Pong, the man the North Korean government says masterminded the kidnapping of Japanese nationals to North Korea and was later executed. The photo was taken from ''Who's Who on North Korea,'' published by the South Korean news agency Yonhap. (Kyodo)

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Olympics: Gold medal for North Korea

People in Pyongyang watch a large screen showing weightlifter Rim Jong Sim perform at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games on Aug. 13, 2016. Rim won the women's 75-kilogram gold medal. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Gold medal for North Korea

People in Pyongyang watch a large screen showing weightlifter Rim Jong Sim perform at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games on Aug. 13, 2016. Rim won the women's 75-kilogram gold medal. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-N. Korea Red Cross talks open in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Hiroshi Higashiura, head of the international relations department of the Japanese Red Cross Society (2nd from right), and Ri Ho Rim, deputy secretary general of the North Korean Red Cross Society, shake hands at Japan-North Korea Red Cross talks in Beijing on April 29. The two-day meeting will discuss humanitarian issues such as Tokyo's allegations that North Korea abducted Japanese nationals in the 1970s and 1980s.

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N. Korean Red Cross official expects crop loss due to floods

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ri Ho Rim, secretary general of the North Korean Red Cross Society, speaks to Kyodo News in Pyongyang on Sept. 13. He says he expects the food shortage in North Korea to worsen after recent floods washed away or submerged 11 percent of the country's farmland. (Kyodo)

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Eruption of Mt. Asama

Like Mt. Aso in Kyushu, Mt. Asama is a well-known active volcano. The smoke billows up hundreds of metres into the sky. The plume of smoke in this photograph, estimated to be of medium height (about 500 metres), was shot facing north from Karuizawa at the southern foot of the mountain . The peak on the left outer rim of the volcanic crater is Mt. Kurofu (2404m). Due to a violent explosion, Mt. Asama is now 2568 m tall, 356 metres lower than before.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagano, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number98‐36‐0]

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China Pres. Hu, N. Korea Premier Choe

BEIJING, China - Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) shakes hands with North Korean Premier Choe Yong Rim at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sept. 27, 2011. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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N. Korean premier in China

BEIJING, China - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) and North Korean Premier Choe Yong Rim attend a welcoming ceremony for Choe at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sept. 26, 2011. (Kyodo)

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N. Korean premier in China

BEIJING, China - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) and North Korean Premier Choe Yong Rim attend a welcoming ceremony for Choe at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sept. 26, 2011. (Kyodo)

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N. Korean premier in China

BEIJING, China - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) and North Korean Premier Choe Yong Rim attend a welcoming ceremony for Choe at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sept. 26, 2011. (Kyodo)

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N. Korea premier visits China

BEIJING, China - North Korean Premier Choe Yong Rim (back) arrives at Beijing airport in China on Sept. 26, 2011 at the invitation of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. Choe will stay in China until Sept. 30, and is expected to hold talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao and Wen. (Kyodo)

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N. Korea premier visits China

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean Premier Choe Yong Rim (R) leaves Pyongyang airport for Beijing on Sept. 26, 2011 at the invitation of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. Choe will stay in China until Sept. 30, and is expected to hold talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao and Wen. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Chongryon chairman buried in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean Premier Choe Yong Rim makes a speech in memory of So Man Sul, former chairman of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, known as Chongryon, who was buried in Pyongyang on May 28, 2012. (Kyodo)

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N. Korean diplomat Ryu

SHENYANG, China - Ryu Song Il (R), a North Korean diplomat in charge of Japanese affairs, and Ri Ho Rim, secretary general of the North Korean Red Cross, get in a car after arriving in the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang on March 1, 2014. (Kyodo)

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(2)Japan, N. Korea to hold next Red Cross talks around June

BEIJING, China - Ri Ho Rim, deputy secretary general of North Korea's Red Cross Society, speaks with journalists in Beijing on April 30 after two days of talks with the delegation of the Japanese Red Cross Society.

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Asian Games: N. Korea's Rim wins gold in weightlifting

Rim Un Sim of North Korea competes on her way to winning gold in the women's 69-kilogram weightlifting competition at the Asian Games in Jakarta on Aug. 25, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korean Red Cross officials criticize Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Ri Ho Rim, deputy general secretary of North Korea's Red Cross Society, speaks to reporters at a Tokyo hotel before leaving Japan on Nov. 9. Ri, who accompanied five Japanese abductees on a homecoming visit, said he and his colleague, Pak Yong Nam, were completely unable to contact the five in their hometowns in Fukui and Niigata prefectures. ''As we can't contact the five, it is impossible to believe media reports that they are changing their minds (about a permanent return),'' Ri said. (Kyodo)

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Japan, N. Korea start Red Cross talks in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Hiroshi Higashiura (L), who heads the delegation from the Japanese Red Cross Society, speaks during a meeting with the North Korean Red Cross Society at the People's Palace of Culture in Pyongyang on Aug. 18. At right is North Korean delegation leader Ri Ho Rim. The Red Cross societies from Japan and North Korea began a two-day meeting to mark the start of a series of dialogues between the two countries this month. (Kyodo)