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CHINA-BEIJING-CENTRAL AXIS-AUTUMN SCENERY (CN)

(231114) -- BEIJING, Nov. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Oct. 19, 2023 shows the Forbidden City, which was first built in 1406 and was listed as one of the world heritage sites by UNESCO in 1987, seen from the Jingshan Mountain on the Beijing Central Axis in Beijing, capital of China. First created in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), the Beijing Central Axis, or Zhongzhouxian, stretches 7.8 km between the Yongding Gate in the south of the city and the Drum Tower and Bell Tower in the north. Most of the major old-city buildings of Beijing sit along this axis. Chinese authorities have planned to recommend the Beijing Central Axis as China's 2024 world cultural heritage application project. It was included on the preliminary list of China's world cultural heritage sites in 2012. (Xinhua/Li Xin)

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CHINA-BEIJING-CENTRAL AXIS-AUTUMN SCENERY (CN)

(231114) -- BEIJING, Nov. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Oct. 19, 2023 shows the Drum Tower under maintenance seen from the Jingshan Mountain on the Beijing Central Axis in Beijing, capital of China. First created in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), the Beijing Central Axis, or Zhongzhouxian, stretches 7.8 km between the Yongding Gate in the south of the city and the Drum Tower and Bell Tower in the north. Most of the major old-city buildings of Beijing sit along this axis. Chinese authorities have planned to recommend the Beijing Central Axis as China's 2024 world cultural heritage application project. It was included on the preliminary list of China's world cultural heritage sites in 2012. (Xinhua/Li Xin)

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S. Korea presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean presidential candidate Park Geun Hye of the ruling Saenuri Party (C) is surrounded by supporters after making her first stump speech as official campaigning began in Daejeon on Nov. 27, 2012. Park and Moon Jae In of the main opposition Democratic United Party are vying for the presidency in the Dec. 19, 2012, election.

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S. Korea presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean presidential candidate Park Geun Hye of the ruling Saenuri Party makes her first stump speech as official campaigning began in Daejeon on Nov. 27, 2012. Park and Moon Jae In of the main opposition Democratic United Party are vying for the presidency in the Dec. 19, 2012, election.

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S. Korea presidential election

BUSAN, South Korea - South Korean presidential candidate Moon Jae In of the main opposition Democratic United Party makes his first stump speech as an official campaigning began in Busan on Nov. 27, 2012. Moon and Park Geun Hye of the ruling Saenuri Party are vying for the presidency in the Dec. 19, 2012, election.

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S. Korea presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo taken in Seoul on Nov. 21, 2012, shows South Korean presidential candidates Moon Jae In (L) from the main opposition Democratic United Party and independent Ahn Cheol Soo, a former university professor and software mogul, ahead of their televised debate for the Dec. 19 election.

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Atlantic bluefin tuna

AGADIR, Morocco - The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, an international body managing fishery resources in the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic, decides at its annual conference in Agadir, Morocco, on Nov. 19, 2012, to expand the bluefin tuna catch quota to 13,400 tons in 2013 from the current 12,900 tons, the first expansion in 10 years.

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Middle East conflict

ASHKELON, Israel - A hole made by a rocket from Gaza is seen in the roof of a hand-washing area at a high school in Ashkelon, Israel, on Nov. 19, 2012.

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ASEAN-plus-3 summit

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - (From R to L) Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak line up for group photos in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Nov. 19, 2012, when leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and of Japan, China and South Korea gather for a series of summit meetings. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Astronaut returns to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Photo shows Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide after returning to Earth on a Soyuz spacecraft along with an American and a Russian colleague in the suburbs of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Nov. 19, 2012. Hoshide spent about four months in the International Space Station.

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Noda meets Thein Sein

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) presents a judo uniform and black belt as a gift to Myanmar President Thein Sein prior to their talks in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Nov. 19, 2012. Their meeting was held on the sidelines of a series of summits involving the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

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Obama meets Suu Kyi

YANGON, Myanmar - U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi attend a press conference at Suu Kyi's residence in Yangon, Myanmar, on Nov. 19, 2012.

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Ozawa's acquittal finalized

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, a former president of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 19, 2012, after his acquittal on charges of involvement in falsifying political fund reports was finalized. Prosecutors said the same day they had given up the right to appeal the ruling.

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Noda meets Thein Sein

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (far R) and Myanmar President Thein Sein (2nd from L) hold talks in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Nov. 19, 2012. Their meeting was held on the sidelines of a series of summits involving the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

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Noda meets Thein Sein

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) shakes hands with Myanmar President Thein Sein prior to their talks in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Nov. 19, 2012. Their meeting was held on the sidelines of a series of summits involving the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

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Obama meets Suu Kyi

YANGON, Myanmar - U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi attend a press conference at Suu Kyi's residence in Yangon, Myanmar, on Nov. 19, 2012.

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Astronaut returns to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Photo shows Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide (C) after returning to Earth on a Soyuz spacecraft along with an American and a Russian colleague in the suburbs of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Nov. 19, 2012. Hoshide spent about four months in the International Space Station.

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ASEAN-plus-3 summit

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - (From R to L) Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak line up for group photos in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Nov. 19, 2012, when leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and of Japan, China and South Korea gather for a series of summit meetings. (Pool photo)

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Soyuz capsule

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - The Soyuz capsule in which three astronauts returned to Earth after four months at the International Space Station is examined on a plain near Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Nov. 19, 2012.

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China spokeswoman

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying holds the first regular press conference in her post in Beijing on Nov. 19, 2012.

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Kamei launches new party

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran lawmaker Shizuka Kamei holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 19, 2012, to announce the launch of a new political party. Kamei, who left the ruling bloc in April out of opposition to the government's tax hike plan, made the move ahead of the Dec. 16 general election.

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China spokeswoman

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying holds the first regular press conference in her post in Beijing on Nov. 19, 2012.

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Noda, Wen, Lee

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - (From L to R) South Korean President Lee Myung Bak, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda attend a meeting with their counterparts of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Nov. 19, 2012. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Imperial couple in Okinawa

ONNA, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (C) visit Cape Manza, a well-known scenic spot in Onna, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov. 19, 2012. The imperial couple was on their first trip to Okinawa in eight years.

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Imperial couple in Okinawa

ONNA, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L front) and Empress Michiko (R front) visit Cape Manza, a well-known scenic spot in Onna, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov. 19, 2012. The imperial couple was on their first trip to Okinawa in eight years.

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Imperial couple in Okinawa

ONNA, Japan - Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (C) visit Cape Manza, a well-known scenic spot in Onna, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov. 19, 2012. The imperial couple was on their first trip to Okinawa in eight years.

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Tuna conference

AGADIR, Morocco - Photo shows the venue of an annual conference of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas in Agadir, Morocco, on Nov. 18, 2012. The international body managing fishery resources in the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic decided on Nov. 19 at the conference to expand the bluefin tuna catch quota to 13,400 tons in 2013 from the current 12,900 tons, the first expansion in 10 years.

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Astronaut returns to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Photo shows Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide (C) after returning to Earth on a Soyuz spacecraft along with an American and a Russian colleague in the suburbs of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Nov. 19, 2012. Hoshide spent about four months in the International Space Station.

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Shimane-Vladivostok liner cargo shipping route

MATSUE, Japan - Dmitriy Kurdakov (L) of Russian shipping company Fesco Transportation Group and Katsuhiro Takahashi, president of Japanese trading firm LIB Corp., shake hands at the Shimane prefectural government hall in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, on Nov. 19, 2012. The two companies agreed to open a new regular cargo shipping link between Hamada port in Shimane Prefecture and Vladivostok in Russia's Far East.

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Noda, Wen, Lee

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - (From L to R) South Korean President Lee Myung Bak, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda attend a meeting with their counterparts of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Nov. 19, 2012. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Astronaut returns to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide waves after he returns to Earth on a Soyuz spacecraft along with an American and a Russian colleague in the suburbs of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Nov. 19, 2012. Hoshide spent about four months in the International Space Station.

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S. Korean presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean independent presidential candidate Ahn Cheol Soo speaks to foreign journalists during a press conference in Seoul on Nov. 19, 2012.

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Astronaut returns to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide waves after he returns to Earth on a Soyuz spacecraft along with an American and a Russian colleague in the suburbs of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Nov. 19, 2012. Hoshide spent about four months in the International Space Station.

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Astronaut returns to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide leaves a Soyuz spacecraft (L) after he returns to Earth along with an American and a Russian colleague in the suburbs of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Nov. 19, 2012. Hoshide spent about four months in the International Space Station.

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Astronaut returns to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide waves after he returns to Earth on a Soyuz spacecraft along with an American and a Russian colleague in the suburbs of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Nov. 19, 2012. Hoshide spent about four months in the International Space Station.

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Undersea fiber-optic cable

MINAMIBOSO, Japan - Workers pull an undersea fiber-optic cable from a ship (R back) anchored offshore to a beach in Minamiboso, Chiba Prefecture, on Nov. 19, 2012, as KDDI Corp. began an operation to lay a cable connecting Japan and Singapore.

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S. Korean presidential election contenders

SEOUL, South Korea - Moon Jae In (L) of the main opposition Democratic Party and Ahn Cheol Soo, a former university professor and software mogul, shake hands in Seoul on Nov. 6, 2012. The two men are among the candidates in the South Korean presidential election to be held Dec. 19.

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S. Korean presidential election contenders

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo taken Nov. 6, 2012, shows (from L to R, front row) Park Geun Hye of the ruling Saenuri Party, Moon Jae In of the main opposition Democratic Party and Ahn Cheol Soo, a former university professor and software mogul, attending an event held on the square in front of the Seoul city office. The three are running in the South Korean presidential election to be held Dec. 19.

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S. Korea presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - Moon Jae In (L) from the Democratic United Party and Ahn Cheol Soo, a former university professor and software mogul, shake hands before their meeting in Seoul on Nov. 6, 2012. The South Korean presidential candidate from the main opposition party and an independent hopeful held a private meeting to discuss picking a single candidate to boost the chance of winning the Dec. 19, 2012, election.

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S. Koreans in Japan start voter registration

TOKYO, Japan - South Koreans living in Japan apply for voter registration for elections in their country at the South Korean Embassy's consular division in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Nov. 13, 2011, as a legal revision in 2009 has enabled expatriates 19 years old or older to cast ballots. The registration process began the same day at 10 diplomatic missions in Japan ahead of the general election scheduled in April 2012.

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S. Koreans in Japan start voter registration

TOKYO, Japan - South Koreans living in Japan apply for voter registration for elections in their country at the South Korean Embassy's consular division in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Nov. 13, 2011, as a legal revision in 2009 has enabled expatriates 19 years old or older to cast ballots. The registration process began the same day at 10 diplomatic missions in Japan ahead of the general election scheduled in April 2012. (Kyodo)