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China: Black Swan Seen Scooping Leaves in Reverse at Zhaotong University

On November 15, 2025, in Zhaotong, Yunnan, a video captured the unusual sight of a black swan at Zhaotong University moving backward across a pond while repeatedly scooping leaves toward the shore.

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The Great North American Solar Eclipse As Seen From Indiana

A total solar eclipse crossed through North America on Monday, April 8. This footage was captured by an international student studying in Indiana. Credit to Maxwell Sun.

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KCNA reports death of N. Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun

BEIJING, China - The Korean Central News Agency, North Korea's official news agency, on Jan. 3 reported that the country's foreign minister, Paek Nam Sun, has died. He was 77. File photo taken July 2006 shows the late foreign minister at the ASEAN regional forum in Kuala Lumpur.

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KCNA reports death of N. Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun

BEIJING, China - The Korean Central News Agency, North Korea's official news agency, on Jan. 3 reported that the country's foreign minister, Paek Nam Sun (file photo taken Sept. 2005), has died. He was 77.

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N. Korean, Chinese foreign ministers meet in Kuala Lumpur

KUARA LUMPUR, Malaysia - North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun (L) and Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing hold talks in Kuala Lumpur on July 28.

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Foreign ministers at ASEAN Regional Forum

KUALA LUMPUr, Malaysia - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Ban Ki Moon (L) and his North Korean counterpart Paek Nam Sun shake hands during a ministerial meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum in Kuala Lumpur on July 28.

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Foreign ministers at ASEAN Regional Forum

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun (upper left) looks at U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (lower right) during a photo session of the ASEAN Regional Forum in Kuala Lumpur on July 28.

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Aso attends ASEAN REgional Forum meeting

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso (C) attends a ministerial meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum with his North Korean counterpart Paek Nam Sun (fore) in Kuala Lumpur on July 28.

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N. Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun arrives in Kuala Lumpur

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun arrives at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur on July 27 to attend a meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum, Asia's largest security meeting, on July 28.

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North Korean foreign minister heads for Kuala Lumpur

BEIJING, China - North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun (L) arrives at Beijing airport on July 25 for a transit stop on his way to Kuala Lumpur to attend an ASEAN Regional Forum meeting.

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(3)ASEAN Regional Forum begins session to discuss security issues

JAKARTA, Indonesia - North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun (R) tries to find his position as U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell (C) look on before the photo session of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum (ARF) foreign ministerial talks that began in Jakarta on July 2.

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(1)ASEAN Regional Forum begins session to discuss security issues

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (L) and North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun shake hands as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum, a loose multilateral grouping for security issues, begins its annual foreign ministerial talks in Jakarta on July 2.

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U.S., N. Korea discuss nuclear issue in Jakarta

JAKARTA, Indonesia - U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell (L) and North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun met in Jakarta on July 2 on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum (ARF) to clarify their countries' proposals on how to resolve the standoff over North Korea's nuclear programs. It was the first contact between U.S. and North Korean foreign ministers since the nuclear crisis erupted in October 2002.

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Soga happy over proposed reunion with family in Indonesia

SADO, Japan - Former Japanese abductee Hitomi Soga smiles outside the Sado city government's Mano branch in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on July 2, a day after Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi and North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun agreed in Jakarta to arrange a reunion in Indonesia with members of her family living in North Korea.

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Japan, N. Korea agree to arrange Soga's family reunion in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (L) shakes hands with North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun in Jakarta on July 1 prior to their talks. They agreed to arrange a family reunion for repatriated Japanese abductee Hitomi Soga, her American husband and their two daughters in Indonesia. (Pool photo)

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(4)Japan, N. Korea agree on Soga's family reunion in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (3rd from L), flanked by her aides, holds talks with North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun in Jakarta on July 1. They agreed to arrange a reunion in Indonesia between former Japanese abductee Hitomi Soga and members of her family living in the North. (Pool photo)

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(3)Japan, N. Korea agree on Soga's family reunion in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun (C) introduces his aides in talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi in Jakarta on July 1. They agreed to arrange a reunion in Indonesia between former Japanese abductee Hitomi Soga and members of her family living in the North. (Pool photo)

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(2)Japan, N. Korea agree on Soga's family reunion in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (L, front) holds talks with North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun (R, front) in Jakarta on July 1. They agreed to arrange a reunion in Indonesia between former Japanese abductee Hitomi Soga and members of her family living in the North. (Pool photo)

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Japan, N. Korea may talk in Jakarta over Soga family reunion

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Mitoji Yabunaka, who heads the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, arrives in Jakarta for talks between Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi and her North Korean counterpart, Paek Nam Sun. Yabunaka may meet Ma Chol Su, chief of the North Korean Foreign Ministry's Asian Affairs Department, to discuss the possibility of a family reunion in Indonesia for repatriated Japanese abductee Hitomi Soga and her family members who remain in North Korea as a preparatory meeting prior to the foreign ministers' talks.

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Mongolia, N. Korea sign friendship treaty

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Mongolian Foreign Minister Luvsangiin Erdenechuluun (L) and North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun shake hands at the start of their talks in Ulan Bator on Aug. 8. The two ministers signed a bilateral friendship and cooperation treaty in another sign of a change of direction in North Korean diplomacy.

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Japan, N. Korea to hold foreign ministerial talks soon

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi speaks to reporters July 25 that she will meet her North Korean counterpart Paek Nam Sun on the sidelines of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Brunei on July 31. The foreign ministerial meeting between the two countries will be the first in two years.

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Kono shakes hands with N. Korean envoy at U.N.

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono (L) shakes hands with North Korean Ambassador to the United Nations Li Hyong Chol on Sept. 14 after attending a tea ceremony Japan hosted at the U.N. headquarters. ''I asked the ambassador to convey my greetings to (North Korean) Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun, and the ambassador promised to do so,'' Kono told reporters later.

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Albright holds historic talks with N. Korea's Paek

BANGKOK, Japan - U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (L) and North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun (2nd from R) begin unprecedented talks at a Bangkok hotel July 28. Albright said later the United States is now more hopeful for stability on the Korean Peninsula.

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N. Korean, Chinese foreign ministers meet in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun (L) and Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan hold talks in Bangkok on July 27. The talks, held on the sidelines of the ASEAN Regional Forum, come ahead of talks between Paek and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright scheduled for July 28.

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Koreas agree to cooperate diplomatically, end U.N. rivalry

BANGKOK, Thailand - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minster Lee Joung Binn (L) and North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun pose for a photo session at a Bangkok hotel July 26 prior to their talks. In their first-ever official foreign ministerial talks, the two officials agreed to end their rivalry at the United Nations and to cooperate at the U.N. and other international bodies.

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ARF ministers begin working dinner

BANGKOK, Thailand - (From L to R in the back row) Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono, North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun and South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minster Lee Joung Binn attend a photo session, along with other foreign ministers meeting for the ASEAN Regional Forum at a Bangkok hotel July 26. Ministers from Asia, North America and Europe began their annual discussion on security in the Asia-Pacific region during the dinner with the spotlight squarely on the North Korean delegation and developments on the Korean Peninsula.

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Kono meets his N. Korean counterpart

BANGKOK, Thailand - Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono (R) and his North Korean counterpart, Paek Nam Sun, shake hands before they begin talks in Bangkok on July 26. Later they issued a joint statement on improving relations between the two countries, including holding a second round of talks on establishing ties in Tokyo from Aug. 21-25.

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Paek meets Thai counterpart

BANGKOK, Thailand - North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun (L) shakes hands with his Thai counterpart, Surin Pitsuwan, at a hotel in Bangkok on July 26. Paek is attending a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum, where he plans to take part in a series of bilateral talks with some of the foreign ministers in the 23-member regional group.

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Kono eyes contact with N. Korean counterpart at ARF

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yohei Kono says July 6 he may have ''some kind of contact'' with his North Korean counterpart during a July 27 meeting in Singapore of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF). But Kono said in an interview with a group of reporters at his ministry that Japan is not yet taking any steps to set a meeting with North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun. ''We will consider after his participation becomes official and is confirmed,'' Kono said.

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Paek hopes for successful inter-Korean summit

HAVANA, Cuba - North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun (C), in Havana to attend a summit of developing countries, speaks to a reporter April 12. Paek expressed hope that the first-ever inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang on June 12-14 will be a success.

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Resumption of normalization talks up to Japan: N. Korea

NEW YORK, United States - North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun says at a news conference on Sept. 25 that Pyongyang is ready to restart normalization talks with Japan but that improved relations would depend on whether Japan resolves to ''liquidate its past crimes.'' Japan would have to apologize for its 1910-1945 colonization of the Korean Peninsula until the end of World War II and pay compensation, Paek said after making an address to a U.N. General Assembly session.

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North Korean foreign minister heads for Kuala Lumpur

BEIJING, China - North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun (L) arrives at Beijing airport on July 25 for a transit stop on his way to Kuala Lumpur to attend an ASEAN Regional Forum meeting. (Kyodo)

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Aso attends ASEAN REgional Forum meeting

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso (C) attends a ministerial meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum with his North Korean counterpart Paek Nam Sun (fore) in Kuala Lumpur on July 28. (Kyodo)

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Foreign ministers at ASEAN Regional Forum

KUALA LUMPUr, Malaysia - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Ban Ki Moon (L) and his North Korean counterpart Paek Nam Sun shake hands during a ministerial meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum in Kuala Lumpur on July 28. (Kyodo)

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Foreign ministers at ASEAN Regional Forum

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun (upper left) looks at U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (lower right) during a photo session of the ASEAN Regional Forum in Kuala Lumpur on July 28. (Kyodo)

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Paek hopes for successful inter-Korean summit

HAVANA, Cuba - North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun (C), in Havana to attend a summit of developing countries, speaks to a reporter April 12. Paek expressed hope that the first-ever inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang on June 12-14 will be a success.

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Soga happy over proposed reunion with family in Indonesia

SADO, Japan - Former Japanese abductee Hitomi Soga smiles outside the Sado city government's Mano branch in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on July 2, a day after Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi and North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun agreed in Jakarta to arrange a reunion in Indonesia with members of her family living in North Korea. (Kyodo)

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U.S., N. Korea discuss nuclear issue in Jakarta

JAKARTA, Indonesia - U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell (L) and North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun met in Jakarta on July 2 on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum (ARF) to clarify their countries' proposals on how to resolve the standoff over North Korea's nuclear programs. It was the first contact between U.S. and North Korean foreign ministers since the nuclear crisis erupted in October 2002. (Kyodo)

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N. Korean, Chinese foreign ministers meet in Kuala Lumpur

KUARA LUMPUR, Malaysia - North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun (L) and Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing hold talks in Kuala Lumpur on July 28. (Kyodo)

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N. Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun arrives in Kuala Lumpur

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun arrives at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur on July 27 to attend a meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum, Asia's largest security meeting, on July 28. (Kyodo)

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(1)ASEAN Regional Forum begins session to discuss security issue

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (L) and North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun shake hands as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum, a loose multilateral grouping for security issues, begins its annual foreign ministerial talks in Jakarta on July 2. (Kyodo)

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(3)ASEAN Regional Forum begins session to discuss security issue

JAKARTA, Indonesia - North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun (R) tries to find his position as U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell (C) look on before the photo session of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum (ARF) foreign ministerial talks that began in Jakarta on July 2. (Kyodo)

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Japan, N. Korea may talk in Jakarta over Soga family reunion

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Mitoji Yabunaka, who heads the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, arrives in Jakarta for talks between Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi and her North Korean counterpart, Paek Nam Sun. Yabunaka may meet Ma Chol Su, chief of the North Korean Foreign Ministry's Asian Affairs Department, to discuss the possibility of a family reunion in Indonesia for repatriated Japanese abductee Hitomi Soga and her family members who remain in North Korea as a preparatory meeting prior to the foreign ministers' talks. (Kyodo)

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KCNA reports death of N. Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun

BEIJING, China - The Korean Central News Agency, North Korea's official news agency, on Jan. 3 reported that the country's foreign minister, Paek Nam Sun, has died. He was 77. File photo taken July 2006 shows the late foreign minister at the ASEAN regional forum in Kuala Lumpur. (Kyodo)

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KCNA reports death of N. Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun

BEIJING, China - The Korean Central News Agency, North Korea's official news agency, on Jan. 3 reported that the country's foreign minister, Paek Nam Sun (file photo taken Sept. 2005), has died. He was 77. (Kyodo)

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Mongolia, N. Korea sign friendship treaty

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Mongolian Foreign Minister Luvsangiin Erdenechuluun (L) and North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun shake hands at the start of their talks in Ulan Bator on Aug. 8. The two ministers signed a bilateral friendship and cooperation treaty in another sign of a change of direction in North Korean diplomacy. (Kyodo)

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(CORRECTED)Powell not ruling out talks with N. Korean minister

WASHINGTON, United States - U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell (2nd from R) meets reporters from Kyodo News and other Asian news organizations July 25 before leaving for an eight-nation Asian tour the next day. Powell left open the possibility that he may meet with North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific regional security conference in Brunei. The photo was provided by the U.S. Department of State. (Kyodo)

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Kono shakes hands with N. Korean envoy at U.N.

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono (L) shakes hands with North Korean Ambassador to the United Nations Li Hyong Chol on Sept. 14 after attending a tea ceremony Japan hosted at the U.N. headquarters. ''I asked the ambassador to convey my greetings to (North Korean) Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun, and the ambassador promised to do so,'' Kono told reporters later.

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Albright holds historic talks with N. Korea's Paek

BANGKOK, Japan - U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (L) and North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun (2nd from R) begin unprecedented talks at a Bangkok hotel July 28. Albright said later the United States is now more hopeful for stability on the Korean Peninsula.

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N. Korean, Chinese foreign ministers meet in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun (L) and Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan hold talks in Bangkok on July 27. The talks, held on the sidelines of the ASEAN Regional Forum, come ahead of talks between Paek and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright scheduled for July 28.