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South Korea: People Protest Outside Parliament, Calling For President Yoon’s Resignation

South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeo declared martial law late on Tuesday, December 3, accusing the opposition of anti-national activities. However, he lifted the order early Wednesday after the National Assembly passed a resolution calling for its removal. After the emergency order was lifted, protesters gathered around the parliament in Yeouido, calling for Yoon's resignation.

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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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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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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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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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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)