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Japan, S. Korea, China farm ministers' meeting in Incheon

(From L) Shinjiro Koizumi, Japan's minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, his South Korean counterpart Song Mi Ryung and Chinese counterpart Han Jun pose for a photo at a trilateral agriculture ministers' meeting held in Incheon, South Korea, on Aug. 11, 2025.

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North, South Korea agree on procedural matters for summit

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea's chief delegate Kim Ryung Sung (L) and his South Korean counterpart Yang Young Shik smile May 18 as they shake hands at the end of their fifth round of preparatory negotiations at the truce village of Panmunjom for next month's inter-Korean summit.

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N., S. Korea fail to agree on summit procedures

PANMUNJOM - Yang Young Shik (front right), South Korea's chief delegate to a third round of preparatory talks with North Korea for an unprecedented June summit, sits across from Kim Ryung Sung (far left), a senior councilor in the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly who headed the North Korean delegation, at Freedom House on the southern side of the Korean truce village of Panmunjom. The two negotiators failed to reach an agreement May 3 on procedures for the summit, but agreed to hold the next talks May 8 at Unification Pavilion, which is located on Panmunjom's northern side.

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N., S. Korea hold 2nd round of preparatory talks

PANMUNJOM - Kim Ryung Sung, a senior councilor in the Presidium of North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly, and Yang Young Shik, South Korean vice unification minister, shake hands at the beginning of the second round of inter-Korean preliminary talks at the truce village of Panmunjom on April 27.

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N. Korea informs S. Korea of Panmunjom delegates

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Vice Unification Minister Yang Young Shik (2nd from R) shakes hands with Unification Minister Park Jae Kyu (2nd from L) at the ministry April 21. Yang is to head Seoul's delegation to bilateral preliminary talks with North Korea set for April 22 at the truce village Panmunjom. The North Korean delegation will be headed by Kim Ryung Sung, a councilor at Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly.

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Rugby: Japan's Top League

Kim Su Ryung (bottom) of Kubota Spears scores a try while being tackled by Michael Leitch of Toshiba Brave Lupus in the second half of a Top League match at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2021.

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N., S. Korea fail to agree on summit procedures

PANMUNJOM - Yang Young Shik (front right), South Korea's chief delegate to a third round of preparatory talks with North Korea for an unprecedented June summit, sits across from Kim Ryung Sung (far left), a senior councilor in the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly who headed the North Korean delegation, at Freedom House on the southern side of the Korean truce village of Panmunjom. The two negotiators failed to reach an agreement May 3 on procedures for the summit, but agreed to hold the next talks May 8 at Unification Pavilion, which is located on Panmunjom's northern side.

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N., S. Korea hold 2nd round of preparatory talks

PANMUNJOM - Kim Ryung Sung, a senior councilor in the Presidium of North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly, and Yang Young Shik, South Korean vice unification minister, shake hands at the beginning of the second round of inter-Korean preliminary talks at the truce village of Panmunjom on April 27.

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N. Korea informs S. Korea of Panmunjom delegates

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Vice Unification Minister Yang Young Shik (2nd from R) shakes hands with Unification Minister Park Jae Kyu (2nd from L) at the ministry April 21. Yang is to head Seoul's delegation to bilateral preliminary talks with North Korea set for April 22 at the truce village Panmunjom. The North Korean delegation will be headed by Kim Ryung Sung, a councilor at Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly.