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US: Mid-Missouri Hit by Severe Storms and Possible Tornado, Thousands Lose Power

Severe storms swept through mid-Missouri on Sunday, April 20, prompting tornado warnings and causing widespread damage. A possible tornado in Callaway County injured one person in New Bloomfield. Thousands of customers experienced power outages.

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Thailand: Overflowing Of Ping River Causes Flooding In Chiang Mai Amid Rainy Season 3

Water levels in the Ping River rose, causing severe flooding across Chiang Mai on September 25 and affecting infrastructure. Small vehicles were stranded on flooded roads, and local shops and stalls were forced to close.

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U.S., Chinese, Russian nuke experts visit 3 N. Korea facilities

PYONGYANG, North Korea - U.S., Chinese and Russian nuclear experts return to their hotel in Pyongyang on Sept. 13 after inspecting three facilities in Yongbyon nuclear complex during a two-day visit there. Sung Kim, director of the U.S. State Department's Office of Korea Affairs, said he found the trip ''useful.''

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U.S., Chinese, Russian nuke experts visit 3 N. Korea facilities

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Sung Kim, director of the U.S. State Department's Office of Korea Affairs, returns to his hotel in Pyongyang on Sept. 13 after he and a team of U.S., Chinese and Russian nuclear experts inspected three facilities in Yongbyon nuclear complex during a two-day visit there. Kim said he found the trip ''useful.''

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Suu Kyi holds talks with U.S. diplomats

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (C) meets Derek Mitchell (L), U.S. special representative and policy coordinator for Myanmar, and U.S. Ambassador-at-Large Luis CdeBaca, who directs the State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, in Yangon, Myanmar, on Jan. 12, 2012.

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Prof. says memo of U.S. diplomat's Okinawa remarks accurate

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - David Vine, assistant professor of anthropology at American University in Washington, answers questions in Washington on March 9, 2011. Vine, who with his students heard a lecture allegedly included disparaging remarks about the people of Okinawa by Kevin Maher, who headed the State Department's Office of Japan Affairs, said their memo accurately recorded Maher's comments. Maher was dismissed from his post.

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U.S. team brings back nuclear data documents from N. Korea

WASHINGTON, United States - Sung Kim, director of the U.S. State Department's Office of Korean Affairs, looks May 13 at documents on North Korea's nuclear program that a team of U.S. officials he led received in Pyongyang. North Korea turned the 18,000-page set of documents delineating its plutonium program as far back as 1986 over to the U.S. team last week.

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No nuclear declaration from N. Korea, U.S. diplomat says

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Sung Kim (L), director of the U.S. State Department's Office of Korea Affairs, is seen off by a North Korean official at Pyongyang international airport on Feb. 2 as he leaves for Beijing after talks with North Korean officials.

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U.S. diplomat arrives in N. Korea to discuss denuclearization

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Sung Kim, director of the U.S. State Department's Office of Korea Affairs, arrives in Pyongyang on Jan. 31 for talks with North Korean officials to advance the stalled six-party talks aimed at scrapping Pyongyang's nuclear programs.

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5-nation team reports 'smooth' nuclear disablement in N. Korea

BEIJING, China - Sung Kim, director of the U.S. State Department's Office of Korean Affairs, answers questions from reporters upon returning to Beijing's international airport Nov. 29 from North Korea after observing Pyongyang's nuclear disablement work as a member of a five-nation team from the United States, China, South Korea, Japan and Russia.

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5-nation team to leave for N. Korea on monitoring trip

BEIJING, China - Sung Kim, director of the U.S. State Department's Office of Korean Affairs, prepares to leave Beijing airport on Nov. 27 on a trip to North Korea aimed at monitoring disablement activities at the country's key nuclear facilities. The monitoring will be conducted by officials and experts from the United States, China, South Korea, Japan and Russia.

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Nuke disablement team to leave for Pyongyang, begin work next week

BEIJING, China - Sung Kim, director of the U.S. State Department's Office of Korea Affairs, speaks with reporters at a Beijing hotel prior to departure for Pyongyang on Nov. 1. Kim will head a team of U.S. nuclear experts to begin disablement work on key North Korean nuclear facilities under a six-party denuclearization deal.

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U.S. experts leave Pyongyang after talks on nuke disablement steps

PYONGYANG, North Korea - U.S. nuclear experts led by Sung Kim (C), the director of the U.S. State Department's Office of Korea Affairs, prepare to leave Pyongyang airport on Oct. 18 after talks with North Korean experts on ways to disable N. Korea's main nuclear facilities as required by a six-party deal.

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U.S. experts in N. Korea aim to finalize nuke disablement plan

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Sung Kim (2nd from R), director of the U.S. State Department's Office of Korea Affairs, talks with a North Korean official at a hotel in Pyongyang on Oct. 11. Earlier in the day, a team of U.S. government officials led by Kim arrived in Pyongyang with the aim of finalizing a plan to specify ways to disable North Korea's key nuclear facilities under a six-party denuclearization agreement.

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U.S. nuclear disablement team arrives in China

BEIJING, China - A team of U.S. nuclear experts, led by Sung Kim (L), the director of the U.S. State Department's Office of Korea Affairs, arrives in Beijing on Oct. 10 en route to Pyongyang. The team will consider ways of disabling North Korea's main nuclear complex.

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U.S. official leaves Pyongyang after visit to Yongbyon

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Sung Kim (L), director of the U.S. State Department's Office of Korea Affairs, leaves his hotel in Pyongyang en route to South Korea on Sept. 15 , after a team of U.S., Chinese and Russian nuclear experts concluded a visit to North Korea to inspect the North Korean nuclear complex in Yongbyon.

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U.S. official leaves Pyongyang after visit to Yongbyon

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Sung Kim (L), director of the U.S. State Department's Office of Korea Affairs, leaves his hotel in Pyongyang en route to South Korea on Sept. 15 , after a team of U.S., Chinese and Russian nuclear experts concluded a visit to North Korea to inspect the North Korean nuclear complex in Yongbyon. (Kyodo)

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U.S., Chinese, Russian nuke experts visit 3 N. Korea facilities

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Sung Kim, director of the U.S. State Department's Office of Korea Affairs, returns to his hotel in Pyongyang on Sept. 13 after he and a team of U.S., Chinese and Russian nuclear experts inspected three facilities in Yongbyon nuclear complex during a two-day visit there. Kim said he found the trip ''useful.'' (Kyodo)

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U.S., Chinese, Russian nuke experts visit 3 N. Korea facilities

PYONGYANG, North Korea - U.S., Chinese and Russian nuclear experts return to their hotel in Pyongyang on Sept. 13 after inspecting three facilities in Yongbyon nuclear complex during a two-day visit there. Sung Kim, director of the U.S. State Department's Office of Korea Affairs, said he found the trip ''useful.'' (Kyodo)

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U.S. team brings back nuclear data documents from N. Korea

WASHINGTON, United States - Sung Kim, director of the U.S. State Department's Office of Korean Affairs, looks May 13 at documents on North Korea's nuclear program that a team of U.S. officials he led received in Pyongyang. North Korea turned the 18,000-page set of documents delineating its plutonium program as far back as 1986 over to the U.S. team last week. (Kyodo)

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U.S. team returns from N. Korea with boxes of nuclear documents

PANMUNJEOM, South Korea - A team of U.S. officials led by Sung Kim (R), director of the U.S. State Department's Office of Korean Affairs, enters the South Koran side of the truce village of Panmunjeom from North Korea on May 10 with several boxes believed to contain nuclear-related documents that North Korea has turned over to the United States. (Kyodo)

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U.S. team returns from N. Korea with boxes of nuclear documents

PANMUNJEOM, South Korea - A team of U.S. officials led by Sung Kim (C), director of the U.S. State Department's Office of Korean Affairs, crosses into the South Koran side of the truce village of Panmunjeom from North Korea on May 10 with several boxes believed to contain nuclear-related documents that North Korea has turned over to the United States. (Kyodo)

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No nuclear declaration from N. Korea, U.S. diplomat says

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Sung Kim (L), director of the U.S. State Department's Office of Korea Affairs, is seen off by a North Korean official at Pyongyang international airport on Feb. 2 as he leaves for Beijing after talks with North Korean officials. (Kyodo)

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U.S. diplomat arrives in N. Korea to discuss denuclearization

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Sung Kim, director of the U.S. State Department's Office of Korea Affairs, arrives in Pyongyang on Jan. 31 for talks with North Korean officials to advance the stalled six-party talks aimed at scrapping Pyongyang's nuclear programs. (Kyodo)

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5-nation team reports 'smooth' nuclear disablement in N. Korea

BEIJING, China - Sung Kim, director of the U.S. State Department's Office of Korean Affairs, answers questions from reporters upon returning to Beijing's international airport Nov. 29 from North Korea after observing Pyongyang's nuclear disablement work as a member of a five-nation team from the United States, China, South Korea, Japan and Russia. (Kyodo)

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5-nation team to leave for N. Korea on monitoring trip

BEIJING, China - Sung Kim, director of the U.S. State Department's Office of Korean Affairs, prepares to leave Beijing airport on Nov. 27 on a trip to North Korea aimed at monitoring disablement activities at the country's key nuclear facilities. The monitoring will be conducted by officials and experts from the United States, China, South Korea, Japan and Russia. (Kyodo)

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Nuke disablement team to leave for Pyongyang, begin work next we

BEIJING, China - Sung Kim, director of the U.S. State Department's Office of Korea Affairs, speaks with reporters at a Beijing hotel prior to departure for Pyongyang on Nov. 1. Kim will head a team of U.S. nuclear experts to begin disablement work on key North Korean nuclear facilities under a six-party denuclearization deal. (Kyodo)

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U.S. experts in N. Korea aim to finalize nuke disablement plan

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Sung Kim (2nd from R), director of the U.S. State Department's Office of Korea Affairs, talks with a North Korean official at a hotel in Pyongyang on Oct. 11. Earlier in the day, a team of U.S. government officials led by Kim arrived in Pyongyang with the aim of finalizing a plan to specify ways to disable North Korea's key nuclear facilities under a six-party denuclearization agreement. (Kyodo)

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U.S. nuclear disablement team arrives in China

BEIJING, China - A team of U.S. nuclear experts, led by Sung Kim (L), the director of the U.S. State Department's Office of Korea Affairs, arrives in Beijing on Oct. 10 en route to Pyongyang. The team will consider ways of disabling North Korea's main nuclear complex. (Kyodo)

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Prof. says memo of U.S. diplomat's Okinawa remarks accurate

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - David Vine, assistant professor of anthropology at American University in Washington, answers questions in Washington on March 9, 2011. Vine, who with his students heard a lecture allegedly included disparaging remarks about the people of Okinawa by Kevin Maher, who headed the State Department's Office of Japan Affairs, said their memo accurately recorded Maher's comments. Maher was dismissed from his post. (Kyodo)

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Suu Kyi holds talks with U.S. diplomats

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (C) meets Derek Mitchell (L), U.S. special representative and policy coordinator for Myanmar, and U.S. Ambassador-at-Large Luis CdeBaca, who directs the State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, in Yangon, Myanmar, on Jan. 12, 2012. (Kyodo)

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U.S. specialist on N. Korea David Straub

David Straub, a former head of the U.S. State Department's Office of Korean Affairs, in this photo taken Feb. 15, 2018, speaks during an interview in Seoul. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. specialist on N. Korea David Straub

David Straub, a former head of the U.S. State Department's Office of Korean Affairs, in this photo taken Feb. 15, 2018, speaks during an interview in Seoul. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo