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(240420) -- DOHA, April 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Duan Dezhi (R) of China vies with Cho Hyun Taek of South Korea during the group B match between China and South Korea at AFC U23 Asian Cup Qatar 2024 football tournament in Doha, Qatar, on April 19, 2024. (Photo by Nikku/Xinhua)

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N. Korean leader's aunt Kim Kyong Hui deleted from video footage

TOKYO, Japan - Past video images of Kim Kyong Hui, aunt of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and wife of recently executed Jang Song Taek, have apparently been deleted since February 2014. She is seen in this file photo take in December 2012.

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Ruling on wartime labor

SEOUL, South Korea - Yeo Woon Taek (L), one of the plaintiffs in a wartime labor lawsuit, answers a reporter's question in front of the Seoul High Court on July 10, 2013. The court ordered the same day Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. to pay compensation to four South Koreans who were forced to work at the company's steel mill in Japan during Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.

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Ruling on wartime labor

SEOUL, South Korea - Yeo Woon Taek (2nd from R), one of the plaintiffs in a wartime labor lawsuit, raises his fist with supporters outside the Seoul High Court on July 10, 2013. The court ordered later the same day Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. to pay compensation to four South Koreans who were forced to work at the company's steel mill in Japan during Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.

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Ruling on wartime labor

SEOUL, South Korea - Yeo Woon Taek, one of the plaintiffs in a wartime labor lawsuit, speaks at a press conference on July 10, 2013. The Seoul High Court ordered the same day Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. to pay compensation to four South Koreans who were forced to work at the company's steel mill in Japan during Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.

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Ex-U.S. President Carter in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (L) and South Korean Unification Minister Hyun In Taek shake hands in Seoul on April 28, 2011, after Carter's trip to North Korea aiming to ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula. North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has said he is prepared for a summit with South Korean President Lee Myung Bak and is also willing to negotiate with parties of the six-party nuclear talks on any subject at any time and without any preconditions, according to Carter, citing Kim's message. Carter and three former European leaders did not meet with Kim during the three-day trip.

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Yeonpyeong after N. Korea attack

YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea - Sin Yu Taek, a resident of Yeonpyeong Island, burns wood in a fireplace at his home on Nov. 27, 2010. Some residents remained on the island, while others have fled after the Nov. 23 deadly shelling by North Korea.

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Bosworth arrives in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. special envoy to North Korea Stephen Bosworth answers questions from reporters at South Korea's Incheon airport on Sept. 12, 2010. Bosworth will be meeting with South Korean Unification Minister Hyun In Taek and other officials.

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Ban mourns Korean A-bomb victims

HIROSHIMA, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (L), a South Korean national, and his wife Yoo Soon Taek (next to Ban) offer a moment of silent prayer after laying flowers at a cenotaph for Korean victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Aug. 6, 2010.

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U.N. chief speaks in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (R), flanked by his wife Yoo Soon Taek (C), calls for nuclear disarmament in a speech in Nagasaki on Aug. 5, 2010.

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U.N. chief speaks in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (R), flanked by his wife Yoo Soon Taek, calls for nuclear disarmament in a speech in Nagasaki on Aug. 5, 2010.

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U.N. chief speaks in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (L) and his wife Yoo Soon Taek (R) offer a wreath at a cenotaph marking the site of ground zero during the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing in Nagasaki on Aug. 5, 2010.

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S. Korean Pres. Lee says ship sinking will be referred to U.N.

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Unification Minister Hyun In Taek (L), Foreign and Trade Minister Yu Myung Hwan (C) and Defense Minister Kim Tae Young hold a joint news conference in Seoul on May 24, 2010, and unveil countermeasures against North Korea for its alleged sinking of a South Korean naval ship.

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Japan, S. Korea affirm cooperation in historically sensitive year

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (L) and South Korean Unification Minister Hyon In Taek shake hands ahead of their meeting in Seoul, South Korea, on Feb. 11, 2010.

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S. Korea minister meets with aide to N. Korea's Kim Jong Il

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Unification Minister Hyun In Taek (R) talks with Kim Yang Gon, a department director of the Workers' Party of North Korea in charge of inter-Korean affairs, at their meeting in Seoul on Aug. 22. (Pool photo by South Korean media)

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S. Korea minister meets with aide to N. Korea's Kim Jong Il

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Unification Minister Hyun In Taek (R) and Kim Yang Gon, a department director of the Workers' Party of North Korea in charge of inter-Korean affairs, shake hands before their meeting in Seoul on Aug. 22. (Pool photo by South Korean media)

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Japan beats S. Korea 6-2 to set up semifinal with U.S.

SAN DIEGO, United States - Japan manager Tatsunori Hara (R) celebrates after Michihiro Ogasawara (9) scores on a fielding error by South Korea's center fielder Lee Taek Keun in the eighth inning of a game to determine the winner of their second-round pool of the World Baseball Classic at PEPCO Park in San Diego on March 19. Japan won 6-2 and will face the United States in WBC semifinals in Los Angeles on March 22.

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Japan becomes winner of WBC 2nd pool by beating S. Korea 6-2

SAN DIEGO, United States - South Korea's Lee Taek Keun steals second base in the fourth inning of a World Baseball Classic game against Japan at PETCO Park in San Diego on March 19 as Japan second baseman Akinori Iwamura jumps for a wild throw from catcher Shinnosuke Abe. Japan won the game 6-2 to play against the United States on March 22 in Los Angeles in the WBC semifinals.

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U.N. chief Ban, his wife attend Japanese tea ceremony in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (C) and his wife Ban Soon Taek attend a Japanese tea ceremony and are served by Urasenke tea master Genshitsu Sen in Kyoto on June 28. Ban arrived in Japan the same day, the first leg of his two-week Asia tour.

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Film director Suzui set to study movie-making in S. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Takayuki Suzui, a 42-year-old movie director, plans to study movie-making in Pusan, where Kwak Kyung Taek, a well-known South Korean film director, is working.

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(1)Olympic torch in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Lee Yon Taek, president of the (South) Korea Olympic Committee, carries the Olympic torch during a one-day torch relay June 7 in Seoul. The Olympic flame arrived in Seoul earlier in the day from Tokyo as part of its 35-day world tour.

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Kasugao anxiously wanting for sumo tour in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Kasugao (R), the country's first sumo wrestler to break into the makuuchi upper division, speaks at a news conference in Seoul on April 1, as his colleague Tosanoumi listenes. Kasugao, whose real name is Kim Sang Taek, said, ''I want to introduce sumo's traditional culture to South Korea,'' during an exhibition to be held June 14 and 15 at Chamshil indoor gymnasium.

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2 Koreas to march together at Winter Asian Games

AOMORI, Japan - (From L to R) South Korean Olympic Committee Chairman Lee Yun Taek, North Korean delegation leader Ri Tong Ho and South Korean delegation head Shin Hyon Taik shake hands in Aomori on Jan. 31 after announcing that the North and South Korean delegations will march together in the opening ceremony of the Winter Asian Games on Feb. 1.

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South against Japan's 'preemptive attack' on N. Korea

South Korean Defense Minister Cheon Yong Taek (L) says in Seoul on March 5 his government opposes any ''preemptive attack'' by Japan against North Korean missile bases without prior consultation with South Korea. He told a press conference for foreign correspondents that such an attack would highly likely escalate into full-scale war on the Korean Peninsula.

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US-South Korean security consultative meeting

U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen (L) and South Korean Defense Minister Cheon Yong Taek (R) shake hands at the outset of the 30th U.S.-South Korea Security Consultative Meeting, held Jan. 15 at the South Korean Defense Ministry in Seoul. Cohen arrived in Seoul Thursday for a two-day visit.

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Japan, S. Korea defense leaders meet in Seoul

Japanese Defense Agency Director General Hosei Norota (L) shakes hands with South Korea's Defense Minister Cheon Yong Taek on Jan. 7 prior to their talks in Seoul. Norota arrived in the South Korean capital Jan. 6.

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S. Korean defense chief meets Obuchi

South Korean Defense Minister Cheon Yong Taek (L) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi prior to their talks at the prime minister's official residence Tuesday Sept. 1. Their talks covered North Korea's test-firing of a ballistic missile the previous day.

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South Korean defense minister in Tokyo

South Korean Defense Minister Cheon Yong Taek (R), accompanied by Japan's State minister in charge of defense, Fukushiro Nukaga (L), reviews an honor guard after arrival in Tokyo Sept. 1 for talks with Japanese government leaders. Cheon arrived in Japan a day after North Korea test-fired a long-range missile that flew over northern Japan and landed in the Pacific Ocean.

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U.N. chief Ban, his wife attend Japanese tea ceremony in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (C) and his wife Ban Soon Taek attend a Japanese tea ceremony and are served by Urasenke tea master Genshitsu Sen in Kyoto on June 28. Ban arrived in Japan the same day, the first leg of his two-week Asia tour. (Kyodo)

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U.N. Secretary General Ban meets with Emperor Akihito

TOKYO, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (L) talks with Japanese Emperor Akihito (3rd from L) at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on June 30. Empress Michiko (3rd from R) talks with Ban's wife Yoo Soon Taek (R). (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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(3) Yoshio Kodama

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshio Kodama (C), the reputed don of the Japanese underworld, meets with Korean Central Intelligence Agency chief Kim Jong Pil (L) and Chak Young Taek at Kim's house in Seoul. The photo was taken in December 1962. (Kyodo)

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International Day of Yoga celebrated at U.N headquarters

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and his wife Yoo Soon Taek (front) perform yoga at the U.N. headquarters in New York on June 21, to mark the first International Day of Yoga. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea purges defense chief for treason, S. Korea says

File photo taken in December, 2012, shows Gen. Hyon Yong Chol (R) attending a memorial meeting in North Korea's capital Pyongyang. South Korea's National Intelligence Service told lawmakers on May 13, 2015, that North Korea has purged Hyon for treason. Jang Sun Taek, supreme leader Kim Jong Un's uncle who was executed in December 2013, is seen at left. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea purges defense chief for treason, S. Korea says

File photo taken in December, 2012, shows Gen. Hyon Yong Chol (R) attending a memorial meeting in North Korea's capital Pyongyang. South Korea's National Intelligence Service told lawmakers on May 13, 2015, that North Korea has purged Hyon for treason. Jang Sun Taek, supreme leader Kim Jong Un's uncle who was executed in December 2013, is seen at left. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ceremony marks return of Peace Bell to Japanese Garden at U.N.

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (L) and his wife Yoo Soon Taek ring the Peace Bell, donated 61 years ago by peace activist and former city mayor Chiyoji Nakagawa, during a ceremony to mark the return of the bell to the renovated Japanese Garden at the U.N. headquarters in New York on May 6, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.N. chief Ban visits tsunami-hit area in Sendai, northeast Japan

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (2nd from R, front row) and his wife Yoo Soon Taek (far R) visit the 2011 tsunami-engulfed Minamigamo district in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, to see the traditional "sparrow dance" performed by local children on March 15, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea minister meets with aide to N. Korea's Kim Jong Il

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Unification Minister Hyun In Taek (R) talks with Kim Yang Gon, a department director of the Workers' Party of North Korea in charge of inter-Korean affairs, at their meeting in Seoul on Aug. 22. (Pool photo by South Korean media)(Kyodo)

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S. Korea minister meets with aide to N. Korea's Kim Jong Il

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Unification Minister Hyun In Taek (R) and Kim Yang Gon, a department director of the Workers' Party of North Korea in charge of inter-Korean affairs, shake hands before their meeting in Seoul on Aug. 22. (Pool photo by South Korean media)(Kyodo)

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U.N. Secretary General Ban meets with Emperor Akihito

TOKYO, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (2nd from L) shakes hands with Japanese Emperor Akihito (2nd from R) at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on June 30. At left is Ban's wife Yoo Soon Taek and at right is Empress Michiko. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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S. Korean Pres. Lee says ship sinking will be referred to U.N.

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Unification Minister Hyun In Taek (L), Foreign and Trade Minister Yu Myung Hwan (C) and Defense Minister Kim Tae Young hold a joint news conference in Seoul on May 24, 2010, and unveil countermeasures against North Korea for its alleged sinking of a South Korean naval ship. (Kyodo)

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Japan beats S. Korea 6-2 to set up semifinal with U.S.

SAN DIEGO, United States - Japan manager Tatsunori Hara (R) celebrates after Michihiro Ogasawara (9) scores on a fielding error by South Korea's center fielder Lee Taek Keun in the eighth inning of a game to determine the winner of their second-round pool of the World Baseball Classic at PEPCO Park in San Diego on March 19. Japan won 6-2 and will face the United States in WBC semifinals in Los Angeles on March 22. (Kyodo)

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Japan becomes winner of WBC 2nd pool by beating S. Korea 6-2

SAN DIEGO, United States - South Korea's Lee Taek Keun steals second base in the fourth inning of a World Baseball Classic game against Japan at PETCO Park in San Diego on March 19 as Japan second baseman Akinori Iwamura jumps for a wild throw from catcher Shinnosuke Abe. Japan won the game 6-2 to play against the United States on March 22 in Los Angeles in the WBC semifinals. (Kyodo)

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Film director Suzui set to study movie-making in S. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Takayuki Suzui, a 42-year-old movie director, plans to study movie-making in Pusan, where Kwak Kyung Taek, a well-known South Korean film director, is working. (Kyodo)

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Yeonpyeong after N. Korea attack

YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea - Sin Yu Taek, a resident of Yeonpyeong Island, burns wood in a fireplace at his home on Nov. 27, 2010. Some residents remained on the island, while others have fled after the Nov. 23 deadly shelling by North Korea. (Kyodo)

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Bosworth arrives in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. special envoy to North Korea Stephen Bosworth answers questions from reporters at South Korea's Incheon airport on Sept. 12, 2010. Bosworth will be meeting with South Korean Unification Minister Hyun In Taek and other officials. (Kyodo)

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Ban mourns Korean A-bomb victims

HIROSHIMA, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (L), a South Korean national, and his wife Yoo Soon Taek (next to Ban) offer a moment of silent prayer after laying flowers at a cenotaph for Korean victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Aug. 6, 2010. (Kyodo)

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U.N. chief speaks in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (R), flanked by his wife Yoo Soon Taek (C), calls for nuclear disarmament in a speech in Nagasaki on Aug. 5, 2010. (Kyodo)

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U.N. chief speaks in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (R), flanked by his wife Yoo Soon Taek, calls for nuclear disarmament in a speech in Nagasaki on Aug. 5, 2010. (Kyodo)

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U.N. chief speaks in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (L) and his wife Yoo Soon Taek (R) offer a wreath at a cenotaph marking the site of ground zero during the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing in Nagasaki on Aug. 5, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Ex-U.S. President Carter in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (L) and South Korean Unification Minister Hyun In Taek shake hands in Seoul on April 28, 2011, after Carter's trip to North Korea aiming to ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula. North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has said he is prepared for a summit with South Korean President Lee Myung Bak and is also willing to negotiate with parties of the six-party nuclear talks on any subject at any time and without any preconditions, according to Carter, citing Kim's message. Carter and three former European leaders did not meet with Kim during the three-day trip. (Kyodo)