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Lee leaves for Kaesong to prepare for inter-Korean summit

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Vice Unification Minister Lee Kwan Se (C) speaks to journalists, as Unification Minister Lee Jae Jeong (L) looks on, before leaving for the North Korean border city of Kaesong on Aug. 14 to attend preparatory talks for a second inter-Korean summit.

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S. Korean delegation visits N. Korea

DORASAN, South Korea, June 8 Kyodo - A delegation of South Korean government and company officials, led by Vice Unification Minister Chun Hae Sung (3rd from L), leaves Dorasan, north of Seoul, on June 8, 2018, for the North Korean border city of Kaesong to prepare for the opening of a joint liaison office there.

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Davies in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Kim Nam Shik (L), vice minister of the Ministry of Unification in charge of inter-Korean affairs, shakes hands with Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, in Seoul on May 14, 2013.

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Kerry requested for visiting North by minister

NEW YORK, United States - U.S. Sen. John Kerry, a Democrat from Massachusetts and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, answers reporters' questions in New York on March 9, 2012, after meeting at a seminar North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho, the country's chief envoy to the six-party talks on the North's denuclearization. South Korea's former Unification Minister Lim Dong Won, who also attended the seminar, said on March 20 that Ho requested Kelly to visit North Korea and that Kelly expressed his intention to accept.

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S. Korean delegation heads to N. Korea to prepare for 2nd summit

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Vice Unification Minister Lee Kwan Se (C) leaves the Inter Korea Transit Office in Paju, near the border village of Panmunjom, for Pyongyang on Sept. 18 for preparatory work on the second inter-Korean summit set for Oct. 2-4.

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2 Koreas resume high-level talks

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Unification Minister Chung Dong Young (R) shakes hands with Vice Unification Minister Rhee Bong Jo before Rhee's departure for talks with North Korea. Rhee was leading a South Korean team to the talks in the North's border town of Kaesong.

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Kim reshuffles cabinet, 8 ministers replaced

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Kim Dae Jung reshuffled his cabinet Jan. 29, replacing eight of the 19 cabinet ministers, including former Vice Unification Minister Jeong Se Hyun (file photo) who was named unification minister.

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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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Inter-Korea talks in Beijing fail

Vice ministerial-level talks between North and South Korea break down in Beijing on July 2 over agenda priorities. Photo shows chief South Korean delegate, Vice Unification Minister Yang Young Shik, leaving a press conference at a Beijing hotel after the talks. Both sides failed to fix a date for the next round of talks.

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Two Koreas resume talks

Yang Young Shik, South Korean Vice Unification Minister, and Pak Yong Su, deputy director of North Korea' Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Fatherland, shake hands prior to resumption of their vice minister-level meeting at a Beijing hotel July 1.

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N., S. Korea agree to discuss separated family issue

North and South Korea agree on June 26 to put priority on discussing families separated after the Korean War. The photo shows South Korea's delegation head, Vice Unification Minister Yang Young Shik, meeting the press after a two-hour vice minister-level meeting at a Beijing hotel.

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N., S. Korea resume talks

South Korea's Vice Unification Minister Yang Young Shik (R) shakes hands with Pak Yong Su (L), deputy director of North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Fatherland, at a Beijing hotel June 26, resuming inter-Korean vice minister-level talks.

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South, North Korea begin vice-ministerial talks

Pak Yong Su (L), vice director of the North Korean Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Fatherland, and Yang Young Shik (R), South Korean Vice Unification Minister, begin the first bilateral vice-ministerial talks in 14 months at Beijing's Kempinski Hotel on June 22.

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Inter-Korean talks begin in Beijing

Yang Young Shik (R), South Korean Vice Unification Minister, and Pak Yong Su (L), vice director of the North Korean Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Fatherland, shake hands prior to the start of bilateral vice-ministerial talks at Kempinski Hotel in Beijing on June 22.

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2 Koreas fail to begin vice-ministerial talks

South Korea's Vice Unification Minister Yang Young Shik, who heads a South Korean delegation at the vice-ministerial talks with North Korea, meets the press in Beijing on June 21 after officials of the two countries failed to begin the talks the same day in the Chinese capital. The North Korean delegation was quoted as saying it would attend the talks only after it confirmed the arrival of 100,000 tons of fertilizer. The South had promised to deliver to North Korea by June 20.

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Kim reshuffles cabinet, 8 ministers replaced

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Kim Dae Jung reshuffled his cabinet Jan. 29, replacing eight of the 19 cabinet ministers, including former Vice Unification Minister Jeong Se Hyun (file photo) who was named unification minister.

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2 Koreas begin vice-ministerial talks to improve ties

South Korean officials, including Vice Unification Minister Hwang Boo Gi (C), leave Seoul on Dec. 11, 2015, for the North Korean border city of Kaesong to attend vice-ministerial talks to discuss ways to improve bilateral ties following heightened cross-border military tensions in August. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean delegation visits N. Korea

A delegation of South Korean government and company officials, led by Vice Unification Minister Chun Hae Sung (3rd from L), leaves Dorasan, north of Seoul, for the North Korean border city of Kaesong to prepare for the opening of a joint liaison office there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean delegation heads to N. Korea to prepare for 2nd summit

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Vice Unification Minister Lee Kwan Se (C) leaves the Inter Korea Transit Office in Paju, near the border village of Panmunjom, for Pyongyang on Sept. 18 for preparatory work on the second inter-Korean summit set for Oct. 2-4. (Kyodo)

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Lee leaves for Kaesong to prepare for inter-Korean summit

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Vice Unification Minister Lee Kwan Se (C) speaks to journalists, as Unification Minister Lee Jae Jeong (L) looks on, before leaving for the North Korean border city of Kaesong on Aug. 14 to attend preparatory talks for a second inter-Korean summit. (Kyodo)

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2 Koreas resume high-level talks

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Unification Minister Chung Dong Young (R) shakes hands with Vice Unification Minister Rhee Bong Jo before Rhee's departure for talks with North Korea. Rhee was leading a South Korean team to the talks in the North's border town of Kaesong. (Kyodo)

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Kerry requested for visiting North by minister

NEW YORK, United States - U.S. Sen. John Kerry, a Democrat from Massachusetts and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, answers reporters' questions in New York on March 9, 2012, after meeting at a seminar North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho, the country's chief envoy to the six-party talks on the North's denuclearization. South Korea's former Unification Minister Lim Dong Won, who also attended the seminar, said on March 20 that Ho requested Kelly to visit North Korea and that Kelly expressed his intention to accept. (Kyodo)

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Inter-Korean talks

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon (far R) and North Korea's Kim Yong Chol (far L), vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, hold talks in Pyongyang on July 5, 2018. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Inter-Korean talks

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon (L) and North Korea's Kim Yong Chol, vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, shake hands in Pyongyang on July 5, 2018. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Preparatory meeting for inter-Korean summit

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon (C), Vice Unification Minister Chun Hae Sung (L) and presidential spokesman Yoon Young Chan leave Seoul on March 29, 2018, for the truce village of Panmunjeom to meet with North Korean officials with the aim of working out details of an inter-Korean summit slated for late April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Preparatory meeting for inter-Korean summit

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung Gyon (C) speaks to reporters in Seoul on March 29, 2018, before heading to a meeting with North Korean officials to work out details of an inter-Korean summit slated for late April. On his left is Vice Unification Minister Chun Hae Sung and presidential spokesman Yoon Young Chan on his right. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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North plan to join Pyeongchang Olympics

South Korean Vice Unification Minister Chun Hae Sung (R) explains in Seoul on Jan. 17, 2018, the North's plan to join the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in February following vice ministerial talks between the two Koreas in the truce village of Panmunjeom earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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North plan to join Pyeongchang Olympics

South Korean Vice Unification Minister Chun Hae Sung explains in Seoul on Jan. 17, 2018, the North's plan to join the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in February following vice ministerial talks between the two Koreas in the truce village of Panmunjeom earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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North plan to join Pyeongchang Olympics

South Korean Vice Unification Minister Chun Hae Sung (C) explains in Seoul on Jan. 17, 2018, the North's plan to join the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in February following vice ministerial talks between the two Koreas in the truce village of Panmunjeom earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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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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