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Japan, S. Korea agree on trilateral work on N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Yukio Takeuchi (L) and Yim Sung Joon, South Korean President Kim Dae Jung's envoy, shake hands at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 11. The two officials agreed that Japan, South Korea and the United States should work together to bring the North Korea nuclear crisis to a peaceful resolution.

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U.S. reiterates intention to resume dialogue with N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - (From L to R) U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs James Kelly, South Korean Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Yim Sung Joon and Hitoshi Tanaka, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, shake hands before the start of a trilateral policy consultation meeting in Seoul on Jan. 25. At the meeting, the U.S. reiterated its intention to resume the currently stalled dialogue with North Korea ''without preconditions'' and urged Pyongyang to respond positively.

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Japan, S. Korea, U.S. call for N. Korean antiterrorism actions

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - (from L to R) Hitoshi Tanaka, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Bureau, James Kelly, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, and Yim Sung Joon, South Korean deputy minister of foreign affairs and trade, shakes hands before they meet in a meeting of the Trilateral Coordination and Oversight Group. They called on North Korea to strengthen its cooperation in global efforts to combat terrorism following the Sept. 11 attacks in New York and Washington.

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Trilateral talks on N. Korea policies begin in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) James Kelly, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, Kunihiko Makita, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, and Yim Sung Joon, South Korean deputy minister for foreign affairs, pose for picture in Tokyo on Sept. 6 before they begin trilateral talks to coordinate their policies toward North Korea.

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Trilateral talks on N. Korea begin in Honolulu

HONOLULU, United States - Yim Sung Joon (L), South Korean deputy foreign minister, James Kelly (C), U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, and Kunihiko Makita (R), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Foreign Ministry of Japan, shake hands at the start of talks on North Korea in Honolulu, Hawaii, on May 26.

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S. Korea wants Japan to revise school textbooks

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's Deputy Foreign Minister Yim Sung Joon holds a news conference in Seoul on April 10 on Japan's approval of school history textbooks that Seoul says contain distortions of facts. He said his government wants the textbooks ''to be rewritten, avoiding wrong descriptions of past history.''

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S. Korea, Japan, U.S. agree on policy coordination on N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Kunihiko Makita (L), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at Japan's Foreign Ministry, South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Yim Sung Joon (C), and Thomas Hubbard, U.S. acting assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, join hands before their trilateral talks in a hotel in Seoul on March 26. They agreed to maintain close consultation and coordination of policy on North Korea.

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U.S. reiterates intention to resume dialogue with N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - (From L to R) U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs James Kelly, South Korean Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Yim Sung Joon and Hitoshi Tanaka, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, shake hands before the start of a trilateral policy consultation meeting in Seoul on Jan. 25. At the meeting, the U.S. reiterated its intention to resume the currently stalled dialogue with North Korea ''without preconditions'' and urged Pyongyang to respond positively.

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Japan, S. Korea agree on trilateral work on N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Yukio Takeuchi (L) and Yim Sung Joon, South Korean President Kim Dae Jung's envoy, shake hands at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 11. The two officials agreed that Japan, South Korea and the United States should work together to bring the North Korea nuclear crisis to a peaceful resolution. (Kyodo)

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Trilateral talks on N. Korea begin in Honolulu

HONOLULU, United States - Yim Sung Joon (L), South Korean deputy foreign minister, James Kelly (C), U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, and Kunihiko Makita (R), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Foreign Ministry of Japan, shake hands at the start of talks on North Korea in Honolulu, Hawaii, on May 26.

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S. Korea wants Japan to revise school textbooks

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's Deputy Foreign Minister Yim Sung Joon holds a news conference in Seoul on April 10 on Japan's approval of school history textbooks that Seoul says contain distortions of facts. He said his government wants the textbooks ''to be rewritten, avoiding wrong descriptions of past history.''

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S. Korea, Japan, U.S. agree on policy coordination on N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Kunihiko Makita (L), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at Japan's Foreign Ministry, South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Yim Sung Joon (C), and Thomas Hubbard, U.S. acting assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, join hands before their trilateral talks in a hotel in Seoul on March 26. They agreed to maintain close consultation and coordination of policy on North Korea.