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State Dinner Honoring Indian PM Modi - Washington

Philip Gordon, right, Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor to the Vice President, and Mrs. Rachel Gordon, arrive to attend a state dinner in honor of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted by US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, June 22, 2023. Biden and Modi announced a series of defense and commercial deals designed to improve military and economic ties between their nations during a state visit at the White House today. Photo by Ting Shen/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Serbia's 2nd Confucius Institute marks 9th anniversary

STORY: Serbia's 2nd Confucius Institute marks 9th anniversary DATELINE: May 28, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:18 LOCATION: NOVI SAD, Serbia CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of the celebration 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Serbian): ZOLT SAKALAS, Vice-president of provincial government of Vojvodina 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Serbian): BOJAN TUBIC, Serbia's assistant minister of education 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): CHEN HUI, Chinese director of Confucius Institute at University of Novi Sad STORYLINE: The Confucius Institute at the University of Novi Sad in Serbia marked its 9th anniversary on Saturday. SOUNDBITE 1 (Serbian): ZOLT SAKALAS, Vice-president of provincial government of Vojvodina "I deeply believe that the paths of culture and education are really the best way for our peoples to get closer to each other, to get to know and recognize each other, to exchange centuries-old knowledge and experiences." SOUNDBITE 2 (Serbian): BOJAN TUBIC, Serbia's assistant minister of education "I would especially like to emphasize the participat

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CHINA-BEIJING-COMMERCE-PRESS CONFERENCE (CN)

(230302) -- BEIJING, March 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- China's Commerce Minister Wang Wentao (2nd L), Vice Commerce Minister Wang Shouwen (2nd R), and assistant minister of commerce Chen Chunjiang (1st R) attend a press conference on building up confidence, making great efforts, and taking new steps for high-quality development of commerce held by the State Council Information Office in Beijing, capital of China, March 2, 2023. (Xinhua/Pan Xu)

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U.S. diplomat in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Daniel Russel (L), U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, holds talks with South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou Hyun in Seoul on Sept. 6, 2013.

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Japan-U.S. defense guidelines

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Senior Vice Defense Minister Akihisa Nagashima meets the press in Washington on Nov. 9, 2012, after holding talks separately with U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and Kurt Campbell, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs. The two sides agreed to start talks on reviewing the bilateral defense guidelines that define the coordination of Japan's Self-Defense Forces and the U.S. military, Nagashima said.

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U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Campbell

TOKYO, Japan - Kurt Campbell, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2011, after a meeting with Parliamentary Senior Vice Foreign Minister Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi at the Foreign Ministry. Campbell conveyed to Yamaguchi that the United States would like to invite Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba to Washington by the end of 2011 for talks with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. According to a Japanese official, the two also discussed the planned relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station within Okinawa Prefecture and Japan's efforts in deciding whether to join talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact.

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6-way envoys begin talks over N. Korea nuclear verification

BEIJING, China - Christopher Hill (2nd from L), U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, and North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan (R) are among the delegates attending the first day of the six-party talks on denuclearizing North Korea on Dec. 8 at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. (Pool photo)

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U.S., N. Korea fall short of consensus on nuclear verification

SINGAPORE, Singapore - North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan talks to reporters in Singapore on Dec. 5 after a meeting with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill. The top nuclear envoys met to lay the groundwork for next week's six-party talks but fell short of reaching a consensus on how to mention steps to verify Pyongyang's nuclear information in a proposed six-party document.

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N. Korean negotiator arrives in Beijing before talks with U.S.

BEIJING, China - North Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan (photo) arrived in Beijing from Pyongyang on March 11, before heading to Geneva for talks with Christopher Hill, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, later this week on denuclearizing North Korea.

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U.S., N. Korea negotiators meet over nuke disablement

BEIJING, China - Christopher Hill, U.S. assistant secretary for East Asian and Pacific affairs, speaks to reporters at a hotel in Beijing on Oct. 31 before his talks with North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan.

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N. Korea's nuclear negotiator in Beijing

BEIJING, China - North Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan waves as he arrives at Beijing international airport on Oct. 30 ahead of the arrival his U.S. counterpart Christopher Hill, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs. The two are expected to meet in Beijing to discuss North Korea's denuclearization steps.

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Hill, Kim meet ahead of six-nation talks

BEIJING, China - Christopher Hill, assistant U.S. secretary of state for East Asian affairs, talks to reporters after emerging from a meeting with Kim Kye Gwan, North Korea's vice foreign minister, in Beijing on Sept. 26. The bilateral talks were held ahead of the six-party talks on Pyongyang's denuclearization.

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Hill, Kim meet ahead of six-nation talks

BEIJING, China - Kim Kye Gwan, North Korea's vice foreign minister, talks to reporters after emerging from a meeting with Christopher Hill, assistant U.S. secretary of state for East Asian affairs, in Beijing on Sept. 26. The bilateral talks were held ahead of the six-party talks on Pyongyang's denuclearization.

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U.S., N. Korea negotiators meet ahead of 6-way talks

BEIJING, China - Christopher Hill (L), U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, responds to questions from reporters in Beijing on July 17 after talks with North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan. (Pool photo)

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U.S., N. Korea negotiators meet ahead of 6-way talks

BEIJING, China - North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan enters a restaurant in Beijing on July 17 to hold talks with Christopher Hill, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, on the eve of a meeting of chief delegates from the six countries involved in the North Korean denuclearization process. (Pool photo)

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Chinese National Defense Minister Cao to visit Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Agency Vice Minister Takemasa Moriya (R) welcomes Zhang Qinsheng, Chinese People's Liberation Army Assistant to the Chief of General Staff, for talks at the Defense Agency in Tokyo on Nov. 29. They agreed to realize a visit to Japan by Chinese National Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan sometime in 2007, which will end a stalemate of more than three years of top-level defense exchanges between the two countries.

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Hill visits S. Korea over N. Korean issue

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill (L) meets with South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Yu Myung Hwan over the North Korean nuclear program in Seoul on Sept. 11.

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U.S. negotiator Hill accuses N. Korea of boycotting talks

BEIJING, China - U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, the chief U.S. delegate to the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programs, speaks during a news conference after talks with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei in Beijing on May 25. He accused the North of boycotting the deadlocked negotiations.

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Hill, Wu discuss ways to restart 6-way talks on N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Christopher Hill, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, responds to reporters questions at the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo on April 11 ahead of meeting Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei on ways to restart the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programs.

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Hill, Wu discuss ways to restart 6-way talks on N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Christopher Hill (L), U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei (R) shake hands at the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo on April 11 ahead of their talks on ways to restart the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programs.

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Delegates to 6-way talks attend dinner, diplomacy continues

BEIJING, China - U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Christopher Hill (R) and North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan attend a dinner hosted by Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing on July 25. Delegates to the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear ambitions met at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse for the event amid a flurry of diplomacy to prepare for the start of the multilateral negotiations Tuesday. (Pool photo)

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Japan, U.S. to mull ways of reviving tourism

WASHINGTON, United States - Jiro Hanyu (L), Japanese vice land, infrastructure and transport minister for international affairs, and Linda Conlin, U.S. assistant secretary of commerce for trade development, give a joint news conference in Washington on March 5. Japan and the United States agreed to create a public-private consultation body to tackle reviving Japanese tourism in the U.S., which has plunged in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

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Japan, S. Korea strike deal in fisheries talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Pak Jae Yong, assistant vice minister of the South Korean Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, and Seiji Kawamoto, deputy head of the Japanese Fisheries Agency, shake hands after reaching a basic fisheries agreement in Seoul on Dec. 28.

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WHO, G20 members warn of potential "silent pandemic" from antimicrobial resistance

STORY: WHO, G20 members warn of potential "silent pandemic" from antimicrobial resistance DATELINE: Aug. 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:34 LOCATION: BALI, Indonesia CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the meeting 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): HANAN BALKHY, Assistant Director-General for the AMR Division at the WHO 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): DANTE HARBUWONO, Indonesian Vice Health Minister STORYLINE: The World Health Organization and the Group of 20 members warned on Wednesday at a meeting in Indonesia's Bali of a potential "silent pandemic" of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) triggered by overdosage of drugs and antibiotics. This meeting is a side event of the third G20 Health Working Group, which was held from Monday to Tuesday. The Lancet journal published in January said that drug-resistant infections killed 1.27 million people in 2019, more than HIV/AIDS (864,000 deaths) or malaria (643,000 deaths). Assistant Director-General for the AMR Division at the WHO Hanan Balkhy said a stronger health system is import

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Japan, U.S. to mull ways of reviving tourism

WASHINGTON, United States - Jiro Hanyu (L), Japanese vice land, infrastructure and transport minister for international affairs, and Linda Conlin, U.S. assistant secretary of commerce for trade development, give a joint news conference in Washington on March 5. Japan and the United States agreed to create a public-private consultation body to tackle reviving Japanese tourism in the U.S., which has plunged in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

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Chinese National Defense Minister Cao to visit Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Agency Vice Minister Takemasa Moriya (R) welcomes Zhang Qinsheng, Chinese People's Liberation Army Assistant to the Chief of General Staff, for talks at the Defense Agency in Tokyo on Nov. 29. They agreed to realize a visit to Japan by Chinese National Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan sometime in 2007, which will end a stalemate of more than three years of top-level defense exchanges between the two countries. (Kyodo)

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U.S., N. Korea fall short of consensus on nuclear verification

SINGAPORE, Singapore - North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan talks to reporters in Singapore on Dec. 5 after a meeting with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill. The top nuclear envoys met to lay the groundwork for next week's six-party talks but fell short of reaching a consensus on how to mention steps to verify Pyongyang's nuclear information in a proposed six-party document. (Kyodo)

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Japan, S. Korea strike deal in fisheries talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Pak Jae Yong, assistant vice minister of the South Korean Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, and Seiji Kawamoto, deputy head of the Japanese Fisheries Agency, shake hands after reaching a basic fisheries agreement in Seoul on Dec. 28.

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Japan, U.S. to continue talks on flight allocation at Haneda

Hisataka Hiragochi, Japan's assistant vice minister for international aviation, meets with reporters in Washington on Dec. 4, 2015, after Japan and the United States agreed to continue discussing the allocation of daytime slots for flights between Tokyo's Haneda airport and U.S. cities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hill, Kim meet ahead of six-nation talks

BEIJING, China - Christopher Hill, assistant U.S. secretary of state for East Asian affairs, talks to reporters after emerging from a meeting with Kim Kye Gwan, North Korea's vice foreign minister, in Beijing on Sept. 26. The bilateral talks were held ahead of the six-party talks on Pyongyang's denuclearization. (Kyodo)

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Hill, Kim meet ahead of six-nation talks

BEIJING, China - Kim Kye Gwan, North Korea's vice foreign minister, talks to reporters after emerging from a meeting with Christopher Hill, assistant U.S. secretary of state for East Asian affairs, in Beijing on Sept. 26. The bilateral talks were held ahead of the six-party talks on Pyongyang's denuclearization. (Kyodo)

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Hill visits S. Korea over N. Korean issue

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill (L) meets with South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Yu Myung Hwan over the North Korean nuclear program in Seoul on Sept. 11. (Kyodo)

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Delegates to 6-way talks break for 3-week recess

BEIJING, China - Christopher Hill (L), U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei shake hands during a news conference at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Aug. 7. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Delegates to 6-way talks attend dinner, diplomacy continues

BEIJING, China - U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Christopher Hill (R) and North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan attend a dinner hosted by Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing on July 25. Delegates to the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear ambitions met at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse for the event amid a flurry of diplomacy to prepare for the start of the multilateral negotiations Tuesday. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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U.S., N. Korea negotiators meet ahead of 6-way talks

BEIJING, China - North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan enters a restaurant in Beijing on July 17 to hold talks with Christopher Hill, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, on the eve of a meeting of chief delegates from the six countries involved in the North Korean denuclearization process. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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U.S., N. Korea negotiators meet ahead of 6-way talks

BEIJING, China - Christopher Hill (L), U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, responds to questions from reporters in Beijing on July 17 after talks with North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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U.S., N. Korea negotiators meet ahead of 6-way talks

BEIJING, China - Christopher Hill, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, enters a restaurant in Beijing on July 17 to hold talks with North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan on the eve of a meeting of chief delegates from the six countries involved in the North Korean denuclearization process. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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6-way envoys agree on principles of verifying N. Korea report

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (C) and top nuclear negotiators from six countries -- Japanese envoy Akitaka Saiki (L), South Korean envoy Kim Sook (2nd from L), North Korean envoy Kim Kye Gwan (3rd from L), U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill (3rd from R), Russian envoy Alexei Borodavkin (2nd from R) and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei -- pose for photos at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on July 12. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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6-way talks begin with focus on verifying N. Korea report

BEIJING, China - Negotiators to the six-party talks for denuclearizing North Korea join hands at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing July 10 ahead of their meeting aimed at agreeing on ways to verify Pyongyang's disclosure of its nuclear programs. (From L to R) are Christopher Hill, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexei Borodavkin, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei, Kim Sook, South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs of the Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministry, and Akitaka Saiki, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

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(3)6 countries begin talks on N. Korea nukes

BEIJING, China - North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan (back right) listens as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs James Kelly (fore right) speaks during the opening session of the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear ambitions that began at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on June 23. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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(2)6 countries begin talks on N. Korea nukes

BEIJING, China - (From L to R) U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs James Kelly, South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Soo Hyuick, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi, North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan, Mitoji Yabunaka, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, Russian Ambassador at Large Alexander Alexeyev pose before they kick off four days of talks in Beijing on June 23. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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U.S. nuclear negotiator arrives in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Christopher Hill, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, arrives at Beijing's international airport on May 27 for talks with North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan. (Kyodo)

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N. Korean nuclear negotiator arrives in Beijing

BEIJING, China - North Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan waves as he arrives at Beijing's international airport on May 27 for talks with Christopher Hill, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs. (Kyodo)

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U.S. negotiator Hill accuses N. Korea of boycotting talks

BEIJING, China - U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, the chief U.S. delegate to the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programs, speaks during a news conference after talks with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei in Beijing on May 25. He accused the North of boycotting the deadlocked negotiations. (Kyodo)

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Hill, Wu discuss ways to restart 6-way talks on N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Christopher Hill (L), U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei (R) shake hands at the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo on April 11 ahead of their talks on ways to restart the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programs. (Kyodo)

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Hill, Wu discuss ways to restart 6-way talks on N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Christopher Hill, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, responds to reporters questions at the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo on April 11 ahead of meeting Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei on ways to restart the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programs. (Kyodo)

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N. Korean negotiator arrives in Beijing before talks with U.S.

BEIJING, China - North Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan (photo) arrived in Beijing from Pyongyang on March 11, before heading to Geneva for talks with Christopher Hill, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, later this week on denuclearizing North Korea. (Kyodo)

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6-way envoys begin talks over N. Korea nuclear verification

BEIJING, China - Christopher Hill (2nd from L), U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, and North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan (R) are among the delegates attending the first day of the six-party talks on denuclearizing North Korea on Dec. 8 at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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U.S., N. Korea negotiators meet over nuke disablement

BEIJING, China - Christopher Hill, U.S. assistant secretary for East Asian and Pacific affairs, speaks to reporters at a hotel in Beijing on Oct. 31 before his talks with North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan. (Kyodo)

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N. Korea's nuclear negotiator in Beijing

BEIJING, China - North Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan waves as he arrives at Beijing international airport on Oct. 30 ahead of the arrival his U.S. counterpart Christopher Hill, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs. The two are expected to meet in Beijing to discuss North Korea's denuclearization steps. (Kyodo)