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8th Canneseries - Fasting Love Photocall

HAE JUNG CHO, SAEON LEE, GAKYUNG LEE, YOUNJEONG KIM, CHANG GEUN CHO attends the "Fasting Love" Photocall during the 8th Canneseries International Festival at Plage Du Majestic on April 28, 2025 in Cannes, France. Photo by Shootpix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan, China-S. Korea trade meeting

(From L) Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoji Muto, South Korea's Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Ahn Duk Geun and Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao pose for a photo ahead of their trilateral talks in Seoul on March 30, 2025.

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Japan, China-S. Korea trade meeting

(From L) Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoji Muto, South Korea's Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Ahn Duk Geun and Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao pose for a photo ahead of their trilateral talks in Seoul on March 30, 2025.

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Japan, China-S. Korea trade meeting

Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoji Muto speaks during a meeting with South Korea's Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Ahn Duk Geun and Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao in Seoul on March 30, 2025.

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Squid Game Premiere - LA

Yang Dong-geun arrives at the Los Angeles Premiere And Fan Event For Netflix's 'Squid Game' Season 2 held at the Los Angeles City College on December 12, 2024 in Los Angeles, CA, USA. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Squid Game Premiere - LA

Yang Dong-geun arrives at the Los Angeles Premiere And Fan Event For Netflix's 'Squid Game' Season 2 held at the Los Angeles City College on December 12, 2024 in Los Angeles, CA, USA. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Squid Game Premiere - LA

Yang Dong-geun and Kang Ae-shim arrive at the Los Angeles Premiere And Fan Event For Netflix's 'Squid Game' Season 2 held at the Los Angeles City College on December 12, 2024 in Los Angeles, CA, USA. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Squid Game Premiere - LA

Yang Dong-geun and Kang Ae-shim arrive at the Los Angeles Premiere And Fan Event For Netflix's 'Squid Game' Season 2 held at the Los Angeles City College on December 12, 2024 in Los Angeles, CA, USA. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Squid Game Premiere - LA

Yang Dong-geun arrives at the Los Angeles Premiere And Fan Event For Netflix's 'Squid Game' Season 2 held at the Los Angeles City College on December 12, 2024 in Los Angeles, CA, USA. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Squid Game Premiere - LA

Yang Dong-geun arrives at the Los Angeles Premiere And Fan Event For Netflix's 'Squid Game' Season 2 held at the Los Angeles City College on December 12, 2024 in Los Angeles, CA, USA. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Squid Game Premiere - LA

Jo Yu-ri, Lee Seo-hwan, Lee Byung-hun, Yim Si-wan, Lee Jung-jae, Yang Dong-geun and Kang Ae-shim arrive at the Los Angeles Premiere And Fan Event For Netflix's 'Squid Game' Season 2 held at the Los Angeles City College on December 12, 2024 in Los Angeles, CA, USA. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Squid Game Premiere - LA

Jo Yu-ri, Lee Seo-hwan, Lee Byung-hun, Yim Si-wan, Lee Jung-jae, Yang Dong-geun and Kang Ae-shim arrive at the Los Angeles Premiere And Fan Event For Netflix's 'Squid Game' Season 2 held at the Los Angeles City College on December 12, 2024 in Los Angeles, CA, USA. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Squid Game Premiere - LA

Jo Yu-ri, Lee Byung-hun, Lee Seo-hwan, Hwang Dong-hyuk, Yim Si-wan, Lee Jung-jae, Yang Dong-geun and Kang Ae-shim arrive at the Los Angeles Premiere And Fan Event For Netflix's 'Squid Game' Season 2 held at the Los Angeles City College on December 12, 2024 in Los Angeles, CA, USA. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Squid Game Premiere - LA

Jo Yu-ri, Lee Byung-hun, Lee Seo-hwan, Hwang Dong-hyuk, Yim Si-wan, Lee Jung-jae, Yang Dong-geun and Kang Ae-shim arrive at the Los Angeles Premiere And Fan Event For Netflix's 'Squid Game' Season 2 held at the Los Angeles City College on December 12, 2024 in Los Angeles, CA, USA. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Squid Game Premiere - LA

Jo Yu-ri, Lee Byung-hun, Lee Seo-hwan, Hwang Dong-hyuk, Yim Si-wan, Lee Jung-jae, Yang Dong-geun and Kang Ae-shim arrive at the Los Angeles Premiere And Fan Event For Netflix's 'Squid Game' Season 2 held at the Los Angeles City College on December 12, 2024 in Los Angeles, CA, USA. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan-S. Korea-U.S. ministerial trade meeting

(From L) Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Ken Saito, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and their South Korean counterpart Ahn Duk Geun pose for a photo as they meet in Washington on June 26, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japan-S. Korea trade ministerial meeting

Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Ken Saito (L) shakes hands with his South Korean counterpart Ahn Duk Geun ahead of their talks in Washington on June 26, 2024.

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240625) -- BEIJING, June 25, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on June 24, 2024 shows the battery plant fire site in Hwaseong, South Korea. South Korean fire department officials said late Monday night that around 17 Chinese nationals were killed in the Hwaseong battery plant fire on the day earlier, but the exact number still needs to be further confirmed. South Korean officials, including Gyeonggi Province Second Vice Governor Oh Who-seok, Hwaseong City Mayor Jeong Myeong-geun, and officials from the fire department, briefed Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Xing Haiming on the accident and the progress of search and rescue efforts at the scene. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Yao Qilin)

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240625) -- BEIJING, June 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on June 24, 2024 shows the battery plant fire site in Hwaseong, South Korea. South Korean fire department officials said late Monday night that around 17 Chinese nationals were killed in the Hwaseong battery plant fire on the day earlier, but the exact number still needs to be further confirmed. South Korean officials, including Gyeonggi Province Second Vice Governor Oh Who-seok, Hwaseong City Mayor Jeong Myeong-geun, and officials from the fire department, briefed Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Xing Haiming on the accident and the progress of search and rescue efforts at the scene. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)

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17 Chinese nationals feared dead in Hwaseong battery plant fire: official

STORY: 17 Chinese nationals feared dead in Hwaseong battery plant fire: official SHOOTING TIME: June 24, 2024 DATELINE: June 25, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:12 LOCATION: HWASEONG, South Korea CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the battery plant after fire 2. various of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol visiting the fire accident site 3. various of the battery plant after fire STORYLINE: South Korean fire department officials said late Monday night that around 17 Chinese nationals were killed in the Hwaseong battery plant fire on the day earlier, but the exact number still needs to be further confirmed. South Korean officials, including Gyeonggi Province Second Vice Governor Oh Who-seok, Hwaseong City Mayor Jeong Myeong-geun, and officials from the fire department, briefed Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Xing Haiming on the accident and the progress of search and rescue efforts at the scene. South Korean officials said the accident has killed 22 people, 17 of them presumably to be Chinese national

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(SpotNews)SOUTH KOREA-HWASEONG-BATTERY PLANT FIRE

(240625) -- HWASEONG, June 25, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Xing Haiming (3rd L) learns about the rescue work at a command center at the site of a battery plant fire in Hwaseong, South Korea, June 24, 2024. South Korean fire department officials said late Monday night that around 17 Chinese nationals were killed in the Hwaseong battery plant fire on the day earlier, but the exact number still needs to be further confirmed. South Korean officials, including Gyeonggi Province Second Vice Governor Oh Who-seok, Hwaseong City Mayor Jeong Myeong-geun, and officials from the fire department, briefed Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Xing Haiming on the accident and the progress of search and rescue efforts at the scene. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Lu Rui)

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(SpotNews)SOUTH KOREA-HWASEONG-BATTERY PLANT FIRE

(240625) -- HWASEONG, June 25, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Xing Haiming (1st R) learns about the accident at the site of a battery plant fire in Hwaseong, South Korea, June 24, 2024. South Korean fire department officials said late Monday night that around 17 Chinese nationals were killed in the Hwaseong battery plant fire on the day earlier, but the exact number still needs to be further confirmed. South Korean officials, including Gyeonggi Province Second Vice Governor Oh Who-seok, Hwaseong City Mayor Jeong Myeong-geun, and officials from the fire department, briefed Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Xing Haiming on the accident and the progress of search and rescue efforts at the scene. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Lu Rui)

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(SpotNews)SOUTH KOREA-HWASEONG-BATTERY PLANT FIRE

(240625) -- HWASEONG, June 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Xing Haiming (1st R) learns about the accident at the site of a battery plant fire in Hwaseong, South Korea, June 24, 2024. South Korean fire department officials said late Monday night that around 17 Chinese nationals were killed in the Hwaseong battery plant fire on the day earlier, but the exact number still needs to be further confirmed. South Korean officials, including Gyeonggi Province Second Vice Governor Oh Who-seok, Hwaseong City Mayor Jeong Myeong-geun, and officials from the fire department, briefed Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Xing Haiming on the accident and the progress of search and rescue efforts at the scene. (Xinhua/Lu Rui)

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(SpotNews)SOUTH KOREA-HWASEONG-BATTERY PLANT FIRE

(240625) -- HWASEONG, June 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Xing Haiming (3rd L) learns about the rescue work at a command center at the site of a battery plant fire in Hwaseong, South Korea, June 24, 2024. South Korean fire department officials said late Monday night that around 17 Chinese nationals were killed in the Hwaseong battery plant fire on the day earlier, but the exact number still needs to be further confirmed. South Korean officials, including Gyeonggi Province Second Vice Governor Oh Who-seok, Hwaseong City Mayor Jeong Myeong-geun, and officials from the fire department, briefed Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Xing Haiming on the accident and the progress of search and rescue efforts at the scene. (Xinhua/Lu Rui)

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Ex-Japan spokesman in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Japan's former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yohei Kono (L) and South Korean President-elect Park Geun Hye shake hands before their talks in Seoul on Feb. 14, 2013. Japan may be reviewing Kono's 1993 statement that acknowledged the Japanese military's involvement in the forced recruitment of women into sexual servitude.

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S. Korean president, UNESCO head hold talks in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Park Geun Hye (far R) hold talks with Irina Bokova (far L), director general of the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on Feb. 4, 2014.

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S. Korean President Park greets UNESCO head Bokova

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Park Geun Hye (R) greets Irina Bokova, director general of the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, ahead of their talks at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on Feb. 4, 2014.

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Official campaign starts for S. Korea's presidential election

DAEGU, South Korea, April 17 Kyodo - South Korean presidential candidate Moon Jae In of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea poses with supporters in Daegu as official campaigning begins on April 17, 2017. Polls have shown that frontrunner Moon maintains a slight lead over Ahn Cheol Soo of the People's Party in the race to replace ousted President Park Geun Hye in the May 9 election.

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Supporters anguished as former S. Korean President Park arrested

SEOUL, South Korea, March 31 Kyodo - Supporters of ousted South Korean President Park Geun Hye show their emotions after seeing off a car carrying her to a Seoul detention center in the early hours of March 31, 2017. Park was detained after a Seoul court issued an arrest warrant in connection with the corruption and abuse-of-power scandal that ended her presidency.

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Rally in Seoul seeks resignation of S. Korean President Park

SEOUL, South Korea, Nov. 1 Kyodo - People stage a rally in Seoul on Nov. 1, 2016, to seek the resignation of South Korean President Park Geun Hye over an influence-peddling scandal involving a longtime friend.

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Abe, Park hold 1st talks amid row over "comfort women" issue

SEOUL, Nov. 2 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) shakes hands with South Korean President Park Geun Hye ahead of their first one-on-one meeting at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on Nov. 2, 2015. (Pool photo)

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Park says she is open to "meaningful" summit with Abe

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Park Geun Hye attends a New Year's press conference in Seoul on Jan. 12, 2015. She said she is open to a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe but that an environment should be created to make the summit "successful and meaningful."

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President Park at New Year press conference in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Park Geun Hye gives her beginning-of-year press conference on Jan. 12, 2015, at the office of the president in Seoul.

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Japanese, S. Korean vice foreign ministers meet for talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki (L) and Cho Tae Yong, South Korea's first vice foreign minister, meet at the South Korean Foreign Ministry in Seoul on Dec. 29, 2014, at a time when Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Park Geun Hye have still not held a one-on-one summit since taking office in 2012 and 2013, respectively, due to strained bilateral ties.

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S. Korean protesters stop car carrying Japanese reporter

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of a South Korean conservative group block a car carrying Tatsuya Kato, former Seoul bureau chief of Japan's Sankei Shimbun newspaper, in front of the Seoul Central District Court in this file photo taken on Nov. 27. 2014. Kato has been indicted on charges of defaming South Korean President Park Geun Hye. Local police sent papers on three of the protesters to prosecutors for damaging the vehicle on Dec. 24.

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S. Korea president's brother summoned over document leakage

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Ji Man (C), the younger brother of South Korean President Park Geun Hye, responds to the press in Seoul on Dec. 15, 2014. He was summoned to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office for questioning regarding the leakage of presidential document.

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S. Korean paper workers guard against prosecution raid

SEOUL, South Korea - Workers at the South Korean daily Segye Ilbo stand guard against prosecutors' possible raid under a banner reading "We will fight for freedom of the press" at its head office in Seoul on Dec. 6, 2014. The paper reported that President Park Geun Hye's former close aide had meddled in government personnel affairs.

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Japan business lobby head meets with S. Korean pres.

SEOUL, South Korea - Japan Business Federation Chairman Sadayuki Sakakibara (R) shakes hands with South Korean President Park Geun Hye ahead of their talks at the presidential office in Seoul on Dec. 1, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Japan business lobby head meets with S. Korean pres.

SEOUL, South Korea - Japan Business Federation Chairman Sadayuki Sakakibara answers reporters' questions at a hotel in Seoul on Dec. 1, 2014, after holding talks with South Korean President Park Geun Hye.

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Japan, S. Korea business leaders meet in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of the Japan Business Federation and the Federation of Korean Industries hold a meeting for the first time in seven years in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 1, 2014. Japanese delegates, including Chairman Sadayuki Sakakibara (2nd from L on the front row), are also scheduled to meet with South Korean President Park Geun Hye later in the day.

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Reporter pleads not guilty to defaming S. Korean pres.

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of a conservative South Korean civic group protest against a car carrying Tatsuya Kato, former chief of the Seoul bureau of the Japanese mass-circulation daily Sankei Shimbun, in the South Korean capital on Nov. 27, 2014, after Kato pleaded not guilty at the first preliminary hearing at the Seoul Central District Court on charges of defaming South Korean President Park Geun Hye in an article about her whereabouts during the deadly ferry disaster in April.

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Japanese reporter pleads not guilty to defaming S. Korean president

SEOUL, South Korea - Tatsuya Kato, former chief of the Seoul bureau of the Japanese mass-circulation daily Sankei Shimbun, appears at the Seoul Central District Court in the South Korean capital on Nov. 27, 2014, for the first preliminary hearing on charges of defaming South Korean President Park Geun Hye in an article about her whereabouts during the deadly ferry disaster in April. Kato pleaded not guilty at the hearing.

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Japanese reporter pleads not guilty to defaming S. Korean president

SEOUL, South Korea - Tatsuya Kato, former chief of the Seoul bureau of the Japanese mass-circulation daily Sankei Shimbun, appears at the Seoul Central District Court in the South Korean capital on Nov. 27, 2014, for the first preliminary hearing on charges of defaming South Korean President Park Geun Hye in an article about her whereabouts during the deadly ferry disaster in April. Kato pleaded not guilty at the hearing.

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East Asia Summit in Myanmar

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - The ninth East Asia Summit is held in Myanmar's capital Naypyitaw on Nov. 13, 2014. The participants include Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, South Korean President Park Geun Hye, U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

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East Asia Summit in Myanmar

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Leaders attending the ninth East Asia Summit gather for group photos in Myanmar's capital Naypyitaw on Nov. 13, 2014. The participants include Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, South Korean President Park Geun Hye, U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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APEC summit in Beijing

BEIJING, China - South Korean President Park Geun Hye (L, facing the camera) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) leave after posing for group photos along with the leaders of other member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Beijing on Nov. 11, 2014, the last day of a two-day APEC summit. (Pool photo)

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APEC summit in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Combination photo shows (top) a handshake between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping, and (bottom) that between South Korean President Park Geun Hye (L) and Xi, in Beijing on Nov. 11, 2014 during a summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Chinese Pres. Xi and S. Korean Pres. Park at APEC summit

BEIJING, China - South Korean President Park Geun Hye (L) poses for photos with Chinese President Xi Jinping (C) and his wife Peng Liyuan at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in the Chinese capital on Nov. 10, 2014, prior to a dinner party for leaders of the member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Chinese Pres. Xi and S. Korean Pres. Park at APEC summit

BEIJING, China - Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) and South Korean President Park Geun Hye shake hands at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in the Chinese capital on Nov. 10, 2014, prior to a dinner party for leaders of the member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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China, S. Korea give green light to free trade pact

BEIJING, China - Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) and South Korean President Park Geun Hye shake hands at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 10, 2014. Meeting on the sidelines of the Nov. 10-11 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit, the two leaders gave the effective go-ahead to a bilateral free trade agreement, South Korean government officials said. (Pool photo)