S. Korea, Russia voice misgivings over North leaving talks

S. Korea, Russia voice misgivings over North leaving talks

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung Hwan (R) and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov (L) hold talks in Seoul on April 24.

Tanaka grilled in Diet

Tanaka grilled in Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka raises her hand prior to answering a question at a House of Councillors Diplomacy and Defense Committee session June 7. Earlier, Tanaka conveyed to the United States, through her deputy, that contrary to media reports in Japan, she did not express misgivings about the U.S. missile defense policy in private conversations with foreign ministers of Australia, Germany and Italy.

U.S. should fully account for its bio-military activities at home and abroad: spokesperson

STORY: U.S. should fully account for its bio-military activities at home and abroad: spokesperson DATELINE: March 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:33 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Chinese/English interpretation): ZHAO LIJIAN, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE (Chinese/English interpretation): ZHAO LIJIAN, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson "The international community has had grave concerns about U.S. bio-military activities for long. The world has no knowledge about what the U.S. has been doing in Fort Detrick on its territory, and the 336 biological labs overseas, or whether the activities conform to the stipulations of the BWC (Biological Weapons Convention). It is wishful thinking to dispel concerns with few words and irresponsible to call such misgivings of the world disinformation. It is more confounding that if the U.S. did comply with the BWC, why is the U.S. the only country that has opposed setting up multilateral verification mechanisms for 20 yea

S. Korea, Russia voice misgivings over North leaving talks

S. Korea, Russia voice misgivings over North leaving talks

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung Hwan (R) and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov (L) hold talks in Seoul on April 24.(Kyodo)