photo: UN / Evan Schneider
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks at the 2011 Yonhap International Press Photo Awards in Seoul, Republic of Korea.
photo: AP / Chosun Shinbo via Yonhap
In this undated photo released from North Korea's Chosun Shinbo via Yonhap, the front and back designs of North Korea's new paper currency after its recent reform are shown.
photo: UN / Evan Schneider
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks at the Yonhap International Press Photo Awards on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Seoul, Republic of Korea.
photo: AP / Korean Central Television via Yonhap
In this frame grab made off undated North Korea's Korean Central Television (KCTV) footage aired on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008 and distributed by South Korea's Yonhap news agency, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, left, talks with North Korean soldiers as Kim inspects a female military unit in North Korea.
photo: AP / Korean Navy via Yonhap
In this photo released by the Korean Navy via Yonhap, South Korean warships participate in joint military drills with the United States in South Korea's East Sea on Wednesday, July 28, 2010.
photo: AP / Korean Navy via Yonhap
In this photo released by the Korean Navy via Yonhap, South Korean warships participate in joint military drills with the United States, in South Korea's East Sea on Wednesday, July 28, 2010.
photo: AP / Yonhap, Lim Hun-jung
South Korean researchers check air samples for radioactive material at the Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety in Daejeon, South Korea Wednesday, May 27, 2009 following North Korea's second nuclear test Monday.(AP Photo/Yonhap, Lim Hun-jung) ** KOREA OUT **
photo: AP / Coast Guard via Yonhap
In this photo released from the South Korean coast guard via Yonhap, a Chinese fishing boat is seen capsized in western South Korean waters off Gunsan, South Korea, Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010.
photo: AP / Yonhap, Baek Sung-ryul
South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan speaks at a lunchen meeting with a group of European diplomats and business officials in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 19, 2010. Yu said Wednesday it was "obvious" that North Korea sank one of the South's warships in March, killing 46 sailors. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Baek Sung-ryul) **KOREA OUT**
photo: AP Photo / Yonhap
North Korea's spent nuclear fuel rods which are kept in a cooling pond are seen at the nuclear facilities in Yongbyon, North Korea in this 1996 photo, released from Yonhap Friday, Feb. 7, 2003. This was among pictures presented at a U.S.-North Korea Next Steps Workshop in Washington Jan. 27, 2003. In the past month, U.S. spy satellites have detected smoke rising from the once shuttered facilities clusterred around a loop of North Korea's Kuryong River. Trucks arrived and departed, and workers bu
photo: AP / Yonhap,
outh Korea's Yonhap news agency on March 19, 2009, two American journalists Laura Ling, right, and Euna Lee are seen.The two U.S. journalists accused by North Korea of crossing into the country illegally from China and committing "hostile acts" will be tried on criminal charges, North Korea announced Friday April 24, 2009. It did not say exactly what charges they face or when the trial would take place.
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Warren Buffett
photo: AP / Yonhap
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, rear center, Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan , rear third right , Defense Minister Kim Tae-young, rear left, and other cabinet members attend an emergency meeting of the National Security Council to discuss punitive measures against North Korea for its March torpedo attack on a South Korean warship at the presidential house in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, May 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Yonhap) **KOREA OUT**
photo: AP Photo / Yonhap, File
North Korea's spent nuclear fuel rods, kept in a cooling pond, are seen at the nuclear facilities in Yongbyon, North Korea in this December 1996 file photo, released from Yonhap News Agency Friday, Feb. 7, 2003. This was photo was among several presented at a U.S.- North Korea Next Steps Workshop in Washington Jan. 27, 2003. North Korea plans to shut down its Yongbyon nuclear reactor in the second half of July, 2007, the Interfax-China news agency reported, citing an unnamed North Korean officia
photo: UN / Evan Schneider
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (seventh from left) and his wife, Yoo Soon-taek (right of Mr. Ban), pose for a group photo with participants of the Yonhap International Press Photo Awards on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Also pictured are Maher Nasser (front, third from left), Director of the UN Department of Public Information (DPI)’s Outreach Division, and Park Hee-tae (left of Mr. Ban), Speaker of the Republic of Korea’s National Assembly.
photo: AP / Yonhap
These undated photo show two American journalists Laura Ling, rigtht, and Euna Lee.
photo: Xinhua photo
S.Korean Delegation Inspects Overland Trip to Mount Geumgang in DPRK Kxinhua2u
photo: AP / Yonhap, Lee Jae-hyu
South Korea Koreas Nuclear
photo: AP / Yonhap, Bae Jae-man
South Korean special warfare command soldiers participate in a sea infiltration drill in Taean, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010.
photo: AP / KOREA OUT, TV OUT
In this image made from the video of the Korean Broadcasting System, South Korean climber Oh Eun-sun holds her national flag as she reached the summit of the Annapurna in Nepal, Tuesday, April 27, 2010. Oh made history in the Himalayas on Tuesday by becoming the first woman to scale the world's 14 highest mountains, beating a Spanish rival for the record. The letters on the screen read " Oh Eun-sun becomes 1st woman to scale world's 14 highest peaks". Korean Broadcasting System via Yonhap)
photo: AP/Yonhap
North Korea´s spent nuclear fuel rods which are kept in a cooling pond are seen at the nuclear facilities in Yongbyon, North Korea in this 1996 photo, released from Yonhap Friday, Feb. 7, 2003. This was among pictures presented at a U.S.-North Kore
photo: AP Photo/Yonhap
North Korea´s spent nuclear fuel rods, kept which are kept in a cooling pond, are seen at the nuclear facilities in Yongbyon, North Korea in this 1996 photo, released from Yonhap Friday, Feb. 7, 2003. This photo was among several presented at a U.S
photo: AP Photo / Yonhap, Kim Hyun-tae
South Korea Oil Spill
photo: AP/Yonhap, File
** FILE ** North Korea´s spent nuclear fuel rods kept in a cooling pond are seen at the nuclear facilities in Yongbyon, North Korea in this 1996 file photo, released from Yonhap, Feb. 7, 2003. U.N. nuclear monitors arrived in North Korea on Tuesday
photo: AP Photo/Yonhap
North Korea´s spent nuclear fuel rods, kept in a cooling pond, are seen at the nuclear facilities in Yongbyon, North Korea in this 1996 photo, released from Yonhap News Agency Friday, Feb. 7, 2003. This was photo was among several presented at a U.
photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon
former South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung
photo: AP Photo/Sammul Church via Yonhap
In this photo released from Sammul Church via Yonhap Saturday, July 21, 2007, a group of South Korean Christians pose for a memorial photo before leaving for Afghanistan Friday, July 13, 2007 at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, west of Seoul, So
photo: AP / Yonhap, Hyung Min-woo
South Korea´s first domestically manufactured Supersonic Trainer Jets T-50 fly
photo: AP / Yonhap, Lee Jung-hoon
South Korean quarantine officials check on Tamiflu supplies at Incheon International airport, South Korea, Tuesday, April 28, 2009.
photo: AP Photo/Yonhap, Hwang Bong-kyu
Floodwaters cover the town of Kimhae, 300 kilometers (188 miles) southeast of Seoul, South Korea, after torrential rains, Monday, Aug. 12, 2002. Torrential rains in South Korea have left 14 people dead and two others missing. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Hwang Bong