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Date: 1999-06-17
Title: Police patrol Cologne
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Policemen patrol outside the famed Cologne Dome on June 17, the day before the opening of the annual Group of Eight (G-8) summit.
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Date: 1999-07-07
Title: Prince Akishino in Bangkok
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BANGKOK, Thailand - Japanese Prince Akishino and his wife Princess Kiko visit a school for the deaf in Bangkok on July 6, the third day of their four-day visit to Thailand.
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Date: 1999-07-06
Title: Prince Akishino meets King Bhumibol
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HUA HIN, Thailand - Japanese Prince Akishino (L) and his wife Princess Kiko (R) meet Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit at the Royal Detached Palace in Hua Hin, a coastal resort 125 kilometers southwest of Bangkok, on July 5.
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Date: 1999-06-30
Title: Rescuers search for people missing in torrential rain
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Rescue workers search for missing people June 30 in a house which was destroyed by a torrential rain-triggered landslide in Hiroshima. The death toll from heavy rain in western Japan rose to 23 after police and Self-Defense Forces rescuers recovered 11 bodies during an all-night search.
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Date: 1999-06-15
Title: Ruins of Asuka period garden pond found in Nara
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The 1,300-year-old remains of what may possibly be the first garden pond ever built for an imperial palace in Japan have been found in the village of Asuka in Nara Prefecture, western Japan. The find suggests that an imperial pond fashioned after those in China and the Korean Peninsula existed before Japan's first capital was established in nearby Fujiwarakyo in 694.
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Date: 1999-06-30
Title: S. Korea lifts ban on Japanese products
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A young Korean couple checks Japanese electronic appliances at a shop in downtown Seoul on June 30. South Korea lifted a decades-old ban on imports of Japanese products earlier in the day.
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Date: 1999-06-15
Title: S. Korea warns N. Korea against 'armed provocation'
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A spokesman for the South Korean Defense Ministry briefs reporters at the ministry June 15 about an exchange of gunfire earlier in the day between North and South Korean naval vessels near the disputed buffer zone in the Yellow Sea. South Korea warned North Korea against ''any more armed provocation.''
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Date: 1999-06-12
Title: S. Korea warns N. Korea over intrusion
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The South Korean Defense Ministry on June 9 warns that North Korea must stop its patrol boats from repeatedly intruding into South Korea's territorial waters in the Yellow Sea. The photo shows a military leader explaining about the North Korean intrusion to the press at the Defense Agency.
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Date: 1999-06-14
Title: S. Korean marines guard against N. Korean boats
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South Korean marines on a ship in the Yellow Sea guard on June 13 against North Korean patrol boats which South Korea says invaded its territorial waters. On the day, North Korea agreed to attend general-level talks planned for June 15 by the United Nations Command to discuss its naval standoff with South Korea.
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Date: 1999-06-17
Title: S. Korean Pres. Kim speaks at IOC opening session
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South Korean President Kim Dae Jung delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the 109th Session of the International Olympic Committee in Seoul on June 16.
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Date: 1999-06-16
Title: S. Korean tanks near Panmunjom truce village
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South Korean tanks move down a road near the truce village of Panmunjom on June 15 following the exchange of gunfire between North and South Korean naval vessels in disputed waters in the Yellow Sea.
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Date: 1999-06-29
Title: S. Korean World Cup committee seeks Japan's cooperation
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Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (L) shakes hands with Park Seh Jik, the head of South Korea's organizing committee for the 2002 World Cup soccer finals, before their meeting at Obuchi's official residence in Tokyo on June 28. In the meeting, Park asked Obuchi for the Japanese government's cooperation in making the unprecedented co-hosting of the tournament a success.
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Date: 1999-06-25
Title: S. Koreans protest against Japan's plutonium shipment
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Members of the Korean Federation of Environmental Movements (KFEM) stage a rally in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on June 25 to protest Japan's planned shipment of plutonium expected to pass through the Korea Strait.
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Date: 1999-06-22
Title: Saeki wins at Winbledon
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Japan's Miho Saeki advances to the second round of the women's draw by defeating Christina Papadaki of Greece 6-3, 6-2 on the opening day of the Wimbledon tennis championships June 21.
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Date: 1999-07-05
Title: Sampras clinches 6th Wimbledon singles title
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WIMBLEDON, Britain - Pete Sampras of the United States holds aloft the winner's cup on the center court at Wimbledon on July 4 after overwhelming Andre Agassi of the U.S. in straight sets -- 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 -- to capture his sixth Wimbledon title.
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