Press Releases

2008
--07/03/08  Joint Announcement Concerning Megaports Initiative between the Government of the United States and the Government of Japan
--07/03/08  U.S.-Japan Investment Initiative 2008 Report
--07/01/08  Fiji Interim Government Decision to Withdraw from Pacific Islands Forum – Joint Working Group on Fiji
--06/19/08  Sanctions Lifted From China Great Wall Industry Corporation
--06/19/08  Secretary Rice to Travel to Germany, Japan, South Korea, and China
--06/18/08  Burma – Detention of Aung San Suu Kyi; Statement by Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--06/12/08  Release of the Report of the External Independent Investigative Review Panel: United Nations Development Program Activities in North Korea (1999-2007)
--06/11/08  Death of Vo Van Kiet
--06/10/08  Burma – UN Report on Human Rights
--06/03/08  Message on the Nineteenth Anniversary of Tiananmen Square
--05/30/08  Acting Under Secretary Rood Travel to Beijing for the U.S.-China Security Dialogue
--05/25/08  Humanitarian Assistance Conference in Burma
--05/12/08  President Bush Extends Condolences to Victims of Earthquakes in China
--05/09/08  Burma: Permission for Relief Flight (Taken Question)
--04/22/08  Burmese Regime Fails to Provide Proper Medical Care to Political Prisoners
--04/21/08  Under Secretary Dobriansky’s Meeting with the Dalai Lama (Taken Question)
--04/03/08  China: Verdict on Activist Hu Jia
--04/02/08  Burma Continues Pre-Referendum Arrests
--03/25/08  Taiwan – Missile Components (Taken Question)
--03/24/08  North Korea: Six-Party Consultations (Taken Question)
--03/18/08  U.S.-Japan Investment Working Group
--03/15/08  Call for Calm in Tibet; Statement by Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--02/28/08  Burmese Regime’s Referendum Law Continues Climate of Intimidation
--02/11/08  Burmese Regime Announces Sham Referendum
--02/06/08  Thailand: Lifting of Assistance Restrictions
--01/29/08  Burmese Regime Increases Pressure on Democracy Activists
--01/29/08  Japan: Deputy Foreign Minister Sasae’s Meetings in Washington, DC (Taken Question)
--01/24/08  Democracy and Human Rights in Burma
--01/18/08  Conclusion of the Fifth U.S.-PRC Senior Dialogue
--01/10/08  Deputy Secretary of State Negroponte to Visit China and Vietnam
--12/23/07  Thailand Parliamentary Elections
--12/21/07  Burmese Regime Continues Arresting Democracy Activists
--12/21/07  Japan Agrees to Suspend its Hunt of Humpback Whales

2007
--12/12/07  United States and China Announce Cooperation on Illegal Logging and Associated Trade
--12/11/07  North Korea – Visit by the New York Philharmonic (Taken Question)
--12/11/07  United Nations Special Rapporteur Reports on Worsening Situation in Burma
--12/04/07  Burmese Excludes Key Parties from Constitution Drafting
--12/04/07  U.S.-Japan Economic Sub-Cabinet Discussions
--11/29/07  Ongoing Arrests of Political Activists in Burma
--11/26/07  United States Participation in Bali Climate Change Conference
--11/19/07  Cambodia: Recent Arrests of Three Former Khmer Rouge Leaders (Taken Question)
--11/12/07  President Bush To Welcome Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda of Japan
--10/30/07  The United States and New Zealand Pledge To Advance Science Partnership
--10/24/07  Remarks at U.S.-Mongolian Signing Ceremony; John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State; Washington, DC
--10/23/07  Mongolia – Joint Declaration of Principles
--10/23/07  The United States and Mongolia Proliferation Security Initiative Shipboarding Agreement
--10/16/07  Burma: Policy Regarding European Sanctions
--10/15/07  Arrest of Htay Kywe and Other Pro-Democracy Activists
--10/15/07  Envoy Cal Ripken Jr. Embarks on Visit to China
--10/11/07  U.S.-ROK Strategic Consultations for Allied Partnership Sub-Ministerial Session
--10/10/07  Death of Burmese Dissident in Custody
--10/04/07  Burma - Policy Regarding Meetings with Burmese Officials (Taken Question)
--10/03/07  Agreement Announced at Six-Party Talks
--10/03/07  Six-Party Talks -- Second-Phase Actions for the Implementation of the September 2005 Joint Statement
--10/02/07  Burma: Contact with the Regime (Taken Question)
--10/02/07  United States-Pacific Islands Meeting
--09/28/07  Burma: U.S. Targets Additional Burmese Officials Under Visa Ban
--09/28/07  Women Leaders’ Working Group Statement on Burma/Myanmar
--09/27/07  Secretary Rice’s Meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Komura (Taken Question)
--09/27/07  Statement by the President on the Situation in Burma
--09/26/07  Joint US-EU Statement on Burma/Myanmar
--09/24/07  Burma – Ongoing Demonstrations
--09/21/07  ITC Report on United States-Republic of Korea Free Trade Agreement
--09/11/07  Call for Access to Political Prisoners in Burma
--09/06/07  U/S for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery III to visit Indonesia
--09/04/07  Conclusion of the Burmese Regime’s “National Convention”
--09/04/07  Joint Statement on Climate Change and Energy by President Bush and Australian Prime Minister John Howard
--08/31/07  North Korea -- United States Response to Flooding
--08/24/07  President Bush Announces Delegation to 50th Anniversary Celebration of Malaysia's Independence
--08/22/07  Arrest of Pro-Democracy Activists in Burma
--08/08/07  Anniversary of the 1988 Popular Democratic Uprising in Burma
--08/07/07  US-Japan High Level Consultation on Climate
--08/06/07  New Government in Timor-Leste
--08/02/07  United States Contributes $2.3 Million to Support APEC Projects
--07/27/07  ARF/ASEAN: Deputy Secretary Negroponte’s Agenda (Taken Question)
--07/25/07  Japan: F-22 Sales (Taken Question)
--07/24/07  Deputy Secretary of State Negroponte to Lead U.S. Delegation to ASEAN Meetings
--07/24/07  Korea -- Congressional Commission Reuniting Families (Taken Question))
--07/17/07  Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate Policy and Implementation Committee
--07/16/07  Yongbyon Nuclear Facility (Taken Question)
--07/14/07  North Korea -- Shutdown of Yongbyon Facilities
--06/29/07  Burma - DAS John Meeting with Burmese Officials (Taken Question)
--06/29/07  Dalai Lama’s Envoys Meeting with Chinese Officials
--06/27/07  American Craft Artists’ Exhibition in Seoul
--06/27/07  Detention of Phyu Phyu Thinn and Other Political Prisoners
--06/27/07  Hong Kong – Falun Gong Practitioner(s) Denied Entry (Taken Question)
--06/21/07  North Korea – Nuclear Equipment (Taken Question)
--06/18/07  Deputy Secretary Negroponte To Host the U.S.-China Senior Dialogue
--06/12/07  Korea - Six Party Talks; EAP – Ambassador Hill’s Meetings with ROK Vice Foreign Minister Chun Young-woo (Taken Question)
--06/11/07  Hmong Deportations from Thailand
--06/07/07  President Bush to Welcome Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet
--06/06/07  Japan -- Foreign Direct Investment (Taken Question)
--06/06/07  U.S.-Japan Investment Initiative 2007 Report Progress on Opening Japan to Foreign Investment
--06/01/07  Message on the Eighteenth Anniversary of Tiananmen Square
--05/23/07  U.S. Calls for Release of Aung San Suu Kyi and Other Political Prisoners
--05/23/07  U.S. and China Initial Aviation Liberalization Agreement
--05/18/07  ASEAN: Military Engagement With China (Taken Question)
--05/17/07  Statement on Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Burma
--05/15/07  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Host Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Alexander Downer, MP
--05/14/07  Samoa: Death of Malietoa Tanumafili II
--05/01/07  Joint Statement of The U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee
--04/24/07  Cambodia – Police Chief Hok Lundy (Taken Question)
--04/14/07  North Korea's 60-Day Assessment
--04/10/07  Statement on North Korean-Related Funds Frozen at Banco Delta Asia
--04/06/07  United States / Australia Joint Statement on Forests and Climate
--04/04/07  President and Mrs. Bush to Welcome Prime Minister of Japan and Mrs. Abe to the White House
--04/03/07  Solomon Islands: Early Morning Earthquake and Tsunami
--04/03/07  Statement on U.S. Delegation to North Korea
--04/02/07  United States and Korea Conclude Historic Trade Agreement
--03/29/07  U.S. Welcomes Australian Forest and Climate Initiative
--03/02/07  Six Party Talks: Meeting of U.S.-DPRK Bilateral Working Group in New York, March 5-6
--03/01/07  Indonesia: US Embassy Bomb Threat (Taken Question)
--02/13/07  North Korea - Denuclearization
--02/09/07  Taiwan: Naming of State-Owned Enterprises and Offices (Taken Question)
--01/31/07  Special Press Briefing on Six-Party Talks
--01/12/07  U.S. Disappointed at Failure of UN Security Council To Adopt Resolution on Burma
--01/09/07  More Equipment to Clear Landmines and Unexploded Ordnance in Vietnam
--01/05/07  Special Envoy Andrew Natsios To Travel to China