2004 East Asian and Pacific Affairs Press Releases

July-December
--12/16/04  Burma -- Restrictions on Aung San Suu Kyi
--12/14/04  United States-Japan Bilateral Partnership on Humanitarian Assistance
--12/13/04  Arrest of Lu Decheng (Taken Question)
--12/13/04  Detention of Yu Jie and Liu Xiaobo (Taken Question)
--12/09/04  Cambodia -- Attack on Trafficking Shelter
--12/06/04  North Korea - Meetings in New York (Taken Question)
--11/30/04  Burma: U.S. Attendance at ASEAN Meetings (Taken Question)
--11/29/04  China - Liu Jingsheng's Release From Prison (Taken Question)
--11/16/04  The United States and Association of Southeast Asian Nations Launch New Training and Technical Assistance Program
--11/15/04  U.S.-China Global Issues Forum
--11/10/04  Secretary Powell Travel to Chile and Egypt
--11/01/04  Deputy Secretary Richard L. Armitage to Travel to South Asia and the Near East
--10/28/04  Burma: Than Shwe Visit to India (Taken Question)
--10/18/04  New EU Sanctions on Burma
--10/16/04  Secretary's Travel to East Asia
--10/04/04  UNSYG Meetings on Burma
--09/20/04  Indonesia - Presidential Election
--09/14/04  Visit of the Dalai Lama's Special Envoy to China
--09/09/04  Indonesia - Bombing of Australian Embassy
--09/02/04  Malaysia: Acquittal of Former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim
--09/02/04  Nuclear Technology Exports to China (Taken Question)
--08/30/04  Korea/Japan - Trilateral Talks (Taken Question)
--08/14/04  The United States and the Republic of the Marshall Islands Proliferation Security Initiative Shipboarding Agreement
--08/13/04  Conviction of 17 Abu Sayyaf Group Terrorists in the Philippines
--08/11/04  Appointment of Lisa Guillermin Gable as U.S. Commissioner General of Section of the United States Exhibition to the 2005 World Exposition, Aichi, Japan
--08/09/04  Korea - DeTrani Travel to New York (Taken Question)
--08/06/04  Sergeant Jenkins (Taken Question)
--07/29/04  China - Update on Niagara Falls Incident (Taken Question)
--07/23/04  North Korea -- U.S. Food Donation
--07/22/04  Elections in Mongolia
--07/16/04  Key Economic and Trade Issues Discussed at U.S.-Japan Subcabinet Economic Dialogue
--07/15/04  United States - New Zealand Bilateral Climate Change Partnership Meeting
--07/06/04  Secretary Powell to Participate in U.S.-Australia Ministerial Meeting (AUSMIN)
--07/01/04  U.S. and Japan Initiate Diplomatic Exchange
--07/01/04  U.S.-Japan Diplomatic Exchange (Taken Question)

January-June
--06/23/04  Vietnam Named 15th Focus Nation in Global AIDS Plan and Announcement of New $515 Million for Plan
--06/18/04  Burma - Birthday of Aung San Suu Kyi
--06/18/04  U.S. Concludes New Aviation Agreement with China
--06/16/04  Secretary of State Colin L. Powell to Travel to Ireland, Turkey, and Indonesia
--06/08/04  Joint Press Release of the United States of America and the People's Republic of China
--06/08/04  U.S.-Japan Investment Initiative 2004 Report Stresses Progress on Opening Japan to Foreign Investment
--06/04/04  China - Crackdown on Tiananmen Square Commemorations (Taken Question)
--06/03/04  Meeting Between Deputy Secretary Armitage and New Zealand National Party Leader, Dr. Don Brash
--06/02/04  Indonesia -- Expulsion of International Crisis Group Staff
--06/01/04  China Arms Embargo (Taken Question)
--05/28/04  Burma - Anniversary of Attack on Aung San Suu Kyi
--05/27/04  China - Reported Crackdown On Dissidents (Taken Question)
--05/21/04  Burma -- The National Convention
--05/17/04  Hong Kong: A/S Kelly Meeting (Taken Question)
--05/14/04  Burma -- The Democratic Opposition and Ethnic Groups
--05/12/04  Inter-Korea Military Talks (Taken Question)
--05/11/04  U.S.-China Economic Dialogue (Taken Question)
--05/03/04  North Korea - Kelly Remarks (Taken Question)
--05/03/04  U.S. and Republic of Marshall Islands Enact Compact of Free Association as Amended
--05/03/04  Vice President of Taiwan (Taken Question)
--04/27/04  Meetings with Taiwan Representatives (Taken Question)
--04/26/04  Joint Statement of the United States and Australia
--04/26/04  U.S.-Australia Climate Action Partnership
--04/20/04  China: Vice President Cheney's Speech (Taken Question)
--04/09/04  25th Anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act
--04/05/04  Virginia High School Students "Adopt" Cambodian Minefield
--03/29/04  Taiwan (Taken Question)
--03/29/04  Thailand/Philippines - Republican National Congressional Committee Survey (Taken Question)
--03/22/04  U.N. Commission on Human Rights China Resolution
--03/20/04  Taiwan Presidential Election
--03/19/04  Taiwan - Wounding of President, Vice President
--03/05/04  Indonesia: Arrests and Treatment of Activists in Aceh
--02/28/04  Six-Party Talks on North Korean Nuclear Program
--02/18/04  Background Briefing on Six-Party Talks Thursday, February 19 at 2:30 p.m.
--02/18/04  Signing of Social Security Totalization Agreement Between The United States and Japan
--02/13/04  Japan: Futenma (Taken Question)
--02/13/04  Obtaining Chinese Visas to Cover the Six Party Talks
--02/10/04  Anti-Trafficking Official John Miller Traveling to Asia
--02/06/04  Fact Sheet: U.S.-Japan Investment Initiative Seminars
--02/03/04  Meetings with Taiwan Affairs Office (Taken Question)
--01/30/04  North Korea -- KEDO Board Meeting (Taken Question)
--01/23/04  Status Of $34 Million Appropriated For United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
--01/23/04  Travel to Asia by Deputy Secretary Armitage
--01/22/04  Cambodia - Killing Of Union Leader Chea Vichea
--01/22/04  Malaysia: Continued Incarceration of Former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim
--01/09/04  Democracy in Hong Kong
--01/08/04  Japan: Deputy Secretary's Meeting with Minister for Economy, Trade and Industry Shoichi Nakagawa