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Explainer: Why Japan Is Seeking A Summit With Nuclear-Armed North Korea
United States President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he supported his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida's attempts to hold face-to-face talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
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North Korean Defectors Sue Kim Jong Un In Tokyo Over Repatriation
North Korean defectors in Tokyo symbolically summoned Kim Jong Un to court on Thursday over a repatriation programme they describe as "state kidnapping".
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Australian Student Expelled From North Korea Says Was Kidnapped From Dorm
An Australian student who was briefly detained in North Korea last year over spy charges said he had been kidnapped by secret police and forced to make a false confession, according to an article written by him and seen by Reuters on Wednesday.
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North Korea Video Appeal By Family Of 'Kidnapped' Daughter
North Korea has released a video appeal by the parents of one of 12 waitresses that Pyongyang insists were kidnapped by South Korean agents from the restaurant where they were working in China.
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Story Of Famous South Korean Couple Kidnapped By Dictator At Sundance
The stranger-than-fiction story about a famous South Korean film director and a glamorous actress abducted by North Korea's movie-obsessed Kim Jong-il has premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
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Japanese Woman Abducted by North Korea Died of Drug Overdose: Report
Megumi Yokota, a Japanese national abducted by North Korean agents decades ago as a schoolgirl, died from an overdose of medication in 1994 and was buried in a pit with other corpses, a South Korean newspaper said on Friday.
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Japan, North Korea to Meet Next Week on Abductees
Japanese and North Korean officials will meet next week for an update on the North's probe into the fate of Japanese citizens it kidnapped decades ago, Japan's top government spokesman said on Thursday.
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Japan Imposes Asset Freeze on North Korean Shipping Firm
Japan on Friday froze the assets of the operator of a North Korean ship seized for smuggling arms, the Foreign Ministry said, just as Tokyo is engaged in talks with Pyongyang to return Japanese citizens kidnapped by North Korean agents decades ago.
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Japan to Decide Possible Easing of North Korea Sanctions on Thursday
Japan will decide whether to ease sanctions against North Korea on Thursday after assessing Pyongyang's plan to reinvestigate the fate of the Japanese citizens kidnapped by the reclusive state decades ago, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said.
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Japan, North Korea to Hold Talks After Kidnaping Breakthrough: Report
Japan and North Korea are preparing to hold fresh talks after Pyongyang's surprise pledge to probe the Cold War kidnappings of Japanese nationals, a report said Sunday.
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Japan Prime Minister May Visit North Korea in Kidnap Probe
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may make a rare visit to North Korea, his foreign minister said on Tuesday, days after announcing a deal to re-open the probe into Japanese citizens kidnapped by spies in the Cold War years.
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North Korea Kidnap Probe an Attempt to Divide Foes: Analysts
North Korea's surprise pledge to probe Cold War kidnappings of Japanese nationals is an attempt to divide its foes that could benefit its nuclear and missile programmes if Tokyo eases sanctions in return, analysts say.
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North Korea to Investigate Kidnappings of Japanese Citizens
North Korea has agreed to open a new investigation into the fate of Japanese citizens whom it abducted in the 1970s and 1980s, Japan and North Korea said Thursday.
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China investigates North Korea boat hijack claim: official
Chinese authorities were on Sunday investigating claims that unidentified North Koreans hijacked a Chinese fishing boat, kidnapping 16 sailors and demanding a ransom, local media and an official said.
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Aide to Japanese PM returns from North Korea
An aide to the Japanese premier returned home from a controversial trip to North Korea on Saturday, reportedly saying he had demanded Pyongyang's act swiftly on its kidnapping of Japanese nationals.
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Explainer: Why Japan Is Seeking A Summit With Nuclear-Armed North Korea
United States President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he supported his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida's attempts to hold face-to-face talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
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North Korean Defectors Sue Kim Jong Un In Tokyo Over Repatriation
North Korean defectors in Tokyo symbolically summoned Kim Jong Un to court on Thursday over a repatriation programme they describe as "state kidnapping".
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Australian Student Expelled From North Korea Says Was Kidnapped From Dorm
An Australian student who was briefly detained in North Korea last year over spy charges said he had been kidnapped by secret police and forced to make a false confession, according to an article written by him and seen by Reuters on Wednesday.
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North Korea Video Appeal By Family Of 'Kidnapped' Daughter
North Korea has released a video appeal by the parents of one of 12 waitresses that Pyongyang insists were kidnapped by South Korean agents from the restaurant where they were working in China.
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Story Of Famous South Korean Couple Kidnapped By Dictator At Sundance
The stranger-than-fiction story about a famous South Korean film director and a glamorous actress abducted by North Korea's movie-obsessed Kim Jong-il has premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
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Japanese Woman Abducted by North Korea Died of Drug Overdose: Report
Megumi Yokota, a Japanese national abducted by North Korean agents decades ago as a schoolgirl, died from an overdose of medication in 1994 and was buried in a pit with other corpses, a South Korean newspaper said on Friday.
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Japan, North Korea to Meet Next Week on Abductees
Japanese and North Korean officials will meet next week for an update on the North's probe into the fate of Japanese citizens it kidnapped decades ago, Japan's top government spokesman said on Thursday.
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Japan Imposes Asset Freeze on North Korean Shipping Firm
Japan on Friday froze the assets of the operator of a North Korean ship seized for smuggling arms, the Foreign Ministry said, just as Tokyo is engaged in talks with Pyongyang to return Japanese citizens kidnapped by North Korean agents decades ago.
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Japan to Decide Possible Easing of North Korea Sanctions on Thursday
Japan will decide whether to ease sanctions against North Korea on Thursday after assessing Pyongyang's plan to reinvestigate the fate of the Japanese citizens kidnapped by the reclusive state decades ago, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said.
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Japan, North Korea to Hold Talks After Kidnaping Breakthrough: Report
Japan and North Korea are preparing to hold fresh talks after Pyongyang's surprise pledge to probe the Cold War kidnappings of Japanese nationals, a report said Sunday.
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Japan Prime Minister May Visit North Korea in Kidnap Probe
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may make a rare visit to North Korea, his foreign minister said on Tuesday, days after announcing a deal to re-open the probe into Japanese citizens kidnapped by spies in the Cold War years.
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North Korea Kidnap Probe an Attempt to Divide Foes: Analysts
North Korea's surprise pledge to probe Cold War kidnappings of Japanese nationals is an attempt to divide its foes that could benefit its nuclear and missile programmes if Tokyo eases sanctions in return, analysts say.
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North Korea to Investigate Kidnappings of Japanese Citizens
North Korea has agreed to open a new investigation into the fate of Japanese citizens whom it abducted in the 1970s and 1980s, Japan and North Korea said Thursday.
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China investigates North Korea boat hijack claim: official
Chinese authorities were on Sunday investigating claims that unidentified North Koreans hijacked a Chinese fishing boat, kidnapping 16 sailors and demanding a ransom, local media and an official said.
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Aide to Japanese PM returns from North Korea
An aide to the Japanese premier returned home from a controversial trip to North Korea on Saturday, reportedly saying he had demanded Pyongyang's act swiftly on its kidnapping of Japanese nationals.
