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Archived Magazine and Newspaper Articles: [2003] Present--September August /July /June /May (In Archives #3 ) April /March /Feb /Jan (In Archives #2 ) [2002] Dec/Nov/Oct/Sept/Aug - (In Archives #1 ) "Korean News"--NK's Official Newspaper: [2003]May-August/January - April[-2002]Feb 1997 - Dec 2002 NEW! Find out what happened to each victim. Read "How it all happened -- stories behind each of the cases" , the first detailed information on the abduction cases in the English language. A MUST READ! -- April 2003 -- "N. Korea mentions relations with Japan in Beijing talks" Kyodo News /April 29, 2003 "Former abductees cast first votes since return" The Japan Times /April 28, 2003 "Akagi's 1983 letter may link her to Arimoto abduction" Japan Today (source: Kyodo) /April 26, 2003 "U.S. tells Japan N. Korea says it has nuke weapons" Kyodo News /April 25, 2003 "Japan unfazed by nuke claim" Asahi.com /April 26, 2003 "Japan, U.S., S. Korea to meet soon over N. Korea" Kyodo News /April 26, 2003 "U.S. seeks Japan's help on Pyongyang" The Japan Times /April 27, 2003 "Families applaud U.S. stance on abduction issue" Mainichi Daily News /April 27, 2003 "Koizumi to Meet Bush in U.S. Next Month to Discuss North Korea" Bloomberg /April 27, 2003 "U.S. set to cooperate on Korea" Asahi.com /April 28, 2003 "Editorial:A Couple Thinking About Their Children Left in North Korea" The Weekly Post /April 25, 2003 "Top of the pops --Jonathan Watts looks at why the blunt, rightwing governor of Tokyo would make a popular prime minister" The Guardian (U.K.) /April 25, 2003 "Ministry slammed over handling of abductions" Daily Yomiuri On-line /April 25, 2003 "Japan, EU to make joint statement on N. Korea" Daily Yomiuri On-line /April 25, 2003 "North Korea policy hijacked (By GREGORY CLARK)" The Japan Times /April 25, 2003 "Top gov't official backs sanctions against Pyongyang" Mainichi Daily News /April 24, 2003 "Abduction issue knocks Japan out of the ballgame" Asahi.com /April 24, 2003 "Yokota hopes Beijing talks pave way to resolve abduction" Kyodo News /April 24, 2003 "JT Editorial -- TOKYO-PYONGYANG Responding to provocations" The Japan Times /April 24, 2003 "Japanese to testify to UN on North Korean kidnappings" AFP /April 22, 2003 "Kin of Japanese abductees make statements to U.N. group" Kyodo News /April 22, 2003 "Japanese take N. Korea abduction case to U.N." Kyodo News /April 22, 2003 "Abductees' kin ask U.N. group for help" Asahi.com /April 24, 2003 "Toru Hasuike raps Foreign Ministry over inaction on N. Korea" Kyodo News /April 22, 2003 "Editorial -- Foreign Ministry slips up again" Daily Yomiuri On-line /April 24, 2003 "Letters proving desertion of Soga's husband said lost" Daily Yomiuri On-line /April 23, 2003 "Yodo hijacker's sister arrested" Daily Yomiuri On-line /April 23, 2003 "Hijacker's sister arrested on return to Japan" Japan Today (source: Kyodo) /April 23, 2003 "Soga to visit U.S. Embassy in May to discuss husband" Kyodo News /April 21, 2003 (also in: Japan Today) "Japan: Missing partner in US-North Korea talks" Asia Times (Hong Kong) /April 21, 2003 "Abductee's father wants issue included in U.S.-N. Korea talks" Kyodo News /April 22, 2003 "Japan wants early inclusion in talks on N. Korea: Kawaguchi" Kyodo News /April 23, 2003 (also in: Japan Today) "Weekly Post Special: Is the Fall of Kim Regime Coming?" The Weekly Post /April 21, 2003 "Abductees' kin leave for Geneva to attend U.N. session" Kyodo News /April 20, 2003 "Abductees' kin arrive in Geneva" Japan Today (source: Kyodo) /April 21, 2003 (also in: Kyodo News) "Abductees' kin leave for Geneva meet" The Japan Times /April 21, 2003 "Japanese-American museum in LA to help families tell abductees' tale " The Japan Times /April 20, 2003 "(Tokyo Gov.) Ishihara slams gov't for not calling N Korean acts 'terrorism'" Japan Today (source: Kyodo) /April 20, 2003 (also in: Kyodo News) "Ishihara bemoans state's blindness to 'terrorist' acts" The Japan Times /April 21, 2003 "Kim plays a nuclear game he cannot win" The Financial Times/April 20, 2003 "N Korea tells U.N. group abduction issue already resolved" Japan Today (source: Kyodo) /April 20, 2003 (also in: Kyodo News) "N. Korea reply to U.N. on abductions defiant" Daily Yomiuri On-line /April 20, 2003 "Gov't to present revised abduction report to U.N. group" Japan Today (source: Kyodo) /April 22, 2003 "Japan considers aid to N Korea" Japan Today (source: Kyodo) /April 19, 2003 (also in: Kyodo News) "Japan may aid Pyongyang before normalizing ties" The Japan Times /April 20, 2003 "POINT OF VIEW -- Hiroshi Fujita: Media must scrutinize 'national interest'" Asahi.com /April 19, 2003 "Abductee issue set to drag on for Japan" The Straits Times (Singapore) /April 19, 2003 "EDITORIAL -- U.N. resolution in abduction cases" The Japan Times /April 19, 2003 "Govt welcomes resumption of North Korea dialogue" Daily Yomiuri On-line /April 18, 2003 "Koizumi urges N. Korea to heed U.N. kidnapping motion" Kyodo News /April 17, 2003 "Pyongyang urged to heed human rights resolution" The Japan Times /April 18, 2003 "(Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary) Abe to abductees: Brace yourselves for long North Korea talks" Asahi.com /April 17, 2003 "Japan praises U.N. condemnation of N. Korea's abductions" Kyodo News /April 17, 2003 "UN rights body turns sights on Cuba" AFP /April 17, 2003 "The lost soldier and his abducted bride" The Sydney Morning Herald /April 16, 2003 "Abductees' kin head to L.A. for dialogue with Americans" AFP (source: Kyodo) /April 16, 2003 (also in: Kyodo News) "Abductees' kin to lobby in Los Angeles for support of cause" Kyodo News /April 16, 2003 "Families of abductees call for support in U.S." Kyodo News /April 17, 2003 (also in: The Japan Times) "Koizumi to visit Europe from April 26 for Iraq talks: report" SpaceDaily (source: AFP) /April 16, 2003 "Koizumi resigned to Japan's absence from talks on N. Korea" Kyodo News /April 16, 2003 "Japan to discuss N. Korea with U.S., S. Korea on Fri." Kyodo News /April 16, 2003 "Japan hails N. Korea talks plan, hopes to join soon" Kyodo News /April 16, 2003 "Abductees' relatives call in vain for sanctions on N Korea" Japan Today (source: Kyodo) /April 16, 2003 (also in: Kyodo News) "KAWAGUCHI CRITICIZED -- Families of abductees plead for action Japan Times/April 16, 2003 "6 months after homecoming, abductees' kin urge gov't action" Kyodo News /April 15, 2003 "Kawaguchi regrets impasse on abductees' family reunions" Kyodo News /April 15, 2003 "U.N. human rights body calls on North Korea to stop human rights violations" Yahoo! News (source: AP) /April 16, 2003 "EDITORIAL: Anxiety of abductees" Asahi.com (source: IHT/Asahi) /April 16, 2003 "Abductees adjust to Japan" Swiss Info (source: Reuters) /April 16, 2003 (also in: Yahoo! News) "Japan kidnapped long for families" BBC News /April 15, 2003 "All abductees want now is to see their children" Asahi.com (source: IHT/Asahi) /April 15, 2003 "North Korea, Japan Deadlocked Over Abductees" (with audio) Voice of America /April 14, 2003 "Six months after homecoming, Japanese abductee pleas for reunion with family" San Francisco Chronicle (source: AP) /April 14, 2003 (also in: Kansas City Star (MO), Grand Forks Herald (ND), Tuscaloosa News (AL), Times Daily (AL), Sarasota Herald-Tribune (FL), The Wichita Eagle, The Guardian (U.K.), Biloxi Sun Herald (MS), Centre Daily Times (PA), Akron Beacon Journal (OH), Charlotte Observer (NC), Duluth News Tribune (MN), Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (GA), Wilkes Barre Weekender (PA), Aberdeen American News (SD), Newsday (LI), Macon Telegraph (GA), Wilmington Morning Star (NC), Belleville News-Democrat (IL), Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (IN), USA Today, News-Journal (TX), Raleigh News & Observer(NC), The Star (South Africa), Independent Online (South Africa), CNN, Hoosier Times) "Soga worried about family in N Korea" Japan Today /April 14, 2003 (also in:Kyodo News) "N. Korea accuses Japan of hindering abductee, family reunions" Kyodo News /April 14, 2003 (also in: Japan Today, The Japan Times) "Japanese diplomat defends dialogue with North Korea" Yahoo! News (source: Reuters) /April 14, 2003 "Has rightwing hijacked Japan abductee issue? -- Way being paved for tougher N. Korea policy" Japan Times /April 14, 2003 "Abduction victim Soga casts ballot for 1st time in Japan" Kyodo News /April 13, 2003 (also in: Japan Today) "Soga, Chimuras cast ballots for 1st time in Japan since return" Kyodo News /April 13, 2003 "Weekly Post Special: North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il Faces Grave Unrest" The Weekly Post /April 13, 2003 "NORTH KOREA RETURNEES STILL SILENT -- Six months on, access to abductees remains an issue" The Japan Times /April 13, 2003 "Soga receives donations from abductees support group" Kyodo News /April 12, 2003 "EU Accuses N. Korea at U.N. Rights Forum" Reuters /April 10, 2003 (also in: AlertNet, New Zealand Herald) "U.N. hearing with abductees' kin relocated to Geneva" Kyodo News /April 10, 2003 "Japan needs spine to stand up, cut its losers: Koike" Japan Times /April 10, 2003 "Abductees seek help for kin in North" Yomiuri ON-line /April 7, 2003 "Abductee Soga free to vote for 1st time in life" Yomiuri ON-line /April 6, 2003 "EU to condemn Pyongyang for rights abuses -- A resolution will be tabled to the UN, listing practices such as torture and abduction of foreigners" The Straits Times (Singapore) /April 3, 2003 "Hasuikes, Chimuras start working at local gov'ts" Kyodo News /April 1, 2003 "Four returnees begin local government jobs" Japan Times /April 2, 2003 "Japan finds jobs for N. Korea's former captives" The Straits Times (source: AP) (Singapore) /April 3, 2003 -- March 2003 -- "Abductees' kin to visit U.S. in 2 groups in April" Kyodo News /March 30, 2003 "Defense Ministers Discuss North's Nukes" Digital Chosun Ilbo (South Korea) /March 30, 2003 "Hasuikes ask gov't to send letter to children in N. Korea" Kyodo News /March 27, 2003 "Hokkaido man said possibly abducted by N. Korea" Kyodo News /March 26, 2003 "Local gov'ts decide on jobs for Hasuikes, Chimura" Kyodo News /March 25, 2003 "Nationalist Keeps Eye on Japan's Top Job -- Outspoken Ishihara Waits in the Wings as Prime Minister Koizumi Flounders" The Washington Post /March 24, 2003 "Ishihara speaks out against N. Korean 'terrorism'" Mainichi Daily News /March 24, 2003 "Ishihara's team fears war may affect Tokyo election" The Japan Times /March 23, 2003 "Japan urged to get tougher and rearm" Sydney Morning Herald /March 26, 2003 "Call to rearm Japan against Korea" The Age /March 26, 2003 "The Weekly Post Special -- Kim Jong Il Closes Door On Negotiations with Koizumi" The Weekly Post /March 24, 2003 "Abductee's old school plays in national baseball tournament" Yomiuri On-line /March 23, 2003 "Japan urges U.N. rights panel to press N. Korea on abduction" Kyodo News /March 20, 2003 "N. Korea to stop entrance of Japanese tourists from Wed." Kyodo News /March 18, 2003 "Abduction victim Soga released after lung cancer surgery" Kyodo News /March 18, 2003 "Historic pact just a memory?" Asahi.com /March 18, 2003 "The Weekly Post Special: Will Japan Become a Battlefield in War With North Korea? " The Weekly Post /March 17, 2003 "Polemics of Abducted Families Rising" The Weekly Post /March 17, 2003 "Group urges continued OK for N. Korea ship's port calls" Kyodo News /March 17, 2003 "Spy ship may have ferried agents--TOWN MAPS FOUND" The Japan Times /March 15, 2003 "Abductees' relatives thank Baker" Japan Today (source: Kyodo) /March 14, 2003 (also in: Kyodo News) "Kaoru, Yukiko Hasuike arrive in Tokyo for 4-day visit" Kyodo News /March 13, 2003 "Hasuikes ask gov't to help contact children in N. Korea" Kyodo News /March 13, 2003 "Abductee Hasuike visits old school" Kyodo News /March 14, 2003 "Hasuike to consider reentering university" Kyodo News /March 14, 2003 "Couple abducted by North Korea urges Japan to press for return of 2 children " CNEWS (source: AP) (Canada) /March 14, 2003 (also in: myTELUS (Canada), The News & Observer(NC), Las Vegas Sun (NV), The State (SC), Newsday (LI)) "Gone, But Not Forgotten -- Shedding light on North Korea's kidnapping atrocities" The Weekly Standard /March 12, 2003 "Abductees' kin to seek stronger gov't stance on N. Korea" Kyodo News /March 12, 2003 "Abductees' kin angered by gov't 'inaction' on N. Korea" Kyodo News /March 12, 2003 "Kawaguchi says `no' to N. Korea sanctions" Asahi.com /March 13, 2003 Kawaguchi says ministry not enemy of abductee families Kyodo News /March 14, 2003 "N. Korea slams abductee kin's U.S. visit as 'height of folly'" Kyodo News /March 11, 2003 "KN. Korea prepared to let abductees return home: Nakayama" Kyodo News /March 11, 2003 "Koizumi to seek convincing resolution to abduction issue" Kyodo News /March 10, 2003 "Japan alone unable to resolve abduction issues: Abe" Kyodo News /March 9, 2003 "Foreign Ministry had 3 N. Korean contacts in pre-summit talks" Kyodo News /March 9, 2003 "Abductees' kin home from U.S. with more than expected results" Kyodo News /March 8, 2003 "Pyongyang snubs U.N. on abductions" The Japan Times (source: Kyodo) /March 8, 2003 "N. Korea sent back abductees as 'envoys': Japanese official" Kyodo News /March 7, 2003 "Japan considers sanctions as North's provocations escalate" The Japan Times /March 7, 2003 "Japan, South Korea hold low-key talks with North" USA Today /March 5, 2003 "Senator calls for U.N. to debate abductions" The Japan Times (source: Kyodo) /March 5, 2003 "Japanese Hope U.S. Will Help Unravel Mysteries of Kidnappings by North Korea" The Washington Post /March 5, 2003 "Feature: Japanese abductees ask for help" United Press International/March 5, 2003 (also in: The Washington Times) "Abductees' kin grab attention of U.S. media" Daily Yomiuri On-line /March 6, 2003 "Families of Japanese Kidnap Victims Seek US Support" (with audio) VOA News /March 6, 2003 "Families of Japanese Abducted by North Korea Make Plea" CNS News /March 6, 2003 "(U.S. Deputy Secretary of State) Armitage says U.S. will raise abductee issue" Yomiuri On-line /March 7, 2003 "Hasuikes ask Koizumi to meet Kim Jong Il again" Kyodo News /March 4, 2003 "Niigata tech institute to hire Hasuike as Korean lecturer" Kyodo News /March 4, 2003 "Abductee party leaves for U.S. to seek support" Yomiuri On-Line /March 3, 2003 "Japanese Abduction Relatives Head for US" VOA News /March 3, 2003< "Japan Abductees' Families Eye U.S. Help" The State (SC) (source: AP) /March 3, 2003 (also in: World News Network, ABC News, Las Vegas Sun (NV), Newsday (LI)) "Relatives of Japanese Abducted by N. Korea Seek US Intervention" (with Audio) VOA News /March 3, 2003 "THE NEXT STEP: Abductee mission off to Washington" Asahi.com (source: IHT/Asahi) /March 4, 2003 "Castro offers to play role in resolving North Korea's nuke issue" DeepikaGlobal (India) (source: DPA) /March 2, 2003 "Castro offers to settle N.Korean crisis" Dawn (Pakistan) /March 3, 2003 "Castro meets with Koizumi, offers help with North Korea" The Japan Times (source: Kyodo) /March 2, 2003 "Chimura to teach Korean in hometown" Kyodo News /March 2, 2003 "(U.S. House of Representatives Speaker) Hastert to meet abductees' relatives" The Japan Times /March 2, 2003 -- February 2003 -- "Ex-N. Korean agent saw missing Japanese in North" Kyodo News /Feb 28, 2003 "Abductees' kin to go to Washington next week to seek help" Kyodo News /Feb 28, 2003 "Papers sent to prosecutors on alleged N. Korean agent" Kyodo News /Feb 28, 2003 "Nishida (general consul of Japan in New York City) Speaks On Japan/U.S. Relations" The Cornell Daily Sun (NY) /Feb 28, 2003 "Abductees' kin seek audience in U.S." The Japan Times /Feb 27, 2003 "Families of abductees to visit U.S. next week" Kyodo News /Feb 27, 2003 "Abductees' kin win U.S. support for trip " Asahi.com /Feb 27, 2003 "Koizumi, Roh eye future-looking ties" The Japan Times /Feb 25, 2003 "Roh, Koizumi seek peace talks" Bangkok Post (Thailand) /Feb 26, 2003 "Koizumi clarifies support for U.S. stance" Daily Yomiuri On-line /Feb 24, 2003 "Powell: Time Is Running Out for Iraq to Disarm Voluntarily (Transcript of Secretary of State's press conference in Tokyo on Feb23)" Washington File (U.S.Dpt. of State) /Feb 23, 2003 "U.S., Japan continuing to discuss forum for N. Korea: Powell" Kyodo News /Feb 23, 2003 "U.S. to resume sending food to North Korea, Powell says -- Concerns about getting aid to the needy remain" The Baltimore Sun /Feb 22, 2003 "Koizumi says Japan not considering food aid to N. Korea" Kyodo News /Feb 24, 2003 "N. Korea Accused of Playing Aid Games" The Belleville News-Democrat(IL) (source: AP) /Feb 25, 2003 "Abe discusses abductions to N. Korea with Annan envoy" Kyodo News /Feb 21, 2003 "Confession fails to pay off for Pyongyang" The Straits Times (Singapore) /Feb 21, 2003 "Kin of Japan abductees to N. Korea seek economic sanctions" Kyodo News /Feb 18, 2003 "Hasuike marks 1st day at work in Niigata Pref. city hall" Kyodo News /Feb 17, 2003 "Abductee takes up municipal job" The Japan Times /Feb 18, 2003 "Returned abductee starts work at child center" Daily Yomiuri On-Line /Feb 19, 2003 "Soga trains to become nurse at Niigata hospital" Kyodo News /Feb 19, 2003 (also in: Japan Today / Feb 20, 2003) "U.S. Planning Sanctions Against North Korea" New York Times /Feb 17, 2003 "The Weekly Post Special: What Will North Korean Terrorists in Japan Do?" The Weekly Post /Feb 17, 2003 "Partying while Korea's crisis festers" The Scotsman /Feb 15, 2003 "Koreans in Japan gather to support abductees to N. Korea " Kyodo News /Feb 15, 2003 "Threat Erodes Japan's Pacifism --?@Debate and Troops React to N. Korea" The Washington Post /Feb 15, 2003 "Okinawans suspected among abductees to North Korea" Japan Update /Feb 14, 2003 "Pyongyang ordered abductees to get Yokotas to visit N. Korea" Kyodo News /Feb 14, 2003 "No room to move on N. Korea" Asahi.com /Feb 14, 2003 "Returned abductees to start work next week" Daily Yomiuri On-Line /Feb 14, 2003 "Fukui prefectural gov't to hire Fukie Chimura from April" Kyodo News /Feb 14, 2003 "Hasuikes looking forward to starting work next week" Kyodo News /Feb 14, 2003 "New probe of abductee cases urged" The Japan Times /Feb 13, 2003 "Soga attends nursing retraining classes" Japan Today (source: Kyodo)/Feb 13, 2003 (also in: Kyodo News) "Japan at center of Pyongyang's blackmail" Asia Times (Hong Kong) /Feb 12, 2003 "Yokotas want to visit U.S. in March to discuss abductions" Kyodo News /Feb 11, 2003 "Chimura's father hopes to speak before U.S. Congress" Kyodo News /Feb 11, 2003 "Pyongyang denies using Man Gyong Bong to spy on Japan" Kyodo News /Feb 11, 2003 "Group unveils fresh 'missing' list--NORTH KOREA NOT RULED OUT" The Japan Times /Feb 10, 2003 "Abduction investigation group releases list of 44 people" Kyodo News /Feb 10, 2003 "Second list of 44 N. Korean abduction victims released" Mainichi Daily News /Feb 10, 2003 "Group urges NPA, gov't agencies to reexamine missing cases" Kyodo News /Feb 12, 2003 "'Missing' Japanese says he was not abducted to N. Korea" Kyodo News /Feb 12, 2003< "Hyogo man on 'missing' list alive in Kanazawa" Japan Today (source:Kyodo) /Feb 15, 2003 (also in: Kyodo News< "Foreign invasion drill held in Fukui" The Japan Times /Feb 10, 2003 "N. Korea forced abductees to lie to families" Mainichi Daily News /Feb 10, 2003 "Hasuike told to entice kin to Pyongyang" The Japan Times /Feb 10, 2003 "The Weekly Post Special: Is President Bush Serious About Taking Military Action Against North Korea?" The Weekly Post /Feb 10, 2003 "Hasuike urges no aid to N. Korea unless abductions resolved" Kyodo News /Feb 9, 2003 "5 people's disappearance may be linked to N. Korea" Kyodo News /Feb 9, 2003 "National Police Agency probes N. Korean spies" Daily Yomiuri On-line /Feb 9, 2003 "Japan worried about escalating crisis" CNN.com (source:Reuters) /Feb 6, 2003 "Mysterious 'Spy' Intrigues Japan" ABC News (source:AP) /Feb 6, 2003 (also in: The Detroit News(MI) , The State (SC), Newsday (LI), Las Vegas Sun (NV), World News, The Straits Times (Singapore), Sun Spot (MD)) "Japan shouldn't tolerate nuclear North Korea" Daily Yomiuri On-line /Feb 6, 2003 "Group sees hope in focus on N. Korea" The Washington Times /Feb 5, 2003 "Group calls on Bush to help abductees" The Japan Times (source:AP) /Feb 6, 2003 "Editorial: Can News Media Be Trusted? -- Interview with Toru Hasuike, Secretary of the Victim Families of the Abducted Japanese Civilians (VFAJC)" The Weekly Post /Feb 3, 2003 (also in: "Abductees' kin no fan of media" Japan Today (source: The Weekly Post)/Feb 5, 2003) "Abductee Chimura's father expresses desire to visit U.S." Kyodo News /Feb 4, 2003 "The Weekly Post Special: Russian TV Documentary Recounts How North Korea Became a Terrorist Nation" The Weekly Post /Feb 3, 2003 "North Korea's Closed Society Keeps Trade Routes Open" The Washington Post /Feb 3, 2003 "2 members of abductee support group head for Washington" Kyodo News /Feb 2, 2003 "Abductee supporters go to Washington" The Japan Times /Feb 3, 2003 "U.S. visit seen as chance to press issue of abductions" Asahi.com /Feb 3, 2003 "Hasuikes to be employed as temporary city workers" Kyodo News /Feb 2, 2003 "Hasuikes gain employment as temporary city workers" The Japan Times /Feb 3, 2003 "Fukie Chimura set to work as welfare helper" Kyodo News /Feb 2, 2003 "Can 007 fire up the Japanese on N. Korea?" The Japan Times /Feb 2, 2003 "NC man fights to clear uncle's name as Army deserter" The News & Observer (source:AP) /Feb 1, 2003 (also in: The Charlotte Observer (NC), Sarasota Herald Tribune (FL) ) -- January 2003 -- "Abe sees hope in resuming dialogue with N. Korea" Kyodo News /Jan 31, 2003 "Shukan Asahi weekly editor suspended over Chimura article" Kyodo News /Jan 31, 2003 "Editor suspended for Chimura story" The Japan Times /Feb 2, 2003 "Koreas won't march together in Aomori" Daily Yomiuri On-line /Jan 31, 2003 " Mixed Emotions as Koreas Meet at Japan Games" Reuters /Feb 1, 2003 (also in: Yahoo! Daily News) "N. Korea urged to arrange for abductees' kin to come to Japan" Kyodo News /Jan 30, 2003 "Woman asks police to probe 'abduction' of sister's children" Kyodo News /Jan 30, 2003 "Woman says sister, kids taken by spies" Asahi.com /Jan 31, 2003 "Abductees' supporters gather signatures to urge Japan reunion" Kyodo News /Jan 29, 2003 "DJP's Okada gets letter of protest from abductee families" Japan Today (source: Kyodo) /Jan 29, 2003 " N Korean ship implicated in spy ring" Japan Today /Jan 28, 2003 (also in: Kyodo News) "N Korea's Japan ferry 'spying'" BBC News /Jan 29, 2003 "Japan Probes N. Korea Ferry for Spying -- Japan Investigating North Korean Ferry for Alleged Espionage" ABC News (source: AP) /Jan 29, 2003 (also in: Newsday (LI), The State (SC), Las Vegas Sun (NV), The Seatle Times (WA), The Daily Camera (CO)) "Japan makes case against 'spy' ship" The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) /Jan 30, 2003 (also in: The Age (Australia)) "Ship conveyed 1974 assassination order -- North Korean vessel suspected of being used for espionage activities" The Japan Times /Jan 30, 2003 "'Spy for N. Korea had several cohorts'" Daily Youmiuri On-line /Jan 30, 2003 "N. Korean ship carried 'captain' to instruct spy activities" Kyodo News /Jan 30, 2003 "Japan to continue monitoring controversial N. Korean ship" Kyodo News /Jan 30, 2003 "N. Korean spy got orders on aid ship" Asahi.com (source: IHT/Asahi) /Jan 30, 2003 "Spy masters regular fixtures on North Korean ferry to Japan" The Japan Times /Jan 31, 2003 "Abductee Soga starts driving lessons" Kyodo News /Jan 28, 2003 "BALANCE OF TERROR--North Korea's nuclear ambitions could trigger an arms race in Asia" U.S. News & World Report /Jan 27, 2003 "The Weekly Post Special: North Koreans in Japan Start Movement to Overthrow Kim Jong Il" The Weekly Post /Jan 27, 2003 "Abductees' kin put off N Korea trip, eye U.S. visit instead" Japan Today (source: Kyodo) /Jan 27, 2003 (also in: Kyodo News ) "Abducted daughter's father cancels N. Korea trip" Mainich Daily News /Jan 26, 2003 "Abductee families demand Japan lawmakers apologize" Kyodo News /Jan 26, 2003 "Abductees' families eye overseas trips" Asahi.com /Jan 27, 2003 "Aomori readies for N. Koreans" Daily Yomiuri On-line /Jan 26, 2003 "Rescue group against Yokota's trip to N. Korea" Kyodo News /Jan 25, 2003 "Families of abductees discuss possibility of visit to N. Korea" Kyodo News /Jan 26, 2003 "Abe urges nat'l unity to resolve abductions" Kyodo News /Jan 25, 2003 "Soga starts training to become nursing-care assistant" Kyodo News /Jan 25, 2003 "Soga wants to join abduction victim family group" Kyodo News /Jan 25, 2003< "Abductees' support group to dispatch officials to U.S." Kyodo News /Jan 24, 2003 "Abductees' families pitch visit to U.S." Asahi.com /Jan 25, 2003 "Abductee support group to discuss U.S. visit" Kyodo News /Jan 25, 2003< "Signs of hope in NKorea stand-off" The Australian /Jan 23, 2003 (also in: Herald Sun (Australia)) "In Flurry of Diplomacy to End Crisis, Japan Remains on Sideline" The Washington Post /Jan 23, 2003 "Koizumi overture hinges on envoy's meet with Kim" Asahi.com /Jan 23, 2003 "Kosetsu Minami presents new song, CD collection to Hasuike" Kyodo News /Jan 23, 2003 "PYONGYANG WATCH -- Whose suffering matters most?" Asia Times /Jan 23, 2003 "N.C. man, missing uncle's wife exchange letters" The Charlotte Observer (NC) (source:AP) /Jan 21, 2003 (also in: The News & Observer (NC)) "Soga gets letter from husband's sisters in U.S." Kyodo News /Jan 22, 2003 (also in: Japan Today) "Soga tours hometown nursing home to prepare for job hunt" Kyodo News /Jan 21, 2003 (also in: Japan Today) "Soga tours nursing home ahead of her return to work" Japan Times /Jan 22, 2003 "Hasuike's brother eyes U.S. visit over abductions" Kyodo News /Jan 20, 2003 (also in: Japan Today) "The Weekly Post Special 2: Japan Must Prepare for a Possible Biochemical Weapon Attack by North Korea" The Weekly Post /Jan 20, 2003 "POINT OF NO RETURN: Beach key entry point for N. Korean agents" Asahi.com /Jan 20, 2003 "Soga glad to get letter from family in N. Korea" Kyodo News /Jan 17, 2003 "American Asks Wife to Return to N.Korea" ABC News (source:AP) /Jan 16, 2003 (also in: The Washington Post, Las Vegas Sun (NV), The State (SC), World News, San Francisco Chronicle (CA), Newsday (LI), Austin American Statesman (TX), The Guardian, Times Daily (AL), Tuscaloosa News (AL), The Charlotte Observer (NC), GoCarolinas.com, News Journal (TX), Sarasota Herald-Tribune (FL), The News & Observer (NC)) "Jenkins sends letter to Soga, seeking her return" Kyodo News /Jan 16, 2003 "Abductee's husband sends letter to wife, seeking her return" Kyodo News /Jan 16, 2003 "US 'deserter' wants wife back" Gulf Daily News (Bahrain) /Jan 17, 2003 "Soga glad to get letter from family in N. Korea" Kyodo News /Jan 17, 2003 "Abductee releases letter from US husband in N. Korea" Mainichi Daily News /Jan 16, 2003 "Victim says own abduction 'arbitrary'" Daily Yomiuri On-Line /Jan 16, 2003 "Chimuras grateful to supporters" Daily Yomiuri On-Line /Jan 16, 2003 "Ex-agent says Japanese abductees in N. Korea still alive" Kyodo News /Jan 15, 2003 "Man Gyong Bong makes year's 1st port call at Niigata" Kyodo News /Jan 15, 2003 "North Korean ship departs Japan port after stopover amid tension with Pyongyang" Yahoo! News (source:AP) /Jan 162003 "Kin says Nagano man on new list of possible abductees by North" Kyodo News /Jan 14, 2003 "The Weekly Post Special: Atrocities of North Korean Leader Kim Continue" The Weekly Post /Jan 13, 2003 "Kaoru Hasuike visits city facilities before starting work" Kyodo News /Jan 14, 2003 "Chimuras protest to Shukan Asahi over article" Japan Today (source: Kyodo) /Jan 14, 2003 "Shukan Asahi weekly to print apology over Chimura article" Kyodo News /Jan 20, 2003 "Brother of missing man to seek support group's help" Kyodo News /Jan 13, 2003 "Parents of abductee Arimoto gather signatures in Kobe" Kyodo News /Jan 13, 2003 "Peace And Stability Of Korean Peninsula Should Be Maintained" Bernama.com (Malaysia) /Jan 13, 2003 "2,300 sign petition for Yokotas at Maebashi rally" Kyodo News /Jan 12, 2003 "N. Korea's NPT exit likely to stall talks" Daily Yomiuri On-line /Jan 12, 2003 "Madman or master? Kim keeps the world guessing" The Guardian /Jan 11, 2003 "Japan asks U.N. to ban abductions by foreign institutions" Kyodo News /Jan 11, 2003 "Rescue Group: 150 Missing Japanese May Be Held in N. Korea" VOA News (with AP/AFP)/Jan 11, 2003 "150 Japanese 'kidnapped by spies'" Gulf Daily News (Bahrain)/Jan 11, 2003 "Abductee support group presses point" Asahi.com/Jan 11, 2003 "MPD requests intl warrant for N. Korean" Daily Yomiuri On-line/Jan 11, 2003 "Spy wing connected to more abductions" Asahi.com/Jan 11, 2003 "EDITORIAL:A lead to the abduction mystery" The Japan Times /Jan 11, 2003 "NPA asks Interpol to put N. Korean agent on int'l wanted list" Kyodo News /Jan 11, 2003 "World Briefs:Asia (Japan issues arrest warrant, will ask Interpol for help)" The Salt Lake Tribune (UT) /Jan 12, 2003 "Korean supporters clash with Pyongyang over abductions" Mainichi Daily News/Jan 11, 2003 "Country puts food aid at risk" Detroit News (source: Los Angeles Times) /Jan 10, 2003 "Uncloaked: A warrant for a North Korean agent brings a murky abduction case back into the light." Asahi.com (source:IHT/Asahi) /Jan 10, 2003 "NGO creates new group to look into other possible abductions" Japan Today (source:Kyodo) /Jan 10, 2003 (also in: Kyodo News) "New group to investigate possible abduction cases" Kyodo News /Jan 10, 2003 "Group pledges search for"other" abduction victims" Mainichi Daily News /Jan 10, 2003 "Families of missing Japanese hope for clues" Kyodo News /Jan 10, 2003 "Group reveals additional 40 suspected abduction victims" The Japan Times/Jan 11, 2003 "Ministry asked to correct texts with updates on abductee issue" Daily Yomiuri /Jan 10, 2003 "Kaoru Hasuike starts teaching Korean language class" Kyodo News /Jan 9, 2003 "Missing Kagoshima man abducted by N. Korea: support group" Kyodo News /Jan 9, 2003 "Pyongyang spy targeted by warrant" The Japan Times /Jan 9, 2003 "Warrant out for agent over Kume's abduction" Asahi.com /Jan 9, 2003 "Japan Issues Arrest Warrant Against N. Korean Spy" VOA News (source:AFP/AP) /Jan 8, 2003 "Japan Seeks Suspected N. Korean Abductor" ABC News (source:AP) /Jan 8, 2003/ (also in: Newsday (LI), Las Vegas Sun (NV), The State (SC), The Washington Post) "N. Korean spy posed as abducted Japanese man" Mainichi Daily News /Jan 9, 2003 "Man linked to Kume abduction gathered military info" Kyodo News /Jan 9, 2003 "MPD: North Korean No. 3 in spy ring" Daily Yomiuri /Jan 10, 2003 "Police suspect radio messages linked to abduction" Kyodo News /Jan 10, 2003 "Security guard's 1970s abduction reads like novel" The Japan Times /Jan 11, 2003 "Japan, Russia Seek to Move on from Island Dispute" Yahoo! News (source: Reuters) /Jan 8, 2003 (also in: The State (SC), ABC News, Reuters, ) "N. Korean Leader Now Seen as Villain" ABC News (source:AP) /Jan 8, 2003 (also in: The State (SC), Associated Press, Newsday (LI), Las Vegas Sun (NV)) "Support group to release list of 40 possible abductees" Kyodo News /Jan 8, 2003 "Koizumi Urges Putin to Persuade NK to Renounce Nuclear Plans" The Chosun Ilbo (source:Arirang TV) /Jan 7, 2003 "Abductee Soga to attend workshop for nursing helper training" Kyodo News /Jan 7, 2003 "Chimura advises father to make North agree to hand over kids" Kyodo News /Jan 7, 2003 "Chimura to start work at Obama city hall in April" The Japan Times /Jan 7, 2003 (also in: Kyodo News) "Japan urges N. Korea to take IAEA resolution seriously" Kyodo News /Jan 7, 2003 "How Dangerous is North Korea?" TIME magazine /Jan 6, 2003 "U.N.: Barriers holding up N. Korea food aid" The Associated Press /Jan 7, 2003 (also in: The State (SC), Las Vegas Sun (NV) ) "Bridging the gap / Abduction issue, N-threat widen East Asia policy gap" Daily Yomiuri On-line /Jan 7, 2003 "Trilateral talk a test for Tokyo" Asahi.com /Jan 7, 2003 "Spy's escape from North Korean 'hell'" BBC News /Jan 7, 2003 "Japan's Koizumi stands by economic reforms, vows to keep pressure on North Korea" Cleveland.com (source:AP) /Jan 6, 2003 (also in: The State (SC), Las Vegas Sun (NV), Newsday (LI), ABC News (w/photo by AP)) "Premier formally recognizes 15 abductees for financial aid" Japan Today (source:Kyodo)/Jan 7, 2003 (also in: Kyodo News(Jan 6, 2003)) "Koizumi must break N Korea deadlock" (commentary) Japan Today (source: Kyodo) /Jan 6, 2003 "Thaw not likely on Russia trip" Asahi.com /Jan 6, 2003 (also in: Hoover U.K.) "Hasuike to teach Korean starting Thurs." Kyodo News /Jan 6, 2003 (also in: The Japan Times) "Yomiuri finds latest known photo of suspected abductee" Daily Yomiuri On-line /Jan 5, 2003 "Russia ready to help Japan resolve abductions by N. Korea" Kyodo News /Jan 5, 2003 "Abductee Hasuike translated for N. Korean spies: brother" Kyodo News /Jan 5, 2003 (also in: Asahi.com) "North Korean Leaders Using Smuggled Japanese Money" The Weekly Post /Jan 4, 2002 "Can Couple Visit North Korea to See Their Granddaughter?" The Weekly Post /Jan 4, 2002 "Abe says N. Korea 'more in hot seat' over abductions" Kyodo News /Jan 4, 2003 "Abductees provide clues about fate of other Japanese" Daily Yomiuri On-line /Jan 4, 2003 "Abe says N. Korea 'more in hot seat' over abductions" Kyodo News/Jan 4, 2003 "N. Korea says Japan 'suicidal' in following U.S. policy" Kyodo News/Jan 4, 2003 "Returnees happily back home for the holidays" Asahi.com/Jan 3, 2003 "North Korea abductees to be made eligible for financial help" The Japan Times/Jan 4, 2003 "Abductee's father wants to visit grandkids" The Japan Times/Jan 1, 2003 World Articles: [2003] Oct /Sept Aug /Jul /Jun /May (in Archives #3) Apr /Mar /Feb /Jan (in Archives #2) [2002] Dec /Nov /Oct /Sept /Aug - (in Archives #1) In KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY of DPRK's"Korean News " Archive (January 2003- April 2003): (DPRK = Democratic People's Republic of Korea a.k.a. North Korea) "KCNA refutes Japan's piffle about issue of "kidnapping" April 16, 2003 "KCNA refutes Japan's sheer sophism" April 1, 2003 "KCNA refutes Tokyo governor's anti-DPRK outbursts" Mar 28, 2003 "Truth behind abduction of Japanese spouses and Korean returnees" Mar 22, 2003 "Japan urged to mind its own business" Mar 13, 2003 "KCNA urges Japan to redress its past first" Mar 12, 2003 "Japan urged to redeem its past wrongs" Mar 6, 2003 "Japan denounced for rushing headlong into war" Feb 15, 2003 "Japan's anti-DPRK smear campaign lambasted" Feb 12, 2003 "Japanese dietman's anti-DPRK remarks assailed" Feb 11, 2003 "Japanese Prime Minister's behaviour flailed" Feb 5, 2003 "Japan urged to behave itself" Jan 29, 2003 "Japanese dietman's reckless remarks blasted" Jan 29, 2003 "Japan's imprudent intervention rebuffed" Jan 28, 2003 "U.S. and Japan's anti-DPRK campaign accused" Jan 21, 2003 "Japan urged not to blindly follow U.S." Jan 16, 2003 "Japanese media accused of missing point of issue" Jan 9, 2003 "Turn of abnormal relations into normal ones urged in Japan" Jan 8, 2003 "Japan urged to drop U.S.-toeing policy" Jan 6, 2003 Korean News archives 1(Feb 1997 - Dec 2002) Korean News archives 2(Jan 2003- April 2003) Korean News archives 3(May 2003 - August 2003) Latest Korean News articles (September 2003 - Present)

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