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November 30, 2004
U.S. army deserter to start new life on Japan isle
Reuters.co.uk
Japan Today ("Jenkins, Soga, 2 daughters to go to Sado on Friday")
Guardian Unlimited (AP) ("Army Deserter Jenkins to Settle in Japan")
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November 29, 2004
China, Japan, SKorea Vow Cooperation Over NKorea
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November 27, 2004
Army deserter Jenkins released in Japan
USATODAY.com (AP)
Japan Today ("Jenkins released after 24 days in U.S. military detention?facility")
Reuters.com ("U.S. Deserter Jenkins Free, Prepares for New Life")
Turkish Press (AFP) ("Four-decade saga ends in freedom for US defector to North Korea")
BBC NEWS ("US army releases Korea deserter")
European and Pacific Stars & Stripes (AP) ("Army deserter Jenkins, who spent 39 years in N. Korea, is released from jail")
The Age (AP) ("US army deserter Jenkins leaves jail")
San Francisco Chronicle (AP)("U.S. Army deserter Jenkins sobs after release from prison, says he wants to live in Japan")
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Jenkins Fact Sheet
NBC10.com (AP)
San Francisco Chronicle (AP)("Events in the case of U.S. Army deserter to North Korea")
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Abductee kin rebut N. Korea's 'facts'
asahi.com : English
Yahoo! News (Kyodo) ("Abductees' families raise questions on N. Korea's abduction probe")
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U.S. North Korean deserter to be released
Reuters
BBC NEWS ("Jenkins 'may be freed early'")
Japan Today ("Jenkins likely to be released Sat")
San Francisco Chronicle (AP) ("After 40 years in North Korea and a month in the brig, U.S. Army deserter to be released")
Japan Today ("Jenkins hopes to work in Sado following release")
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November 25, 2004
Abductees' families raise questions on N. Korea's abduction probe
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North Korean deserter says Yokota probably still alive
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November 23, 2004
Japan edges closer to N Korea sanctions
Asia Times Online (Sean Curtin)
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Japanese Official Warns of Fissures in North Korea
The New York Times
Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) ("Japanese LDP Head Calls for NK Regime Change Simulations")
Independent Bangladesh (AFP) ("Kim being removed from power")
Dowjones Newswires ("Japan Political Aide Mentions N Korea Regime Change-Kyodo")
Asia Times (IPS) ("Hawks push regime change in N Korea")
Asia Times ("The case of Kim Jong-il's missing portraits")
KYODO NEWS ("N. Korea denies portrait removal, but contradictions emerge")
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DNA tests may not work in abductee case -- Experts have to overcome poor condition of Yokota's purported remains
The Japan Times Online
Japan Today ("DNA not much help in trying to identify remains from N Korea")
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Jenkins may be released as early as next Sunday
The Japan Times Online
Gulf Daily News ("US deserter 'could be freed early'")
Mainichi Interactive ("Jenkins headed for early release")
Washington Times (UPI) ("U.S. deserter Jenkins to be freed")
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November 22, 2004
Composite portrait might be used to identify abductee's husband
Posted by THINK at 02:42 AM | TrackBack
November 21, 2004
Takebe cautious over N. Korea sanctions, cites possible nuke attack
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Senior U.S. Official Backs Japanese Sanctions Against N.K.: Report
YONHAPNEWS WORLD SERVICE::ENGLISH NEWS
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Identifying remains could be impossible
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Megumi's parents clinging to hope
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November 20, 2004
Lawmakers' group seeks sanctions, freeze of food aid for N. Korea
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U.S. Army deserter says his Japanese wife was abducted to North Korea by mistake
Posted by THINK at 02:24 AM | TrackBack
N. Korea accused of doctoring photo of missing abductee
Mainichi Interactive
Yahoo! News (Kyodo) ("N. Korean photo of abductee suspected to be composite image")
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Yokota's parents say N Korea note seems authentic
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Photos Intesify N. Korean Kidnap Outrage
Guardian Unlimited (AP)
MSNBC (AP) ("N. Korea releases pictures of girl abducted in '77")
Sydney Morning Herald (Reuters) ("Picture of a sad-eyed schoolgirl is all that's left for grieving family in Japan")
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Japan media doubts N Korea on abductees
BBC NEWS
Yahoo! News (Kyodo News) ("Ashes may be those of abductee other than Yokota")
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Japan PM Says Food Aid to N.Korea to Go Ahead
Reuters.com
Japan Today ("Japan to deliver food aid to N Korea regardless of abduction talks")
Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) (VOA) ("Japan to Deliver Food Aid to North Korea Despite Abduction Dispute")
CBC News ("North Korean intransigence over kidnapped Japanese won't stop food aid")
Borneo Bulletin (AFP) ("Koizumi rules out freezing N Korea aid")
Yahoo! News (AP) ("Koizumi says Japan will deliver food aid to North Korea despite disappointing outcome of abduction talks")
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Yokota's 'remains' brought home -- Kin await DNA tests as data on other abductees inspected
The Japan Times Online
asahi.com : English ("N. Korea offers remains it says are Yokota's")
Japan Today("Yokota's parents express sorrow at seeing Megumi's photos")
Guardian Unlimited ("Remains of kidnapped girl returned to Japan")
Yahoo! News (Kyodo) ("Parents lament over abducted daughter's photos given by N. Korea")
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Japan considers sanctions against North Korea after abduction talks
San Francisco Chronicle (AP)
Japan Today ("Calls mount in government for sanctions on N Korea")
Yahoo! News (Kyodo) ("Sanctions should be imposed on N. Korea if talks deemed bad: Kanzaki")
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Japan reiterates call on N Korea to hand over hijackers
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Families of Kidnapped Japanese Say N. Korea Lying
ABC News (Reuters)
Japan Today ("Families of abductees outraged by N Korea's explanation")
asahi.com : English ("Still missing:Family members are angered by the lack of information from Pyongyang")
Washington Times (UPI) ("Japanese families doubt Pyongyang's proof")
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Japan 'unsatisfied' on abductees
BBC NEWS
Daily Yomiuri On-Line ("N. Korea's explanations said questionable")
Daily Yomiuri On-Line ("Talks on abductees fruitless")
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November 15, 2004
Delegates return with documents, belongings of abductees
KYODO NEWS
Channelnewsasia.com (AFP) ("Japanese team returns from North Korea with evidence from abductions")
BBC NEWS ("Japan given abductee evidence")
Mainichi Interactive ("Delegation returns from N. Korea with ashes, little else")
PolitInfo.com (VOA) ("Japanese Delegation Returns from Pyongyang With Abductees' Files")
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Japan mulls sanctions against North Korea as delegation wraps up trip
Channelnewsasia.com (AFP)
The Japan Times Online ("Sanctions against North Korea under study, Machimura says")
Japan Today ("Officials return from N Korea with items on abductees")
The China Post (AP) ("Japanese delegation returns from North Korean talks, briefs government")
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Envoys to return belongings, details of Japanese abductees
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Officials interview N. Korean 'neighbors' of abduction victims
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November 13, 2004
Progress on Japanese abductees
BBC NEWS
Yahoo! News (Kyodo) ("Japan officials talk to Koreans, inspect sites over abduction issue")
Mainichi Interactive ("Japanese delegation in North Korea meets with abductee Yokota's husband")
Yahoo! News (AP) ("Japanese delegation meets with kidnapped woman's husband in North Korea")
Japan Today ("Japan conducts on-site checks, interview people in N Korea")
The Japan Times Online ("Delegates meet Yokota's spouse in North")
Mainichi Interactive ("Japanese delegation in North Korea meets with abductee Yokota's husband")
asahi.com : English ("PROGRESS IN PYONGYANG?: Abduction talks extended, officials meet key individuals")
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November 12, 2004
N Korea 'wary' on nuclear talks
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N. Korea lets key official in on talks
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November 11, 2004
Japan hears report from N. Korea on abduction investigations
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Japan, N. Korea hold abduction talks in Pyongyang
KYODO NEWS
Yahoo! News (AP)("Japan, North Korea meet to settle dispute on abduction of Japanese")
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Deserter lifts veil on closed regime
Posted by THINK at 01:10 AM | TrackBack
November 09, 2004
Japan, N. Korea to hold full abduction talks from Wed
Posted by THINK at 11:22 PM | TrackBack
Japan, North Korea discuss abductions of Japanese as calls grow in Tokyo for economic sanctions
Yahoo! News (Kyodo)
Yahoo! News (Reuters) ("Japan officials in North Korea for nuke, abduction talks")
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Families of abductees call for rescue of all victims in N. Korea
Yahoo! News (Kyodo)
asahi.com : English("Abductee talks start as families stage rally")
Posted by THINK at 11:19 PM | TrackBack
Abe to urge gov't for sanctions on N. Korea if no progress in talks
KYODO NEWS
Bloomberg.com ("Japan May Consider Sanctions on North Korea, Abe Says")
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DPRK condemns sanctions threat by Japan
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Japan, North Korea to Discuss Abductees
VOA News
The China Post (AP) ("Japan, North Korea meet this week on abduction dispute")
Daily Yomiuri On-Line ("Govt prepares hard line for N. Korea")
KYODO NEWS ("Japan to urge N. Korea to verify info on missing, resume 6-way talks")
donga.com [english donga] ("N. Korea-Japan Talks to Open In Pyongyang Today")
ITAR-TASS ("Pyongyang, Tokyo discuss future of ten kidnapped Japanese citizens")
Channelnewsasia.com (AFP) ("Japanese team due in North Korea to find out more about abductions")
KYODO NEWS ("Japan, N. Korea to begin abduction talks in Pyongyang")
BBC NEWS ("Japan, N Korea to discuss missing")
VOA News ("Japan, North Korea Resume Abduction Talks")
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U.N. envoy vows to cooperate with Japan over N. Korea abductions
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Japan seeks to meet doctor who wrote abductee's medical file
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November 06, 2004
Deserter Tells of Beatings and 16-Hour Propaganda Lessons
Scotsman.com (AP)
USATODAY.com (AP) (as "Life in North Korea harsh for U.S. deserters")
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Panel OKs sanctions on North -- LDP group hopes to squeeze out abduction particulars
Posted by THINK at 06:28 PM | TrackBack
U.S. pressure on North may sideline abductee resolution
Posted by THINK at 06:27 PM | TrackBack
Koizumi wants more on missing persons in N. Korea talks
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LDP approves report on 5-stage economic sanctions on N. Korea
Posted by THINK at 12:57 AM | TrackBack
November 05, 2004
LDP to scrap pro-N. Korea group tax breaks
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Lawyer Calls Army Deserter Sentence Fair
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Aisawa sees need for Japan to meet Yokota's N. Korean husband
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Japan to pressure N.Korea in pending talks
Posted by THINK at 12:54 AM | TrackBack
In from the Cold -- A U.S. defector to North Korea confesses to his crime and recounts his long, strange story
Posted by THINK at 12:53 AM | TrackBack
US soldier tells of life of fear after deserting to North
Posted by THINK at 12:45 AM | TrackBack
Sado mayor relieved as Jenkins' court-martial ends
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Army jails deserter who spent 39 years in North Korea to avoid Vietnam duty
Posted by THINK at 12:42 AM | TrackBack
November 03, 2004
US soldier gets dishonorable discharge, 30 days for desertion
Channelnewsasia.com (AFP)
Bloomberg.com ("U.S. Army's Jenkins Pleads Guilty to Desertion, AFP Reports")
Reuters.com ("U.S. Deserter Jenkins Gets Dishonorable Discharge")
Xinhuanet - English ("US soldier sentenced to 30-day confinement, dishonorable discharge")
Guardian Unlimited (AP) ("Jenkins Gets 30 Days in Desertion Case")
Mainichi Interactive ("Jenkins sentenced to 30 days in prison, dishonorable discharge")
Crosswalk.com (CNS) ("GI Pleads Guilty to Deserting to North Korea")
The New York Times ("G.I., 64, Pleads Guilty to Desertion From Duty in Korea in '65")
eTaiwanNews.com ("Jenkins admits guilt in Japan--Deserter gives tearful testimony as prosecution describes act as 'despicable'")
asahi.com : English ("Jenkins guilty of desertion")
Washington Post ("U.S. Deserter Took Plea Bargain -- Leniency for Soldier Who Fled to N. Korea Appeases Japan")
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Kin want no normalization talks with N. Korea until abductees return
Posted by THINK at 12:44 AM | TrackBack
US 'deserter' faces court martial
BBC NEWS
Japan Today ("Quick court-martial expected for Jenkins on Wednesday")
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Jenkins' prosecutor requested Japan posting
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N. Korean abduction investigators to join next bilateral talks
Posted by THINK at 12:35 AM | TrackBack
N.Korea delivers materials on two Japanese
Washington Times (UPI)
Mainichi Interactive ("North Korea provides Japan with information on 2 abductees")
Yahoo! News (Kyodo) ("N. Korea gives Japan passport, medical records of abductees")
The Japan Times Online("Pyongyang turns over records of two Japanese")
asahi.com : English ("Abductee talks start next week")
Posted by THINK at 12:30 AM | TrackBack
Japan, N. Korea to Hold Talks Next Week
Guardian Unlimited (AP)
Japan Today ("Japan, N Korea to hold abduction talks Nov 9-12")
Channelnewsasia.com (AFP) ("Japan, North Korea to hold talks on kidnapping issue in Pyongyang")
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