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January 31, 2005
KCNA Assails Japan's Anti-DPRK Farce
Korean News (Korean Central News Agency of DPRK)
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January 29, 2005
KCNA Slams Japanese Reactionaries' Attempt to Internationalize Abduction Issue
Korean News (Korean Central News Agency of DPRK)
Posted by THINK at 01:32 PM | TrackBack
January 27, 2005
Reports: North Korea accuses Japan of fabricating test results on alleged abduction victims remains
Yahoo! News (AP)
Yahoo! News (Kyodo) ("N. Korea slams Japan for 'fabricating' DNA test results")
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January 26, 2005
Japan Is Wholly to Blame
Korean News (Korean Central News Agency of DPRK)
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Japan denies it promised to keep test results on remains quiet
Yahoo! News (AP)
Yahoo! News (Kyodo) ("No accord on keeping 'Yokota's ashes' secret: Japan")
The Japan Times Online ("No deal made to keep quiet about ashes: Machimura")
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January 25, 2005
Embargo on North Korea an option: Koizumi
The News (Pakistan)
KYODO NEWS ("Koizumi indicates Japan to keep pushing N. Korea on abductions")
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Japan raps N. Korea for failure to respond on abduction issue
Yahoo! News (Kyodo)
Channelnewsasia.com (AFP) ("Japan asks NKorea to respond to claims over kidnap victim's remains")
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N.Korea blasts Japan over DNA tests of abductees
Reuters
Yahoo! News (Kyodo) ("N. Korea dismisses Japan's DNA test, demands punishment")
YONHAPNEWS ("N. Korea Questions Japan's DNA Test on Alleged Remains of Abductee")
Japan Today ("N Korea dismisses Japan's DNA test, demands punishment")
Washington Times (UPI) ("North Korea, Japan spar over remains")
Washington Times (UPI) ("North Korea, Japan spar over remains")
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January 23, 2005
Full text of Koizumi's Diet speech
Yahoo! News (Kyodo)
Bloomberg.com ("Koizumi Outlines Goals in Diet Speech; Vows to Sell Japan Post")
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January 21, 2005
80% support sanctions against North Korea
Daily Yomiuri On-Line
Washington Times (UPI) ("Most Japanese want N.Korean sanctions")
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Japan could 'clam down' on N. Korea
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Japan needs N. Korean policy with eye to fall of Kim regime: Takebe
Posted by THINK at 01:52 AM | TrackBack
January 19, 2005
Koizumi downplays N. Korean comments about Japan
Yahoo! News (Kyodo)
The News (Pakistan) ("Japan shrugs off North Korea’s threat to shun talks")
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January 18, 2005
N Korea abductions row 'settled'：NK
BBC NEWS
Yahoo! News (AP) ("North Korea says no need to reinvestigate whereabouts of kidnapped Japanese")
KYODO NEWS ("N. Korea media say 'counteraction' needed against Japan")
The Japan Times Online ("No further abductee investigations: North")
Korean News (Korean Central News Agency of DPRK) ("Japan Urged to Take Practical Step for Settlement of Past")
Korean News (Korean Central News Agency of DPRK) ("KCNA Denounces Japan for Bringing Clouds over Six-party Talks")
Korean News (Korean Central News Agency of DPRK) ("Japan's Demand for "Reinvestigation" Rejected")
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Japan's LDP Backs N. Korea Sanctions If No Gains on Abductions / Japan's LDP Adopt Policies for N. Korea, Post Reform
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Japan pledges to press North Korea on abductions as evidence of more victims emerge
Yahoo! News (Kyodo)
Mainichi Interactive ("Photos held by North Korean resemble 2 missing Japanese nationals")
The Japan Times Online ("Recognize pair as abductees: kin -- Photo considered evidence teen, woman taken to North")
KYODO NEWS ("Group retracts claim that couple in photo are Japanese abductees")
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N. Korea demands halt to Japan's 'hostile' policy in statement
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January 17, 2005
Human rights bill aimed at N. Korea may be needed: LDP's Abe
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Koizumi to stress postal privatization in policy speech
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January 15, 2005
Tokyo envoy says North must respond on abductees
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January 14, 2005
Japan to again ask N. Korea to reply on abduction issue
KYODO NEWS
Radio Australia ("Japan presses North Korea for answers in kidnap dispute")
Daily Yomiuri On-Line ("North Korea's inaction vexing / With no response on abductions, sanctions appear inevitable")
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Ex-abductee Hasuike to work as temporary staffer at university
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January 13, 2005
LDP eyes human rights bill to put more pressure on Pyongyang
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January 12, 2005
North Korea boycott sees some impact -- Cheap suits easy target, not seafood
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Koizumi calls for fans to behave during match with N.Korea
Servihoo.com (AFP)
Yahoo! News (Kyodo) ("Tensions over abductions may simmer at Japan-N. Korea soccer games")
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U.S. delegation to push abduction issue
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January 10, 2005
Abduction victim support group to urge boycott of N. Korean clams
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January 08, 2005
Soga says family settled after first month in hometown
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6 Yodo hijackers' kin plan to leave N. Korea
Daily Yomiuri On-Line
asahi.com : English ("6 kin of Red Army hijackers moving to Japan soon")
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January 07, 2005
N. Korean ferry calls off Japan port call due to insurance problem
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Japan Democratic Party's Anti-DPRK Racket under Fire
Korean News (Korean Central News Agency of DPRK)
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January 06, 2005
Koizumi contradicts Yachi on North
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January 05, 2005
N. Korea's abduction should be settled before nukes: Yachi
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Japan PM seeking NKorea's 'real intentions' after fresh threat
Channelnewsasia.com (AFP)
VOA News ("Koizumi Hopes Dialogue with Pyongyang Resumes Soon")
Digital Chosunilbo ("Koizumi Cancels Deadline on Normalizing Ties with N.K.")
Daily Yomiuri On-Line ("Koizumi lists tasks ahead for new year")
Posted by THINK at 01:46 AM | TrackBack
January 03, 2005
Japanese ruling coalition official says sanctions on North Korea "may be inevitable"
Yahoo! News (AP)
Yahoo! News (Kyodo) ("New Komeito's Kanzaki calls for gradual sanctions on N. Korea")
Japan Today ("Kanzaki calls for gradual sanctions on N Korea")
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N.Korea Hints at Breaking Off Japan Talks-Kyodo
Reuters.com
Channelnewsasia.com (AFP) ("Pyongyang threatens to end dialogue with Japan in abduction row")
english.eastday.com (Xinhua) ("DPRK threatens to cut inter-governmental contact with Japan")
Radio Australia ("Relations between Japan and North Korea continue to deteriorate.")
The Japan Times Online ("North intimates it may break off talks with Japan -- Pyongyang responds to Yokota furor by saying negotiations with Tokyo are meaningless")