October 17, 2006
North Korea lashes out at Japan's Abe in row over kidnappings
Sunday Times (AFP)
Japan Today ("N Korean paper slams Abe's treatment of abduction issue")
Posted by THINK at 05:35 AM
August 06, 2006
Abductee's kin eye Yokota meeting
Posted by THINK at 02:53 PM
July 08, 2006
N. Korea demands Japan halt sanctions, warns of consequences
Posted by THINK at 02:26 AM
July 06, 2006
N. Korea repeats that abduction issue is already solved
Posted by THINK at 03:52 AM
June 13, 2006
N. Korea warns Japan about raising abduction at int'l events
Yahoo! News
BBC NEWS("Japan warned over abduction issue")
Channelnewsasia.com (AFP) ("NKorea hits out at Japan over abductions")
China Post (AP) ("NKorea warns Japan about persisting to raise abduction issue")
Posted by THINK at 03:59 PM
April 13, 2006
N. Korea rejects Japan's conclusion that Yokota husband is abductee
Posted by THINK at 08:32 PM
April 05, 2006
N. Korea again asks Japan to hand over activists, ashes
Yahoo! News (Kyodo)
Yahoo! News (Kyodo) ("N. Korea to demand Japan compensate for Korean forced laborers")
Posted by THINK at 03:12 PM
March 29, 2006
Japan raps N. Korea for demanding handover of humanitarian activists
Posted by THINK at 12:03 AM
February 13, 2006
NKorea warns of countermeasures against any Japan sanction - reports
Posted by THINK at 03:25 PM
February 11, 2006
End to cremated remains dispute necessary to see progress
Posted by THINK at 05:00 PM
February 07, 2006
Japan bewildered by new N. Korean demand in abduction talks
Yahoo! News (Kyodo)
Yahoo! News (Kyodo) *"Activists in Japan rap N. Korea for demanding their handover")
Posted by THINK at 08:58 PM
N. Korea demands Japan return remains said to be Yokota's: envoy
Posted by THINK at 08:55 PM
January 03, 2006
N. Korea slams Abe for linking normalization, abduction issues
Posted by THINK at 02:11 AM
December 01, 2005
N. Korea slams Japan's move to appoint human rights envoy
Posted by THINK at 04:23 PM
October 06, 2005
Japanese trade minister calls for sanctions against North Korea
Korean News (Korean Central News Agency of DPRK) ("Japanese Reactionaries Urged to Be Prudent" October 18, 2005)
Posted by THINK at 01:58 AM
September 24, 2005
N. Korean official says abduction issue fully resolved
Yahoo! News (Kyodo)
The Japan Times Online ("Abduction case closed: North")
Forbes.com (AFX) ("NKorea says dispute over Japan abductions resolved - report")
HindustanTimes.com (AP) ("N Korea to hold talks with Japan in October")
Posted by THINK at 03:36 PM
July 23, 2005
Japan rapped for using Jenkins as 'ad pillar' in anti-N. Korea moves
Los Angeles Times (AP)("U.S. Deserter Denies Being Propaganda Tool")
RedNova News (Reuters) ("US deserter denies being used by Japan vs. N.Korea")
Yahoo! News (Kyodo) ("Jenkins rejects claim Tokyo uses him for anti-North Korea propaganda")
Posted by THINK at 03:36 PM
July 20, 2005
N Korea says no role for Japan in nuclear talks
Financial Times
Reuters ("N.Korea snubs Japan on talks at Asia meeting-Kyodo")
Posted by THINK at 10:01 PM
June 13, 2005
N. Korea raps Japanese magazine report saying Yokota still alive
Yahoo! News (Kyodo)
Korean News (Korean Central News Agency of DPRK) ("KCNA Blasts Japan's Despicable Political Plot")
Posted by THINK at 11:22 PM
May 21, 2005
North Korea says Japan ties near 'dangerous phase'
Posted by THINK at 01:52 AM
April 27, 2005
Japan's Bid to Internationalize "Abduction Issue" under Fire
Korean News (Korean Central News Agency of DPRK)
Posted by THINK at 10:55 AM
April 21, 2005
"Resolution" of Meeting of UN Commission on Human Rights Rejected
Korean News (Korean Central News Agency of DPRK)
Posted by THINK at 11:12 AM
April 15, 2005
Japan dismisses N. Korea's call for return of ashes
Posted by THINK at 03:38 AM | TrackBack
April 14, 2005
North Korea insists Japanese abductee's remains are genuine, demands their return
Posted by THINK at 11:32 AM | TrackBack
April 09, 2005
N. Korea tells Japanese scholars it won't negotiate without apology
Posted by THINK at 12:50 PM | TrackBack
March 20, 2005
Japan's Racket for Sanctions against DPRK Flailed
Korean News (Korean Central News Agency of DPRK)
Posted by THINK at 01:21 PM | TrackBack
March 07, 2005
Japan Urged to Behave with Discretion
Korean News (Korean Central News Agency of DPRK)
Posted by THINK at 01:13 PM | TrackBack
February 26, 2005
KCNA Blasts Japanese Heavyweight's Cry for Economic Sanctions against DPRK
Korean News (Korean Central News Agency of DPRK)
Posted by THINK at 01:24 PM | TrackBack
Japan Strongly Warned against Its Application of Sanctions against DPRK
Korean News (Korean Central News Agency of DPRK)
Posted by THINK at 01:23 PM | TrackBack
Japan's DNA Test on Abductee Lacks of Scientific Proof: KCNA
Posted by THINK at 10:36 AM | TrackBack
February 09, 2005
Japan Termed Wicked trickster
Korean News (Korean Central News Agency of DPRK)
Posted by THINK at 01:30 PM | TrackBack
February 08, 2005
Japanese Chief Executive's Anti-DPRK Remarks under Fire
Korean News (Korean Central News Agency of DPRK)
Posted by THINK at 01:17 PM | TrackBack
January 31, 2005
KCNA Assails Japan's Anti-DPRK Farce
Korean News (Korean Central News Agency of DPRK)
Posted by THINK at 01:26 PM | TrackBack
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 26, 2005
Japan Is Wholly to Blame
Korean News (Korean Central News Agency of DPRK)
Posted by THINK at 01:28 PM | TrackBack
January 25, 2005
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")
Posted by THINK at 01:04 AM | TrackBack
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")
Posted by THINK at 11:54 PM | TrackBack
N. Korea demands halt to Japan's 'hostile' policy in statement
Posted by THINK at 02:19 AM | TrackBack
January 07, 2005
N. Korean ferry calls off Japan port call due to insurance problem
Posted by THINK at 01:40 AM | TrackBack
Japan Democratic Party's Anti-DPRK Racket under Fire
Korean News (Korean Central News Agency of DPRK)
Posted by THINK at 01:30 AM | TrackBack
January 03, 2005
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")
Posted by THINK at 01:24 AM | TrackBack
December 29, 2004
Shamelessness Peculiar to Japan's Ultra-right Forces
Korean News (Korean Central News Agency of DPRK)
Posted by THINK at 03:39 AM | TrackBack
December 25, 2004
N. Korea rejects Japan's proposal for meeting on abductions
Posted by THINK at 07:47 AM | TrackBack
December 24, 2004
North Korea threatens to shun N-talks
Sydney Morning Herald (AP)
The Korea Times ("NK Threatens to Exclude Tokyo From Nuke Talks")
Posted by THINK at 07:26 AM | TrackBack
December 23, 2004
N. Korea says Yokota's husband angered at Japan's conclusion
KYODO NEWS
Yahoo! News (AP)("North Korean husband wants alleged remains of abducted Japanese back")
Japan Today("N Korea says Yokota's husband wants ashes returned")
YONHAPNEWS ("N. Korea Demands Return of Alleged Remains of Japanese Abductee")
BBC NEWS ("N Korea demands return of remains")
Digital Chosunilbo (VOA) ("North Korea Asks Japan for Return of Disputed Remains")
Posted by THINK at 05:43 AM | TrackBack
December 22, 2004
DPRK condemns Japan for instigating people's hostile emotion
Korean News (Korean Central News Agency of DPRK) ("Japanese Ultra-right Conservatives' Anti-DPRK Racket under Fire")
Posted by THINK at 05:10 AM | TrackBack
December 21, 2004
North Korea Sees Japan's Defense Policy as Aggressive
KCNA (Korean Central News Agency) ("Japan's Defence Program Outlines Assailed")
Posted by THINK at 08:41 PM | TrackBack
December 20, 2004
N. Korea demands test results, ashes
The Japan Times Online (AP/Kyodo)
Japan Today ("N Korea demands test results, return of ashes said to be Yokota's")
asahi.com : English ("IT PLANS ITS OWN TESTS: North asks for return of remains")
Washington Times (UPI) ("North Korea asks Japan to return ashes")
Mainichi Interactive ("North Korea asks Japan to return ashes")
KYODO NEWS ("N. Korea demands test results, return of ashes said to be Yokota's")
Posted by THINK at 08:20 PM | TrackBack
December 15, 2004
North Korea says Japanese sanctions would be 'declaration of war'
Channelnewsasia.com (AFP)
Reuters.com ("N.Korea: Japan Sanctions Would Be War Declaration")
ABC News Online ("North Korea furious at possible Japan sanctions")
Bloomberg.com ("North Korea Warns Japan Against Imposing Sanctions")
BBC NEWS ("N Korea warns Japan on sanctions")
VOA News ("Pyongyang Says Japanese Sanctions Would Amount to 'War'")
CNN.com ("N. Korea threat over sanctions")
China Daily ("N.Korea: Any sanctions would mean war")
The Korea Times ("Tokyo Warned Against NK Sanctions")
The Japan Times Online ("DNA test on remains failed due to Japan conspiracy: North")
KYODO NEWS ("N. Korea rejects Japan's finding that ashes are not Yokota's")
Korean News (Korean Central News Agency of DPRK)("DPRK Stand on Japanese Ultra Right Forces-Proposed Sanctions against DPRK Clarified")
Posted by THINK at 01:43 PM | TrackBack
North Korea accuses Japan of doctoring DNA analysis of alleged kidnap victim's remains
San Francisco Chronicle (AP)
KYODO NEWS ("N. Korea blasts Japan for saying ashes not Yokota's")
Posted by THINK at 05:12 AM | TrackBack
November 09, 2004
DPRK condemns sanctions threat by Japan
Posted by THINK at 05:16 PM | TrackBack
October 31, 2004
N. Korea Threatens "Tough" Measures against Japan
Posted by THINK at 05:07 PM | TrackBack
October 30, 2004
N. Korea Bars UN Human Rights Official Who Describes Abuses
Bloomberg
Scotsman.com ("UN Calls for More North Korean Human Rights")
Posted by THINK at 06:20 PM | TrackBack
October 24, 2004
Japanese Foreign Minister's Jargon Denounced
Korean News (Korean Central News Agency of DPRK)
Posted by THINK at 06:44 PM | TrackBack
October 23, 2004
N. Korea lashes out at Japanese Foreign Minister Machimura
Posted by THINK at 01:19 AM | TrackBack
October 20, 2004
DPRK rebukes Japanese FM's remarks on abduction issue
Xinhuanet
Korean News (Korean Central News Agency of DPRK)
("Japanese Foreign Minister's Vituperation against DPRK Refuted")
Posted by THINK at 12:11 AM | TrackBack
September 23, 2004
Pyongyang admits human rights not a priority
Posted by THINK at 03:03 AM | TrackBack
August 31, 2004
Japan, N. Korea women's groups call for early normalization
Posted by THINK at 04:46 AM | TrackBack
August 17, 2004
N. Korea says U.S. policy will stop it from attending talks
Posted by THINK at 01:31 PM | TrackBack
August 10, 2004
N. Korea sees Koizumi as rushing to normalize ties: ex-U.S. official
Posted by THINK at 01:05 AM | TrackBack
August 07, 2004
N. Korea blasts Japan's plan to host WMD intercept drill
Posted by THINK at 08:47 PM | TrackBack
August 02, 2004
N. Korean group says gov't proceeding with search of abduction victims
Posted by THINK at 12:50 AM | TrackBack
July 31, 2004
N. Koreans uncooperative, hampering search for victims
Posted by THINK at 01:09 AM | TrackBack
July 22, 2004
Jenkins' minders return to N. Korea with little fuss
Posted by THINK at 05:44 PM | TrackBack
July 17, 2004
North Korean officials meet Jenkins, pledge to respect his family's wishes
Posted by THINK at 12:22 PM | TrackBack
Jenkins to visit Japan Sun., N. Korea hopes family can live together
Posted by THINK at 12:30 AM | TrackBack
July 16, 2004
N. Korea threatens to thwart Jenkins' Japan visit
Posted by THINK at 03:39 AM | TrackBack
July 10, 2004
N. Korea official congratulates Soga-Jenkins family on reunion
Posted by THINK at 01:19 AM | TrackBack
July 02, 2004
N. Korea mentions Koizumi's visit positively in ARF session
Posted by THINK at 11:23 PM | TrackBack
June 30, 2004
KCNA Dismisses Japanese Right-wing Conservatives' Anti-DPRK Moves as Anachronistic
Korean News (Korean Central News Agency of DPRK)
Posted by THINK at 02:10 PM | TrackBack
June 23, 2004
KCNA Assails Japan's New Laws for Militarization and Overseas Invasion
KCNA (KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY of DPRK)
Posted by THINK at 12:36 AM | TrackBack
June 08, 2004
KCNA on Japan's Legislation on Sanctions against DPRK
KCNA (KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY of DPRK)
Posted by THINK at 11:18 AM | TrackBack
June 03, 2004
DPRK FM. Spokesman on Stand to Implement Spirit of DPRK-Japan Summit
Korean News (Korean Central News Agency of DPRK)
Posted by THINK at 08:16 PM | TrackBack
N. Korea notes signs of improving ties with Japan
Posted by THINK at 04:26 AM | TrackBack
DPRK willing to implement Pyongyang Declaration: spokesman
Posted by THINK at 04:22 AM | TrackBack
June 01, 2004
Koizumi Sends Congratulatory Message to Chongryon Congress
Korean News (Korean Central News Agency of DPRK)
Posted by THINK at 08:17 PM | TrackBack
May 30, 2004
DPRK and Japan Hold Second Summit Talks on Normalizing Bilateral Ties
Posted by THINK at 04:13 AM | TrackBack
May 29, 2004
Pro-Pyongyang body in Japan applauds Koizumi-Kim talks
Posted by THINK at 01:38 AM | TrackBack
May 24, 2004
NKorean youth inherits hostility to Japan from parents as well as state
Posted by THINK at 06:31 PM | TrackBack
May 23, 2004
Report on Meeting and Talks between Kim Jong Il and Koizumi
KCNA (North Korea's Official Press)
#No mention of abduction or return of victims' children to Japan.
Posted by THINK at 04:57 AM | TrackBack
May 22, 2004
N. Korean media hail summit, better ties depend on allies
Posted by THINK at 09:55 PM | TrackBack
Pro-Pyongyang Koreans in Japan hail outcome of Japan-N Korea summit
Posted by THINK at 09:44 PM | TrackBack
N. Korea media give great attention to Koizumi-Kim summit
Posted by THINK at 09:38 PM | TrackBack
N. Korea says summit with Japan PM 'historic event'
Posted by THINK at 09:30 PM | TrackBack
Tough mood dominates Pyongyang prior to Koizumi-Kim talks
Posted by THINK at 01:51 AM | TrackBack
On summit's eve, N Korean broadcast bashes Japan
Posted by THINK at 01:44 AM | TrackBack
May 20, 2004
N. Korean Media Hammer Away at Japan
Posted by THINK at 06:02 PM | TrackBack
May 14, 2004
N. Korea announces Koizumi's visit, no mention of talks with Kim
Posted by THINK at 12:35 AM | TrackBack