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North Korea talks : No progress at resolving issue TOKYO, Nov 5 (AFP) Families of Japanese civilians kidnapped by North Korea during the Cold War expressed disappointment on Saturday in the lack of progress made in talks aimed at resolving the highly emotive issue. Japan and North Korea concluded two days of high-level talks in Beijing Friday, failing to reach a breakthrough in the long-standing dispute over the North's kidnapping of Japanese citizens in the 1970s and 1980s. "We had hoped to hear good news this time, but we are disappointed to know that no progress has been made," said Shigeru Yokota, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13. "But we will continue to trust the government and closely watch developments of negotiations in the future," Yokota said in a street speech with his wife, Sakie, who also made similar remarks, in Kawasaki, southwest of Tokyo. During their first talks in a year, the two countries at least agreed to maintain dialogue. Japan said it hoped to resume talks by the end of December. Yokota, 72, and other relatives of the kidnapped have demanded economic sanctions against Pyongyang unless North Korea releases all those concerned. |
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