ILEA001081796: 16 Japanese women living in N. Korea arrive in Japan

South Koreans protest Japanese PM's visit to Seoul

STORY: South Koreans protest Japanese PM's visit to Seoul DATELINE: May 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:25 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rally in Seoul 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Korean): OH MI-JUNG, SPARK activist 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Korean): MOON GA-ON, College student 4. various of the rally in Seoul STORYLINE: Several South Korean organizations rallied in Seoul Sunday to protest Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's visit to South Korea. The protesters called for Tokyo's apology over its militarist past, opposed South Korea-Japan military cooperation, and demanded withdrawal of Japan's plan to discharge radioactive wastewater. A group of activists from the Solidarity for Peace and Reunification of Korea (SPARK) gathered near the South Korean presidential office in central Seoul, where Kishida held talks with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol. SOUNDBITE 1 (Korean): OH MI-JUNG, SPARK activist "Fumio Kishida should thoroughly reflect on the Japanese-led war of aggression and inhuman crimes

Men Found on Boat in North East Japan Say they came From N. Korea

AKITA, Japan,-Nov. 24 Kyodo - A boat carrying eight men claiming to be fishermen from North Korea has washed ashore in the north eastern Japan prefecture of Akita, police said Friday. The police received a call from a resident in the city of Yurihonjo around 11:30 p.m. Thursday about suspicious men at the seaside. They later found the men on the wooden boat at a nearby marina. The men had no life-threatening injuries and appeared to speak Korean, the police said. They have been taken into protective custody. Hachiro Okonogi, chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, told reporters after a Cabinet meeting that the men have said they were fishing before the boat broke down and washed ashore. In November 2015 a wooden boat drifted ashore in the city of Noshiro in Akita and skeletal remains of two men were found inside the vessel and nearby.

N. Korea children at Pyongyang academy

TOKYO, Japan - Girls in a chorus group are seen singing at the after-school academy Mangyongdae Schoolchildren's Palace in Pyongyang on Oct. 29, 2009.

U.S. evangelist arrives in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - U.S. evangelist Franklin Graham (C, front) arrives at Pyongyang international airport on Oct. 13, 2009, for a visit that will include meetings with high-level government officials, according to his aid group and the official Korean Central News Agency. (Kyodo)

Japan imperial couple on island of Hawaii

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (R) and Empress Michiko watch a group of Hawaiian women performing a hula dance during a farewell ceremony at Kona International Airport on the island of Hawaii on July 16 before they returned home, wrapping up a 15-day trip to Canada and Hawaii. (Kyodo)

N. Korea says it successfully puts satellite into orbit

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A family in Pyongyang applauds as they watch a TV news program, aired by Korean Central Television, reporting North Korea successfully launched the ''Kwangmyongsong-2'' experimental communications satellite and put it into orbit. The U.S. military denied the report, saying, 'No object entered orbit and no debris fell on Japan.' (Kyodo)

Ishihara presses N. Korea to resolve abductions

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (C), flanked by four other governors, issues a statement as chairman of a governors' group Jan. 13 demanding that North Korea promptly reinvestigate its past abductions of Japanese nationals and a separate letter to U.S. President-elect Barack Obama calling for his support in securing the return of the abductees. (Kyodo)

Japan, U.S., S. Korea meet to push forward N. Korea nuke talks

TOKYO, Japan - Christopher Hill (L), U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, Kim Sook (C), the South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministry's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, and Akitaka Saiki, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, pose for photos at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on June 19 before the start of their talks on how to proceed with North Korea's denuclearization. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

N. Korean defector sues Chongryon over emigration program

OSAKA, Japan - Yumiko Chiba speaks at a news conference in Osaka on June 13 after filing an 11 million yen damages suit against the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, or Chongryon, over its responsibility for a program that promoted the emigration of Korean residents of Japan to North Korea. Chiba, 47, moved to North Korea with her parents in 1963 under the program and defected from the country in 2003. (Kyodo)

Balloons released near N. Korea border to seek info on Japanese

CHEOLWON, South Korea - A Japanese group looking for missing Japanese nationals thought abducted by North Korea seeks information from North Koreans May 24. The group released balloons carrying flyers promising financial rewards for information in Cheolwon, South Korea, near the North Korean border. (Kyodo)

16 Japanese women living in N. Korea arrive in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A group of 16 Japanese women who married Korean residents in Japan and moved to North Korea with them decades ago arrive at Narita airport Sept. 12 for a weeklong visit. They have not been allowed hitherto to return to Japan due to the lack of bilateral diplomatic ties.

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