(2)Japan, N. Korea start 1st talks since 2000

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Hitoshi Tanaka, chief of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, sits at the table for talks with Ma Chol Su, chief of the North Korean Foreign Ministry's Asian Affairs Bureau at the start of government-level talks at the People's Palace of Culture in central Pyongyang on Aug. 25.

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