N. Korean Red Cross officials criticize Japan

N. Korean Red Cross officials criticize Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Ri Ho Rim, deputy general secretary of North Korea's Red Cross Society, speaks to reporters at a Tokyo hotel before leaving Japan on Nov. 9. Ri, who accompanied five Japanese abductees on a homecoming visit, said he and his colleague, Pak Yong Nam, were completely unable to contact the five in their hometowns in Fukui and Niigata prefectures. ''As we can't contact the five, it is impossible to believe media reports that they are changing their minds (about a permanent return),'' Ri said.

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