No progress in talks if abductees not returned to North

No progress in talks if abductees not returned to North

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Pak Ryong Yon, deputy chief of the North Korean Foreign Ministry's bureau in charge of Japanese affairs, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at a hotel in Pyongyang on Nov. 29. He indicated there will be no development in bilateral talks as long as Japan does not send back the five abductees who are now on a homecoming trip in Japan.

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