N. Korea hints at flexibility over dispute about remains of abductee

N. Korea hints at flexibility over dispute about remains of abductee

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Song Il Ho, vice director of the North Korean Foreign Ministry's Asian Affairs Department, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News at aPyongyang hotel on Oct. 13. He said North Korea would hear out what Japan has to say about the ashes which Japan has concluded are not of a Japanese abductee as claimed by Pyongyang.

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