Abductee kin laments lack of progress in Japan-N. Korea talks

Abductee kin laments lack of progress in Japan-N. Korea talks

SAITAMA, Japan - Shigeo Iizuka, who heads a group of family members of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korean agents, laments on the lack of progress over the abduction issue as he speaks in Kasukabe, north of Tokyo, on May 28, 2014, after three days of negotiations between Japan and North Korea in Stockholm, Sweden.

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