LAOS-U.S.-CLUSTER MUNITIONS

LAOS-U.S.-CLUSTER MUNITIONS

(230712) -- VIENTIANE, July 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 7, 2010 shows cluster munitions found in Xiengkhuang Province, Laos. According to a monitor, the United States dropped 413,130 tons of cluster munitions over Vietnam between 1965 and 1973. Concurrent with the Vietnam War, the United States dropped some 260 million cluster bombs on neighboring Laos, making Laos "the most heavily bombed nation in history." Laos is hence contaminated by about 80 million cluster submunitions, affecting 17 provinces and resulting in 300 casualties per year, said a Red Cross report, making the country with the world's highest level of cluster munition contamination. (Photo by Kaikeo Saiyasane/Xinhua)

Abductee group says missing Japan woman taken to N. Korea

Abductee group says missing Japan woman taken to N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo of Noriko Furukawa's ID card was released by the National Association for the Rescue of Japanese Kidnapped by North Korea at a news conference in Seoul on Dec. 6. The group said it has concluded that Furukawa, of Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, who disappeared July 7, 1973, at age 18, was abducted and taken to North Korea.

Abductee group says missing Japan woman taken to N. Korea

Abductee group says missing Japan woman taken to N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo of Noriko Furukawa's ID card was released by the National Association for the Rescue of Japanese Kidnapped by North Korea at a news conference in Seoul on Dec. 6. The group said it has concluded that Furukawa, of Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, who disappeared July 7, 1973, at age 18, was abducted and taken to North Korea. (Kyodo)