Japan should press 'changing' North Korea to find closure over abductees


  • World
  • Monday, 24 Mar 2014

TOKYO (Reuters) - The ageing parents of a 13-year-old Japanese girl abducted nearly 40 years ago by North Korea urged their government on Monday to heed signs of change in Pyongyang in order to find out what happened to their daughter.

Japan and North Korea are set to resume high-level talks next week over Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programmes, as well as the fate of Japanese abducted decades ago to help train spies, after a hiatus of more than a year.

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