Japanese and North Korean Officials Hold First Talks in Four Years

Tōkyō : Japan | Aug 29, 2012 at 9:07 AM PDT

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Government officials from Japan and North Korea held their first talks in four years on Wednesday, amid hopes that the North's new leader could be trying to reduce tensions with Japan and by extension, the United States. The meeting at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing between midlevel diplomats was... FULL ARTICLE AT Newyork Times

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