Japan, N Korea to hold talks on abductions in China on Aug 11-12

Thursday 07th August, 05:48 AM JST

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OssanULTRA at 07:57 AM JST - 7th August

Looks like progress on a bi-lateral level. Looks like China has been leaning on NKorea.
some14some at 08:17 AM JST - 7th August

It will be irony if US removes NK from list of nations sponsoring terror on same day i.e. 11th Aug. 2008
OssanULTRA at 08:58 AM JST - 7th August

Removing NKorea from the Terrorist sponsor list isn't going to get rid of the sanctions that are still in place. And the one that's hurting NKorea the most are the financial ones.
bibric at 09:07 AM JST - 7th August

NK and Bush are in the "Honeymoon", right!
smithinjapan at 12:39 PM JST - 7th August

GOOD! Finally, Japan agrees to talk BI-LATERALLY on a bi-lateral issue. I just hope the J-government shuts up about the issue during the 6-nation denuclearization talks; it's not at all relevant, and only damaging to Japan as a nation, and the talks in general.

I only hope some progress can be made on the issue. I highly doubt it, as NKorea will be stubborn as ever, and Japan will have to bring a lot to the table if it wants anything (and they too are being stubborn, so won't).
apecNetworks at 03:52 PM JST - 7th August

I understand why, but Japan needs to realize that the 6way talks is VERY close to a UNSC negotiations. Ramifications are obvious, ne? So, whoever is calling the shots on this better think real hard on promoting Japan for a permanent seat on the UNSC. There are influential people watching/analyzing.