Japan holds talks with DPRK
By Zhou Wa | China Daily | Updated: 2012-08-30 08:15
Japanese Foreign Ministry Northeast Asia Division Director Keiichi Ono arrives at the airport ahead of talks with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in Beijing on Wednesday. Japan and the DPRK are holding their first government-to-government talks in four years amid hopes for a fresh approach on foreign relations from new DPRK leader Kim Jong-un. Ng Han Guan / Associated Press |
The first Tokyo-Pyongyang meeting for four years will not bring substantial changes to the strained bilateral ties, analysts said, as representatives from the two countries held talks in Beijing on Wednesday.
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