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JAPAN

Interpol help sought to arrest Ghosn's wife

Japan has asked Interpol for its help in arresting the wife of former Nissan Motor Co chief Carlos Ghosn, local media said on Saturday. The move came after Tokyo prosecutors on Tuesday obtained an arrest warrant for Ghosn's wife Carole, 53, on suspicion of perjury during a court appearance last year. Investigators believe Carole, who is now in Lebanon with Ghosn may have destroyed evidence in connection with her husband's case involving financial misconduct. She is suspected of denying during a court appearance in Tokyo last April that she knew an acquaintance of Ghosn although she is believed to have contacted the individual.

DPRK

Nuke talks not possible until demands accepted

A senior official of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea said on Saturday that dialogue with the United States could resume only when it fully accepted Pyongyang's demands. Kim Kye-gwan, an adviser to the DPRK's Foreign Ministry, made the remarks in a statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency. He acknowledged that the top leader of the DPRK Kim Jong-un had received birthday greetings from US President Donald Trump, saying personal relations between the two leaders were not bad, though it was "absentminded to think of either making us return to the dialogue with the US by taking advantage of such relations or creating an atmosphere for it."