Posted on 05/21/2004 8:46:30 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Edited on 07/19/2004 2:14:13 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
May 22 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi met with North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il in an attempt to secure the freedom of family members of abducted Japanese citizens and seek progress on efforts to halt the communist nation's nuclear weapons program during his one-day visit in Pyongyang.
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That's some major BS when you have to negotiate with a foreign country to return people they stole.
yeah, it's a bummer.
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