Ch'ongjin
(2000 est. pop. 1 million). Ch'ongjin is the capital of North Hamgyong Province in North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea). Ch'ongjin is a port city o...
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A family of four defectors from North Korea told Japanese police
they know about the visit to Pyongyang in 2002 by then Japanese Prime
Minister Junichiro Koizumi and about a dispute between J...
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Four people believed to have come from North Korea have told
police after being found Saturday on a boat at a port in Aomori
Prefecture that they actually intended to go to the city of Niigat...
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(EDS: RECASTING WITH NEW INFO)
One of the four people, thought to be North Koreans seeking
asylum, who arrived in Aomori Prefecture on Saturday in a small boat,
was found to be in possession...
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Selected editorial excerpts from the Japanese press:
DEFECTION FROM THE NORTH (The Japan Times, an English-language
daily)
Four North Koreans - a married couple and their two adult sons ...
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A North Korean family of four arrived in South Korea on Saturday after leaving Japan, where they landed two weeks ago after a rare boat voyage from the communist country.The family _ a couple and t...
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A small quantity of amphetamines in possession of a North Korean
defector who arrived in Japan in June has been found to be of a
similar chemical makeup to some of the larger amounts of contr...
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(EDS: RECASTING)
Four people on a boat of unknown nationality entered a port in
northeastern Japan's Aomori Prefecture Saturday morning and told
investigators they left a China-North Korea b...
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(EDS: ADDING DETAILS)
Four people on a boat of unknown nationality entered a port in
northeastern Japan's Aomori Prefecture Saturday morning and told
investigators they left a China-North Ko...
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(EDS: ADDING INFO IN 4TH GRAF)
Four people on a boat of unknown nationality entered a port in
northeastern Japan's Aomori Prefecture Saturday morning and told
investigators they left a China...
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(EDS: COMPILING STORIES HEADLINED 'ABE READY TO SEND SUSPECTED N.
KOREAN REFUGEES TO S. KOREA,' 'S. KOREA INDICATES IT IS READY TO HELP
N. KOREAN BOAT PEOPLE' AND '4 SUSPECTED N. KOREA REFUGEES...
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Ch'ongjin
Defectors aware of Koizumi's 2002 Pyongyang visit, abduction issue
