JAPAN /NORTH KOREA: JAPANESE AND NORTH KOREN GOVERNMENTS AGREE TO RESUME TALKS ON ESTABLISHING DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS FOR FIRST TIME IN SEVEN YEARS

Record ID: 980805

  • Title: JAPAN /NORTH KOREA: JAPANESE AND NORTH KOREN GOVERNMENTS AGREE TO RESUME TALKS ON ESTABLISHING DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS FOR FIRST TIME IN SEVEN YEARS
  • Date: 2nd December 1999
  • Summary: PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA, (DECEMBER 3, 1999) (JAPAN POOL - NO ACCESS JAPAN) 1. PULL OUT TO WIDE EXTERIOR OF BUILDING 0.09 2. SV'S FORMER JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER TOMIICHI MURAYAMA AND NORTH KOREAN KIM YONG-SUN KOREA ASIA-PACIFIC PEACE COMMITTEE AND SECRETARY OF NORTH KOREA'S RULING WORKERS PARTY SITTING MEETING (2 SHOTS) 0.28 3. SLV/SCU NORTH KOREAN AND JAPANESE DELEGATES AT PHOTO OP (2 SHOTS) 0.38 4. VARIOUS TOMIICHI AND YONG-SUN SEATED FOR PHOTO OPPORTUNITY (3 SHOTS) (2 SHOTS) 1.00 5. VARIOUS OF MURAYAMA VISITING THE VILLAGE BIRTHPLACE OF NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM IL-SUNG (3 SHOTS) 1.21 6. VARIOUS TRAVELLING SHOTS OF THE STREETS OF PYONGYANG (2 SHOTS) 1.37 TOKYO, JAPAN (DECEMBER 3, 1999) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 7. VARIOUS OF NEWSPAPER HEADLINES (3 SHOTS) 1.50 UNKNOWN LOCATION, NORTH KOREA (FILE) (KRT) 8. VARIOUS OF THE LAUNCH OF WHAT THE WEST CLAIMS IS A TAEPODONG MISSILE AND WHAT NORTH KOREA SAYS IS A SATELLITE (3 SHOTS) 2.05 TOKYO, JAPAN (DECEMBER 3, 1999) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 9. SV (SOUNDBITE)(Japanese) DIRECTOR AND CHIEF ANALYST AT TOKYO RADIOPRESS, NORIYUKI SUZUKI SAYING: "All the pressing issues have simply been avoided: kidnapping, the Taepodong missile and the post-war compensation issues. Since all these problems have been put on the back burner to be dealt with later on, re-establishing of diplomatic ties, in reality, is something that is still very far off." 2.26 TOKYO, JAPAN (FILE) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 10. VARIOUS JAPANESE-BORN NORTH KOREANS CELEBRATING KIM JONG-IL'S BIRTHDAY (3 SHOTS) 2.41 TOKYO, JAPAN (DECEMBER 3, 1999) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 11. SV (SOUNDBITE)(Japanese) DIRECTOR AND CHIEF ANALYST AT TOKYO RADIOPRESS, NORIYUKI SUZUKI SAYING: "Responsibility for solving the Taepodong missile issue has been transferred to the U.S., therefore the development in normalising diplomatic relation is totally dependent on the progress in talks to resolve the missile issue between the U.S. and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea." 2.57 PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA (FILE) (KRT) 12. VARIOUS OF MILITARY PARADE (4 SHOTS) 3.13 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA, AND TOKYO, JAPAN
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  • Country: Japan North Korea
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