VARIOUS: HIGH-RANKING NORTH KOREAN OFFICIAL DEFECTOR ,HWANG JANG- YOP CAUSES A STORM AS NORTH KOREA SAYS HE WAS KIDNAPPED

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  • Title: VARIOUS: HIGH-RANKING NORTH KOREAN OFFICIAL DEFECTOR ,HWANG JANG- YOP CAUSES A STORM AS NORTH KOREA SAYS HE WAS KIDNAPPED
  • Date: 12th February 1997
  • Summary: BEIJING, CHINA/ SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA/ TOKYO, JAPAN/ PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA (FEBRUARY 12-13, 1997 + FILE) (RTV/ MBC/ NHK/ TV TOKYO/ KRT - PART NO ACCESS SOUTH KOREA, PART NO ACCESS JAPAN) NHK PICTURES CANNOT BE REBROADCAST ON CABLE OR COMMUNICATION SATELLITE SERVICES IN JAPAN WITHOUT PRIOR AGREEMENT WITH NHK. TV TOKYO -NO ACCESS JAPAN, BBC WORLD, CNNI, NBC, CNBC MUST ON SCREEN COURTESY TV TOKYO IF PICTURES TO BE SHOWN ON CABLE OR COMMUNICATION SATELLITE SERVICES IN JAPAN BEIJING, CHINA (FEBRUARY 12, 1997) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. LAS EXTERIOR OF BUILDING SOUTH KOREAN EMBASSY CONSULAR SECTION TILT DOWN TO FLAGS FLYING 0.10 2. SLV SOUTH KOREAN FLAG 0.12 3. SCU SIGN OF EMBASSY CONSULAR SECTION 0.17 4. SLV SOUTH KOREAN EMBASSY SPOKESMAN CHONG MOON-IK SITTING AT DESK IN HIS OFFICE/PAPERS ON DESK (2 SHOTS) 0.22 5. SCU SOUTH KOREAN EMBASSY SPOKESMAN CHONG MOON-IK SAYING "THIS MORNING MR HWANG JANG-YOP AND HIS SECRETARY VISITED OUR CONSULAR SECTION AND EXPRESSED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DEFECT TO KOREA. WE ARE NOW PROTECTING THEM IN OUR COMPOUND. WE ALSO INFORMED THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT OF THIS MATTER AND ARE NEGOTIATING WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT". (ENGLISH) 0.46 BEIJING (FEBRUARY 13) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 6. LV EXTERIOR SOUTH KOREAN EMBASSY COMPOUND /SIGN IN KOREAN/ SOUTH KOREAN FLAG/ CHINESE POLICE MOVING MEDIA (4 SHOTS) 1.08 7. CHONG SAYING "WE BELIEVE MR HWANG AND HIS SECRETARY VOLUNTARILY CAME TO OUR CONSULAR SECTION. I EXPLAINED YESTERDAY, HE (HWANG) CAME BY TAXI WITHOUT ANY NOTICE, THEY CAME TO OUR CONSULAR SECTION ". (ENGLISH) 1.24 8. GV CHINESE SOLIDERS MARCHING PAST SOUTH KOREAN EMBASSY COMPOUND/ ZOOM INTO SOUTH KOREAN FLAG 1.34 9. SLV SOUTH KOREAN TEAM ARRIVES FROM SEOUL AND GETS OUT OF VEHICLE OUTSIDE EMBASSY COMPOUND (2 SHOTS) 1.49 10. SLV CHINA FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN TANG GUO-QIANG ENTERING OFFICE 1.58 11. SCU TANG SAYING "WE HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED IN ADVANCE OF HWANG JANG-YOP'S TRANSIT THROUGH BEIJING. WHAT WAS REPORTED ABOUT IS YET BEING SUBJECTED TO INVESTIGATION AND VERIFICATION. IT IS HOPED THAT THE PARTIES CONCERNED PROCEED FROM THE OVERALL INTERESTS AND TREAT THE MATTER CALMLY AND HANDLE IT PROPERLY IN ORDER TO BENEFIT THE MAINTENANCE OF PEACE AND STABILITY ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA." (ENGLISH) 2.32 PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA (FILE) (KRT - ACCESS ALL) 12. SLV/SCU DEFECTOR HWANG JANG-YOP POSING AT LEFT OF GROUP WITH FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER AND HIS WIFE ROSALYN AND THE LATE NORTH KOREAN PRESIDENT KIM-IL-SUNG 2.43 SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (FEBRUARY 13, 1997) (MBC - NO ACCESS SOUTH KOREA) 13. KIM NAM-GIG,RESEARCHER AT THE INSTITUTE OF NORTH KOREA STUDIES SAYING "THE DEFECTION OF HWANG IS A REAL BLOW. HE ELABORATED JUCHE THOUGHT AND WAS CLOSE TO KIM IL-SUNG" (KOREAN) 3.00 TOKYO, JAPAN (RECENT) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 14. SLV HWANG ADDRESSING CEREMONY MARKING KIM JONG-IL'S 55TH BIRTHDAY (2 SHOTS) 3.11 15. SV HWANG WITH GUESTS AT CEREMONY 3.16 TOKYO, JAPAN (RECENT) (NHK - NO ACCESS JAPAN ) 16. SLV HWANG JANG-YOP BEING INTERVIEWED BY JAPANESE TELEVISION 3.30 SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (FEBRUARY 13, 1997) (MBC - NO ACCESS SOUTH KOREA) 17. SCU LETTER WHICH HWANG ALLEGEDLY WROTE (3 SHOTS) 3.40 18. SCU STILL PHOTO OF HWANG WITH LATE NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM IL-SUNG (2 SHOTS) 3.48 19. SLV FOREIGN MINISTRY BRIEFING 3.54 20. SCU YU KWANG-SOK, DIRECTOR GENERAL ASIA AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS BUREAU, SAYING "WE WILL ASK CHINA TO HELP SECURE SAFE PASSAGE FOR HWANG TO SEOUL ACCORDING TO HIS WISHES"(KOREAN)4.04 21. SLV MEDIA 4.09 TOKYO, JAPAN (FEBRUARY 13, 1997) (TV TOKYO - NO ACCESS JAPAN) 22. SLV JAPANESE GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SEIROKU KAJIYAMA WALKS INTO PRESS CONFERENCE 4.14 23. SCU KAJIYAMA SAYING "WE ONCE HAD HOPE FOR SOME PROGRESS IN DIALOGUE BETWEEN SOUTH AND NORTH KOREA AFTER PYONGYANG'S APOLOGY FOR THE SUBMARINE INCIDENT, AND I HOPE SUCH PROSPECTS WILL NOT BE DIMINISHED DUE TO THIS".(JAPANESE) 4.41 24. SCU JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER RYUTARO HASHIMOTO WALKING OUT OF OFFICIAL RESIDENCE AND GETS INTO CAR 5.02 PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA (FILE) (KRT - ACCESS ALL) 25. GV TROOPS MARCHING/ KIM JONG-IL REVIEWING MARCH PAST (2 SHOTS) 5.11 PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA (FILE) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 26. GV BUILDINGS/MONUMENT IN PYONGYANG (2 SHOTS) 5.17 27. SLV WOMAN COLLECTING GRASS (2 SHOTS) 5.26 28. HAS HOUSES 5.29 29. HAS MAN DIGGING UP PAVEMENT TO PLANT GARDEN 5.33 Initials S3/2 P3/2 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
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  • Location: BEIJING, CHINA/ SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA/ TOKYO, JAPAN/ PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA
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