Fearful North Korean troops are reportedly going AWOL from training camps in Russia. However, their families could be punished if they disgrace Kim Jong Un.
As Japan and North Korea enter a dialogue phase, families call for Kim's "courageous and decisive action" for the immediate return of all victims of abductions.
In an exclusive interview, Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho discusses cooperation, resolving the abductions and his priorities for North Korean human rights.
At a press conference amid North Korean signals and buildup for the Japan-US Summit, Takuya Yokota discusses hopes for bringing home the abductions victims.
The new policy paves the way for stronger negotiations with North Korean leaders for the return of all abductees while some of their parents are still...
Did Kim Yo Jong offer to accept Kishida's visit to North Korea on the condition that the abductions issue would not become a stumbling block? Here's...
Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin presented themselves as powerful comrades when they met at a spaceport in Siberia, but the meeting revealed their weakness.
Fearing absorption by the South, Kim Jong Un may have used the name "Republic of Korea" to reinforce the idea of a permanently divided Korea.
Japanese abductees Megumi Yokota and Yaeko Taguchi are still alive, and Japan should keep pushing for direct talks, says former North Korean agent Kim Hyon-hui.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has an audacious plan to help the North in return for disarmament. He says he also wants a better relationship with...
Kim Jong Un’s rule of terror and hypocrisy has left an air of unease in the country, while his regime badly handled the food shortages, economic...
On July 9, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison reminded Japan and the world that the abductions by North Korea are a human rights matter, and...
