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N. Korea Backpedals On Idea Of Summit With Japan, Says Will Reject Any Contact

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North Korea's Kim Yo-jong, the influential sister of the isolated country's leader Kim Jong-un, declared that Pyongyang will refuse all contact with Japan after Tokyo raised the contentious issues of Japanese abductees and North Korea's nuclear programme.

  • The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) quoted Kim Yo-jong as saying that Japan has "no courage" to make any goodwill gestures and hence "the DPRK-Japan summit is not a matter of concern to the DPRK."
  • This comes after Kim Yo-jong revealed that Japan was seeking PM Fumio Kishida's summit he brother "as soon as possible," while the Japanese Foreign Ministry responded by listing some key sticking points.
  • North Korea's strategy appears to involve attempts to divide the US-led coalition in East Asia by leveraging PM Kishida's weakened position at home, as well as politically sensitive election campaign periods in the US and South Korea.
  • However, Bloomberg cited Park Won-gon from South Korea's Ewha Womans University as noting that "it was difficult to find a middle ground for [North Korea and Japan] from the beginning," which is a prerequisite for any serious talks.
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North Korea's Kim Yo-jong, the influential sister of the isolated country's leader Kim Jong-un, declared that Pyongyang will refuse all contact with Japan after Tokyo raised the contentious issues of Japanese abductees and North Korea's nuclear programme.

  • The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) quoted Kim Yo-jong as saying that Japan has "no courage" to make any goodwill gestures and hence "the DPRK-Japan summit is not a matter of concern to the DPRK."
  • This comes after Kim Yo-jong revealed that Japan was seeking PM Fumio Kishida's summit he brother "as soon as possible," while the Japanese Foreign Ministry responded by listing some key sticking points.
  • North Korea's strategy appears to involve attempts to divide the US-led coalition in East Asia by leveraging PM Kishida's weakened position at home, as well as politically sensitive election campaign periods in the US and South Korea.
  • However, Bloomberg cited Park Won-gon from South Korea's Ewha Womans University as noting that "it was difficult to find a middle ground for [North Korea and Japan] from the beginning," which is a prerequisite for any serious talks.