Japan to license radio broadcasts to N. Korea in support of Japanese kidnap victims http://mdn.mainichi- msn.co.jp/national/news/20070320p2a00m0na027000c.html Japan said Tuesday it will license a private radio station to broadcast messages of support to potential Japanese abduction survivors living in communist North Korea.
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Yoshihide Suga told a press conference the ministry plans to approve the license Thursday, ministry official Michinari Motohashi said. A support group, based in Tokyo, has been transmitting 30-minute programs twice daily via shortwave since late 2005. But the group has had to commission a British broadcaster because it had no license to operate in Japan, according to group member Kenji Murao. Kyodo News agency said the British company transmitted the programs for the group via facilities in North Korea's neighboring countries. It is unusual for the government to grant such licenses to a non- broadcaster or private group. "The abduction victims are waiting to be rescued as early as possible," Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told a group of reporters Tuesday. "We have the responsibility to have the abducted people return to Japan. It was a decision made from this viewpoint." "It was regrettable that (the group) has not been able to send messages from Japan until now," the communication minister was quoted as saying by Motohashi. "The license will allow constant and stable release of information from Japan. I'd be very happy if this leads to the early resolution of the kidnapping issue." North Korea admitted in 2002 that it kidnapped 13 Japanese citizens in the 1970s and '80s. Pyongyang sent five of them home later that year, but insisted the rest were dead. Japan has demanded proof and says more of its citizens may have been taken. Earlier this month, the government announced plans to launch a television ad campaign to boost public support for the kidnapping issue. It plans to broadcast the commercial on 114 commercial TV stations across the nation until March 31. Tuesday's announcement came as North Korean state media lashed out at Japan for raising what it called the already-resolved issue of the kidnapping, claiming the move is an attempt to scuttle international nuclear talks, now being held in Beijing. (AP) March 20, 2007 http://zlgr.multiply.com (raidio monitoring site plus audio clips ) http://www.worldisround.com/articles/302315/ (Litohoro) 321199/Tinos http://www.flickr.com/photos/zachgr pictures upload . on my main : www.geocities.com/zliangas -tty-px.html : test of various TTY programs -ethics.htm : greek ethics , days and institutions -frape.htm: the greek way of cofee !!! Zacharias Liangas , Thessaloniki Greece greekdx @ otenet dot gr --- Pesawat penerima: ICOM R75 , Lowe HF150 , Degen 1102,1103,108, Tecsun PL200/550, Chibo c300/c979, Yupi 7000 Antenna: 16m hor, 2x16 m V invert, 1m australian loop ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- Preorder your WRTH 2007: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2007 ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
