Japan to Launch Radio Channel Targeting N.Korea http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200706/200706070017.html The Japanese government will launch a radio channel for North Korea focusing on Japanese citizens abducted by Pyongyang. A Japanese government official on Wednesday said the channel will be launched in July and is different from the privately-run Shiokaze channel that started broadcasting for North Korea in late March. Shiokaze is run by an activist group calling itself Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to North Korea.
The new state-run Japanese radio will focus on the Japanese government's position on the abduction issue, messages from victims' families, and efforts to have them sent back to Japan. Shiokaze recently reported the new channel would carry official messages about the Japanese government's position. A staffer with Free North Korea Radio, a South Korean radio station targeting North Korea, said the state-run Japanese channel will broadcast for an hour a day, half in Korean and half in Japanese. The radio is under the supervision of the Japanese Foreign Ministry and a Cabinet committee dealing with the abduction question. South Korea's only official radio channel targeting North Korea is KBS Social Education Service. But the channel is mostly educational and targets not only North Korea but also Korean nationals living in northern regions such as the Maritime Province of Siberia and China. In South Korea, there are four civilian radios for North Korea led by North Korean refugees or activists for human rights in North Korea, including Free North Korea Radio and Open Radio for North Korea, which transmit their programs using frequencies of a British shortwave service provider. Kim Seung-min, the founder of Free North Korea Radio, said the launch of the state-run Japanese radio is a graphic example showing the Abe administration's "determination to pressure North Korea." ([EMAIL PROTECTED] ) 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
