A reporter works outside the venue where Red Cross officials of Japan and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) held talks on how to collect and return the remains of Japanese who died in the DPRK during World War II, in Shenyang City, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, March 3, 2014. Ri Ho-rim, secretary general of the DPRK's Red Cross, who headed the Pyongyang delegation, told reporters that both sides discussed the return of the Japanese citizens' remains and reached consensus on continuing talks in the future to resolve the issue. Osamu Tasaka, director general of the International Department of the Japanese Red Cross, said his delegation had expressed to the DPRK side the wishes of Japanese people to visit the graves of their relatives in the DPRK and bring their remains home. The talks, the first of their kind since August 2012, also drew diplomats from both countries. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong) |
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