N. Korea, Japan to Discuss Relations
TOKYO — Longtime enemies North Korea and Japan announced Friday that they will hold talks next week aimed at eventually establishing diplomatic ties.
The talks, to be held Thursday in Beijing, would be a breakthrough for Tokyo and Pyongyang, which never have had formal relations and often are embroiled in disputes.
North Korea has never forgiven Japan for its colonization of the Korean Peninsula from 1910 to 1945, its support of the United States during the 1950-53 Korean War and the close relations that Tokyo established with South Korea after the war.
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