(VOVworld) - Red Cross officials and diplomats of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Japan resumed talks in China on Wednesday about reopening formal government-level negotiations.
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| Secretary General of the DPRK's Red Cross Society (right) and Director General of the International Department at the Japanese Red Cross (left) meet in Beijing in 2012. (Photo: AP) |
They also touched upon the search, gathering, and repatriation of Japanese who died in Korea during and after World War II.
According to Japan, 34,600 Japanese were believed to die in the war. So far only 13,000 remains have been returned home.