With friends like these? Japan reaches out to Cuba for N. Korea assistance



Features With friends like these? Japan reaches out to Cuba for N. Korea assistance Shinzo Abe is hoping Pyongyang's old comrades can talk them down from the brink Donald Kirk September 22, 2016 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON Japan PM Shinzo Abe by theglobalpanorama on 2013-10-06 18:32:50 Japan is looking for an improbable source of support in getting North Korea to cool it on its nukes and missiles – and maybe even come clean on Japanese citizens kidnapped years ago to North Korea. How about Cuba, a nation often proclaimed by North Korea as a close friend and ally bound in common cause against “imperialism”? Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe flies to Havana on Thursday on a mission to persuade Cuban President Raul Castro to relay kind diplomatic words on Japan’s behalf to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Abe “will bring up the issue of North © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. Get the Daily Update & Podcast Updates Start your day with the North Korea stories that matter most – as selected by Trending

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With friends like these? Japan reaches out to Cuba for N. Korea assistance

Shinzo Abe is hoping Pyongyang's old comrades can talk them down from the brink

Donald Kirk September 22, 2016

With friends like these? Japan reaches out to Cuba for N. Korea assistance

Japan PM Shinzo Abe by theglobalpanorama on 2013-10-06 18:32:50

Japan is looking for an improbable source of support in getting North Korea to cool it on its nukes and missiles – and maybe even come clean on Japanese citizens kidnapped years ago to North Korea. How about Cuba, a nation often proclaimed by North Korea as a close friend and ally bound in common cause against “imperialism”?

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe flies to Havana on Thursday on a mission to persuade Cuban President Raul Castro to relay kind diplomatic words on Japan’s behalf to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Abe “will bring up the issue of North

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Donald Kirk is a veteran correspondent and noted author on conflict and crisis from Southeast Asia to the Middle East to Northeast Asia. Don has covered wars from Vietnam to Iraq, focusing on political, diplomatic, economic and social as well as military issues. He is also known for his reporting on North Korea, including the nuclear crisis, human rights and payoffs from South to North Korea preceding the June 2000 inter-Korean summit. Kirk earned his Bachelors at Princeton and a Masters in International Relations from the University of Chicago. He also holds an honorary doctorate of letters from the University of Maryland College Park.

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