[HCDX] Japan to Launch Radio Channel Targeting N.Korea

["Zacharias Liangas " <greekdx@xxxxxxxxx>]

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."

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