"Wide Gap in Perception" on Abducted SK Citizens
The sell out of the families of abducted South Korean citizens by the Korean government continues:
President Roh Moo-hyun urged his North Korean counterpart, Kim Jong-il, to help resolve the issue of South Korean abductees and prisoners of war living in the North during their summit talks in Pyongyang on Wednesday, but Kim’s reaction was negative, according to Roh’s office Cheong Wa Dae.
"Roh and the South Korean delegation openly raised the abduction and POW issues at the summit talks, but only confirmed a wide gap in perception," Cheong Wa Dae spokesman Cheon Ho-seon was quoted as saying by Yonhap News Agency.
"But the government won’t give up the abduction and POW issues, and will continue to raise them at the upcoming inter-Korean prime ministerial talks scheduled for November in Seoul," said Cheon. [Korea Herald]
"Wide gap in perception"? What perception problem is there about returning people kidnapped by the North Koreans to their families in the south? It is quite obvious that 66 year old grandmas will have to continue to launch rescue operations to free their captive husbands since the Korean government is having a "wide gap in perception" on the status of these abducted citizens.
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