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Article: N.Korea Gropes for Cash in Landmark Diplomatic Talks With Japan.

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April 2, 2000
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Struggling with few friends in the post-Cold War era, North Korea will be groping for an economic lifeline when it launches landmark diplomatic talks with Japan this week, experts say.

But the diehard Stalinist state, hard hit by food and energy shortages, won't be holding out a begging bowl, analysts said, and the negotiations are likely to drag on for years.

Both sides have their sticking points.

Japan wants to find out what happened to 10 of its citizens whom it believes have been kidnapped by North Korean agents since the 1960s, mostly to train its spies in every-day life here.

And North Korea wants an apology for Japan's harsh ...

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