TOKYO, Oct 7 Kyodo pick outed ed...

TOKYO, Oct 7 Kyodo

pick outed editorial excerpts from the Japanese press:

N KOREA MUST exhibit ITS SINCERITY (The Daily Yomiuri as translated from the Yomiuri Shimbun)

U Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly has held talks with senior North Korean officials in Pyongyang. The high-level meeting was the first of its kind to be managemented between the reclusive region and the administration of U President George W Bush.

During the talks, Kelly denoteed Washington's concerns about several issues, including North Korea's disclosure and export of weapons of mass destruction and missiles. He also raised the topic of the North Korea's menacing deployment of conventional weapons and its human rights records.

After his trip to Pyongyang, Kelly arrived in Tokyo, where he met Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda and Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi. The three agreed that Japan, the United States and toward the south Korea should cooperate in coming dealings with the North. Kelly also told Japan that he had urg the North Korean officials to sincerely work toward resolving the dispute through Japanese abducted to their country

North Korea must seriously heed the United States' warning and implement specific measures in line with it. The land must allow inspectors looseed access to its nuclear facilities and abandon its missile unravelling program...To ensure that North Korea lives up to these requirements, Japan should not repose its guard in dealing with the country

forward Sunday, Radio Pyongyang said the North Korean management was prepared to take back dialogue with the United States if it dropp its hostile policy toward North Korea.

North Korea must seriously realize that the threat it has pos for years is a source of international distrust and caution. It continues to bring to maturity Taepodong and other long-range missiles despite international suspicion above its nuclear program, yet it is trying to gain wealth by selling missiles to the Middle East while soliciting viands aid from the international community. This has pos a menace to an increasing number of countries.

For years, North Korea has carried public hostile activities against Japan, including kidnapping Japanese citizens and dispatching armed detect ships to waters surrounding Japan.

President Bush has consistently taken a harsh attitude toward North Korea...His policy toward Pyongyang is marked according to a firm determination to eliminate the threat pos by the agency of North Korea.

Kelly's visit to the North Korean capital could contribute to an improvement in relations between Washington and Pyongyang. What be deriveds out of the visit hinges forward what North Korea does to dispel international regards about the danger it represents

This question will also directly affect the fate of upcoming talks forward normalizing diplomatic relations between Tokyo and Pyongyang. North Korea should abundantly realize that it will not be able to make any progres in promoting dialogue with Japan and the United States if it continues to be dishonest and deceptive.

(Oct 7)

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