Japan Lifts Sanctions Imposed on N. Korea
Japan on Tuesday lifted sanctions it imposed on North Korea in November, 1983, to protest a terrorist bombing in Rangoon, Burma, the previous month that killed 17 visiting South Korean officials.
Japanese government officials may again travel to North Korea, and North Korean officials may enter Japan. Also lifted were bans on Japanese and North Korean diplomats’ making contact in third countries.
The two capitals are not linked by scheduled flights, and Japan and North Korea have no diplomatic relations.
Japan imposed the sanctions when Burma broke relations with North Korea after determining that North Korean agents were responsible for the bomb blast that killed the South Koreans--including four Cabinet ministers.
South Korean President Chun Doo Hwan, delayed in arriving at the site, escaped harm.
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