Japan mulling to station officials in DPRK on abduction issue

Japan is mulling to station officials in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on abduction issue as the latter has agreed to reinvestigate the whereabouts of Japanese that were abducted by DPRK decades ago, local media reported early Saturday.
The officials, probably diplomats and police, would stay in the DPRK, which has no diplomatic tie with Japan, for short period initially and Tokyo want to make them resident officials and set a permanent office, reported Japan's Kyodo News, citing a government official.
The officials to Pyongyang are expected to monitor and verify the reinvestigation and they would also be expected to deal with any surviving abductees, said the report.
Japan and the DPRK held the latest round of intergovernmental talks through Wednesday in Stockholm and announced Thursday that the DPRK will conduct a thorough investigation into 12 missing Japanese among 17 Japanese abducted in the 1970s and 1980s.