Japan mulls foreign ministerial talks with North Korea in Aug.: sources

Japan intends to hold a foreign ministerial meeting with North Korea in Singapore in early August if progress is made on Pyongyang's nuclear weapons and missile programs at an expected U.S.-North Korea summit, government sources said Tuesday.Tokyo has conveyed its intention to arrange talks between Foreign Minister Taro Kono and his North Korean counterpart Ri Yong Ho on the sidelines of an international security conference, they said.Japan hopes to pave the way for a summit with North Korea and advance long-stalled negotiations over the issue of Japanese nationals abducted by Pyongyang dec…READ FULL ARTICLE