A former top U.S. diplomat for Asia has recommended that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe directly engage with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in the diplomatic opening created by the first-ever U.S.-North Korea summit last week."I fully accept Prime Minister Abe to be more directly engaged going forward," Kurt Campbell said in an interview Monday in Washington, in reference to Abe's efforts to resolve the issue of Pyongyang's abduction of Japanese nationals in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as that of short- and medium-range North Korean missiles capable of hitting Japan."He's trying to re…READ FULL ARTICLE
