North Korea wants Japan to lift sanctions, dangling abductees' probe

North Korea has said it will not comply with Tokyo's demand for a resolution of the issue of Japanese citizens abducted by the North decades ago unless Japan lifts unilateral economic sanctions, sources close to bilateral ties said Thursday.Pyongyang's demand to Japan has been made during behind-the-scene talks regarding the abductions of Japanese nationals in the 1970s and 1980s and is viewed possibly as a condition to resume investigations into the fate of the victims, the sources said.But it remains uncertain whether Japan will heed North Korea's call, as it continues to seek a comprehen…READ FULL ARTICLE