ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / Scant airing of abduction issue
It seems that resolving the abduction issue is a task of extreme difficulty as that North Korea is unwilling to cooperate while the United States don't seem to care much, not mentioning that South Korea is in the same boat. Nonetheless, the issue of the abduction should not be forgotten as that the abductees are most likely still alive and are figuring a method out of North Korea.
ELECTION 2009--BATTLE FOR POWER / How Japan should treat DPRK
It seems that the main reason why North Korea won't abandon its nuclear arsenal is to use it as a possible deterrent when they try to unify the two Koreas by military force as that the United States will not be able to rescue their allies due a nuclear threat. For that matter, the issue is actually very serious yet it won't be resolved easily.