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Japan still trying to end asylum problem

The Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi says his diplomats are doing their utmost to win the handover of five North Korean asylum seekers after police dragged them from a consulate in north China eight days ago.

Japanese and Chinese officials appeared deadlocked over the issue although Japanese media reports that a deal to release the five is close

The asylum seekers were seized by Chinese guards last Wednesday after dashing into Japan's consulate in the northeastern city of Shenyang.

Japan has demanded that the North Koreans be handed over and that Beijing apologise for the incident, which Tokyo says violated diplomatic conventions.

16/05/2002 21:36:24 | ABC Radio Australia News

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