LEFT IN THE DARK: Secret U.S. military flights carried officials, equipment to N. Korea

 By YOSHIHIRO MAKINO

Senior U.S. administration officials held secret talks in North Korea on at least three occasions in 2011 and 2012, The Asahi Shimbun has learned.

Although the visits had potential implications for Japan, Washington did not inform its security partner at the time and only informally confirmed one of them when the Japanese side pressed, government and other sources in Japan, South Korea and the United States said.

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