Shiokaze (Sea Breeze), clandestine radio station aimed at missing Japanese citizens, believed to have been abducted and held in North Korea has recently changed its shortwave schedule. Shiokaze [Sea Breeze] radio now broadcasts as follows:
Times UTC
1030-1100 - Sunday & Wednesday 9855 kHz in Korean
English (Monday and Thursday)
Japanese (Tuesday and Friday)
Chinese (Saturday)
2030-2100 daily - 9785 kHz in Japanese
Shiokaze broadcasts on a hired shortwave transmitter, currently believed to be located in Taiwan. Programs are produced by the Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to North Korea [COMJAN], a Tokyo-based organization with a website at www.chosa-kai.jp
(Source: BBC Monitoring research, 1350 UTC, 27 Jun 06/Radio Netherlands Media Network Weblog)
