U.N. rights expert vows efforts to resolve N. Korea abduction issue

U.N. rights expert vows efforts to resolve N. Korea abduction issue

Tomas Ojea Quintana (R), the U.N. special rapporteur on North Korea's human rights, meets with Katsunobu Kato (L), a Cabinet minister in charge of North Korea's past abductions of Japanese nationals, in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2016. Ojea Quintana, an Argentinian lawyer who assumed the post in August, is on a four-day visit to Japan from Nov. 23. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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