Murayama meets head of N. Korea's supreme people's assembly

Murayama meets head of N. Korea's supreme people's assembly

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama (R) shakes hands with Kim Yong Nam, president of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea, in Pyongyang on Dec. 3. Murayama is leading a delegation of Japanese lawmakers from both ruling and opposition parties on a three-day visit to North Korea. The Workers Party of (North) Korea agreed Dec. 2 to the delegation's proposal that the governments of the two countries resume dialogue on normalizing ties by the end of this year.

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