Japan-N. Korea talks stalled over abduction

HANOI, Vietnam - Members of the Japanese delegation leave the North Korean Embassy in Hanoi on March 7 after visiting the embassy as N. Korea boycotted a session of its normalization talks with Japan in objection to Tokyo's demands that it reinvestigate past abductions of Japanese nationals by N. Korean agents.

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