Yonhap 3/6/2007 North Korean and Japanese officials met Tuesday in Hanoi to set the agenda for their two-day discussions scheduled to start here Wednesday to settle pending bilateral issues preventing them from normalizing diplomatic relations. The Japanese representative to the talks, Koichi Haraguchi, met with his North Korean counterpart, Song Il-ho, Tuesday morning for the … Continue reading N. Korea, Japan begin preparatory contact for normalization talks