(1)Abductee's son writes letter to ex-N. Korean agent

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Iizuka (R), whose mother Yaeko Taguchi was abducted by North Korea in 1978 and reported by Pyongyang to have died, meets the press in Tokyo on Feb. 23. He handed a senior Foreign Ministry official the same day a letter addressed to Kim Hyon Hui, a former N. Korean agent believed to have learned Japanese from the mother. Kim lives in South Korea. At left is her brother, Shigeo Iizuka. (Kyodo)

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