Ex-abductee renews call for early return of other victims from N. Korea

Ex-abductee renews call for early return of other victims from N. Korea

Kaoru Hasuike, a Japanese national who was abducted and held by North Korea for more than 20 years before being repatriated in 2002, calls for the early return of other abductees in a speech in Hannan, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on July 14, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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