N. Korean abduction victim

N. Korean abduction victim

Hitomi Soga, a former Japanese abductee to North Korea, speaks at a press conference in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 17, 2022. She was repatriated to Japan in October 2002 along with four other Japanese abduction victims of North Korea.

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