Hasuike to tell children about abduction

Hasuike to tell children about abduction

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Yukiko Hasuike, one of five Japanese abducted in 1978 to North Korea visiting Japan, speaks at a news conference in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 25 as her husband Kaoru listens. The couple said they will tell their two North Korean-born children for the first time that their parents were abducted to the country from Japan.

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