5 abduction victims do not plan to return to N. Korea

NIIGATA, Japan - Five Japanese back in their homeland after being abducted by North Korea in 1978 -- Yukiko Hasuike (L), her husband Kaoru Hasuike (2nd from L), Hitomi Soga (C), Yasushi Chimura (2nd from R) and his wife Fukie Chimura -- hold a joint press conference at the Niigata prefectural government office on Dec. 19. They said they have no intention of returning to the North, where their children and the husband of one of them remain. (Pool photo)

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