Families of abductees call for support in U.S.

LOS ANGELES, United States - Families of Japanese who were abducted to North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s attend a community meeting in Los Angeles on April 17 to tell their stories and appeal for support. Shigeru Yokota (2nd from L), whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korean agents when she was 13, talked about his experiences searching for his daughter over the past 25 years.

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