(1)Kin of Japanese abductees meet ex-N. Korean official

(1)Kin of Japanese abductees meet ex-N. Korean official

SEOUL, South Korea - Shigeru (2nd from L) and Sakie Yokota (L), whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, shake hands with Hwang Jang Yop (2nd from R), a former secretary of the Workers Party of Korea who defected to South Korea in 1997, and former South Korean President Kim Young Sam (R) in Seoul on June 25. The Yokotas are on a three-day visit to South Korea.

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