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

SEOUL, South Korea - Shigeru (L) and Sakie Yokota (2nd from L) whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, former South Korean President Kim Young Sam (2nd from R) and Hwang Jang Yop, a former secretary of the Workers Party of Korea who defected to South Korea in 1997, speak to journalists after their meeting in Seoul on June 25.

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