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

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

SEOUL, South Korea - Hwang Jang Yop, a former secretary of the Workers Party of Korea who defected to South Korea in 1997, speaks to journalists after his meeting with Shigeru and Sakie Yokota. whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, in Seoul on June 25. Hwang expressed his willingness to visit Japan to speak about the situation in North Korea.

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