(2)Former abductees discuss letters from children

(2)Former abductees discuss letters from children

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga, abducted to North Korea 25 years ago and repatriated to Japan last October, gives a news conference Aug. 3 in Mano, Niigata Prefecture, after receiving a letter from her daughter in North Korea. She said her daughter asked her to return to the North soon.

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