(3)Former abductees discuss letters from children

(3)Former abductees discuss letters from children

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru (R) and Yukiko Hasuike, abducted to North Korea 25 years ago and repatriated to Japan last October, tell reporters about a letter from their daughter in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Aug. 3. They said their daughter asked them to return to the North soon in the letter, which they received the previous day through a Japanese nongovernmental organization and the government.

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