U.S. envoy to visit site of N. Korean abduction

U.S. envoy to visit site of N. Korean abduction

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Schieffer (C) meet with family members of Japanese victims of North Korean abductions at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on May 31. He told them that he wants to visit one of the sites where victims were abducted by North Korean agents decades ago.

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