Ex-N. Korean agent meets with Yokota

Ex-N. Korean agent meets with Yokota

TOKYO, Japan - An Ming Jin (L), a former North Korean agent, shakes hands with Sakie Yokota, whose daughter Megumi was kidnapped by North Korea at the age of 13 in 1977, after testifying at a House of Representatives special panel in the Diet on July 28. An told the panel that he saw or had information about 15 Japanese alive in North Korea

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