Yokota meets S. Korean lawmaker, asks cooperation in abduction issue

Yokota meets S. Korean lawmaker, asks cooperation in abduction issue

SEOUL, South Korea - Shigeru Yokota (R), whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977, shakes hands with Choi Gye Wol, mother of South Korean abductee Kim Young Nam believed to have married Megumi, following his meeting with Pak Kun Hye, leader of the Grand National Party in Seoul on May 17 to call for cooperation to achieve the repatriation of Japanese and South Korean nationals abducted by the North.

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