Yokota ends three-day visit to S. Korea

Yokota ends three-day visit to S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Shigeru Yokota (R), whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977, poses with Choi Uyong Yong, head of a group of families of South Korean abductees, as he departs from Kimpo airport near Seoul after a three-day visit to South Korea on May 17.

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