Kim Young Nam's kin willing to meet him, his daughter in N. Korea

Kim Young Nam's kin willing to meet him, his daughter in N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Choi Gye Wol, mother of Kim Young Nam, a South Korean man abducted by North Korea and is believed to have married Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota, arrives in the Diet building in a wheelchair to attend a session of the House of Representatives special committee on the abduction issue on May 29, accompanied by her daughter Kim Young Ja (far left).

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