Kin of victims of N. Korea abduction 'satisfied' with N.Y. visit

NEW YORK, United States - Teruaki Masumoto (R) and Shigeo Iizuka, both family members of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea, meet the press in New York on Nov. 3 after winding up their weeklong stay there. They expressed ''satisfaction'' with the outcome of their efforts to obtain cooperation from the United Nations on the rescue of abduction victims.

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