Abduction victim Megumi Yokota's photo exhibition opens in N.Y.

Abduction victim Megumi Yokota's photo exhibition opens in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - A photo exhibition featuring Megumi Yokota, a Japanese girl abducted by North Korea in 1977, opened March 13 in New York as part of her family's attempt to raise global awareness of abductions by North Korean agents in the late 1970s to early 1980s.

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