Documentary film featuring abducted Megumi screened in Bangkok

Documentary film featuring abducted Megumi screened in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - A documentary film featuring Megumi Yokota (on screen), who was abducted to North Korea at the age of 13, was shown in Bangkok on Aug. 2. About 160 people, including Teruaki Masumoto from Japan, secretary general of the Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped by N. Korea, and Thai students, watched the film.

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