Japanese abductee's son sent back to N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Kyoko Matsumoto, abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 29. Her son was among the group of nine defectors recently sent from Laos back to the reclusive country, a South Korean daily reported May 30, 2013. The Japanese government officially designated Matsumoto as an abductee of the North Korean authority, but Pyongyang has denied she ever entered North Korea.

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