Petition calling for return of N. Korea abductees

Petition calling for return of N. Korea abductees

Hitomi Soga (R), a Japanese woman who was abducted to North Korea in 1978 before being repatriated in 2002, collects signatures in Sado in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, on Aug. 18, 2023, for a petition calling for the return of the remaining abductees.

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