Event on North Korean abduction issue

Event on North Korean abduction issue

Hitomi Soga, a Japanese woman who was abducted to North Korea in 1978 before being repatriated in 2002, speaks to reporters on Nov. 16, 2024, after attending an event in the central Japan city of Niigata, to mark the 47th anniversary of the abduction of Megumi Yokota. Yokota was abducted by North Korea at age 13 on Nov. 15, 1977, and has become a symbol of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea in the 1970s.

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