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Ex-N. Korean agent Kim leaves Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A motorcade carrying former North Korean agent Kim Hyon Hui arrives at Tokyo's Hanedo airport on July 23, 2010. Kim left Japan for South Korea, completing a four-day visit during which she met with relatives of Japanese nationals abducted by Pyongyang in the past.

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Ex-N. Korea agent in Japan

CHOFU, Japan - A security official guards a helicopter carrying former North Korean agent Kim Hyon Hui at Chofu airport in western Tokyo on July 22, 2010. Kim headed for downtown Tokyo to meet with the kin of Japanese abducted to North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Ex-N. Korea agent in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A helicopter carrying former North Korean agent Kim Hyon Hui arrives at a heliport in Tokyo's Koto Ward on July 22, 2010.

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Ex-N. Korea agent in Japan

CHOFU, Japan - A helicopter carrying former North Korean agent Kim Hyon Hui is towed for takeoff at Chofu airport in western Tokyo on July 22, 2010. Kim headed for a hotel in downtown Tokyo to meet with the kin of Japanese abducted to North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Abductee Yokota's parents meet ex-N. Korea spy

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Sakie Yokota (R) and her husband Shigeru wrap up a press conference in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on July 22, 2010, after meeting with former North Korean agent Kim Hyon Hui the previous day. The Yokotas said they heard no new information about Megumi's whereabouts.

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Ex-N. Korea agent in Japan

KARUIZAWA, Japan - A motorcade of former North Korean agent Kim Hyon Hui passes photographers and TV crews in the resort town of Karuizawa, northwest of Tokyo, on July 22, 2010. Kim's visit and a series of meetings with those linked to Japanese abductees in North Korea have made headlines in Japan.

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Abductee Yokota's parents meet ex-N. Korea spy

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Sakie Yokota (R) and her husband Shigeru, the parents of Megumi Yokota who was abducted to North Korea at 13 in the 1970s, attend a press conference in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on July 22, 2010 after meeting with former North Korean agent Kim Hyon Hui the previous day. The Yokotas said they heard no new information about Megumi's whereabouts.

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Abductee Yokota's parents meet ex-N. Korea spy

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Sakie Yokota (R) and her husband Shigeru, the parents of Megumi Yokota who was abducted to North Korea at 13 in the 1970s, attend a press conference in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on July 22, 2010 after meeting with former North Korean agent Kim Hyon Hui the previous day. The Yokotas said they heard no new information about Megumi's whereabouts.

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Abductee's relative meets with ex-N. Korean spy Kim

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Koichiro Iizuka, son of abductee Yaeko Taguchi, gives a news conference in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on July 21, 2010, after meeting with Kim Hyon Hui, a former North Korean spy convicted of the 1987 bombing of a Korean Air jetliner. Iizuka said Kim gave him encouragement in a written message regarding the return of his mother.

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Abductee's relative meets with ex-N. Korean spy Kim

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Koichiro Iizuka, son of abductee Yaeko Taguchi, gives a news conference in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on July 21, 2010, after meeting with Kim Hyon Hui, a former North Korean spy convicted of the 1987 bombing of a Korean Air jetliner. Iizuka said Kim gave him encouragement in a written message regarding the return of his mother.

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Abductee's relative meets with ex-N. Korean spy Kim

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Koichiro Iizuka, son of abductee Yaeko Taguchi, holds a message written by Kim Hyon Hui, a former North Korean spy convicted of the 1987 bombing of a Korean Air jetliner, after meeting with her on July 21, 2010, in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture. Kim encouraged Iizuka in her message, writing that his mother will definitely return to Japan.

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Abductee's kin meet with ex-N. Korean jet bomber

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Shigeo Iizuka, a brother of Japanese abductee Yaeko Taguchi, is seen in a car heading to a meeting in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, with Kim Hyon Hui, a former North Korean spy convicted of the 1987 bombing of a Korean Air jetliner, on July 20, 2010.

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Ex-N. Korean jet bomber Kim visits Japan

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Hiroshi Nakai, minister in charge of the North Korea abduction issue, speaks at a press conference after meeting with Kim Hyon Hui, a former North Korean spy convicted of the deadly 1987 bombing of a Korean Air jetliner, on July 20, 2010, in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture.

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Abductee's kin meet with ex-N. Korean jet bomber

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Koichiro Iizuka, son of Japanese abductee Yaeko Taguchi, is seen in a car heading to a meeting in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, to meet with Kim Hyon Hui, a former North Korean spy convicted of the 1987 bombing of a Korean Air jetliner, on July 20, 2010.

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Abductee's kin meet with ex-N. Korean jet bomber

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Koichiro Iizuka, son of Japanese abductee Yaeko Taguchi, arrives at Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, to meet with Kim Hyon Hui, a former North Korean spy convicted of the 1987 bombing of a Korean Air jetliner, on July 20, 2010.

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Abductee's kin meet with ex-N. Korean jet bomber

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Koichiro Iizuka (C), son of Japanese abductee Yaeko Taguchi, and Shigeo Iizuka (back), her brother, are seen in a car heading to a meeting in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, with Kim Hyon Hui, a former North Korean spy convicted of the 1987 bombing of a Korean Air jetliner, on July 20, 2010.

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Ex-N. Korean spy and jet bomber Kim in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A building in Karuizawa, a summer retreat in Nagano Prefecture, where Kim Hyon Hui, a former North Korean spy convicted of the 1987 bombing of a Korean Air jetliner, arrived on July 20, 2010. Kim was in Japan to meet the families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korean agents.

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Ex-N. Korean spy and jet bomber Kim in Japan

TAKASAKI, Japan - A car arrives in Karuizawa, a summer retreat in Nagano Prefecture, carrying Kim Hyon Hui, a former North Korean spy convicted of the 1987 bombing of a Korean Air jetliner, who arrived in Japan on July 20, 2010. Kim plans to meet the families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korean agents.

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Ex-N. Korean agent Kim arrives in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A Japanese government chartered airplane carrying former North Korean agent Kim Hyon Hui arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport from South Korea on July 20, 2010. Kim came to Japan to meet the families of Japanese nationals who were abducted by North Korean agents in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Ex-N. Korean spy and jet bomber Kim in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A car leaves Tokyo's Haneda airport carrying Kim Hyon Hui, a former North Korean spy convicted of the 1987 bombing of a Korean Air jetliner, who arrived in Japan on July 20, 2010. Kim plans to meet the families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korean agents.

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Ex-N. Korean spy and jet bomber Kim in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A government-chartered flight from South Korea arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport carrying Kim Hyon Hui, a former North Korean spy convicted of the 1987 bombing of a Korean Air jetliner, on July 20, 2010. Kim plans to meet the families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korean agents.

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Ex-N. Korean agent Kim arrives in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A Japanese government chartered airplane carrying former North Korean agent Kim Hyon Hui arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport from South Korea on July 20, 2010. Kim came to Japan to meet the families of Japanese nationals who were abducted by North Korean agents in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Ex-N. Korean agent Kim arrives in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - The undated file photo shows Kim Hyon Hui, a former North Korean spy who came to Japan on July 20, 2010. Kim, responsible for the 1987 bombing of a Korean Air jet, came to Japan to meet the families of Japanese nationals who were abducted by North Korean agents in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Ex-N. Korean agent's May visit to Japan 'difficult'

SEOUL, South Korea - Hiroshi Nakai (L), Japan's minister in charge of issues of abductions of Japanese nationals by North Korea, speaks during a meeting of South Korean and Japanese families of the abductees on April 27, 2010. Nakai is in South Korea to discuss the abductions and human rights situation in North Korea.

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Ex-N. Korean agent's May visit to Japan 'difficult'

SEOUL, South Korea - Hiroshi Nakai, Japan's minister in charge of issues of abductions of Japanese nationals by North Korea, speaks to reporters in Seoul on April 27, 2010. Nakai said it is difficult for former North Korean agent Kim Hyon Hui now in South Korea to visit Japan in May in connection with the abductions.

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Ex-N. Korea agent goes public after 15 years of hiding in Austria

VIENNA, Austria - Kim Jong Ryul, former North Korean procurement agent and colonel, who defected to Austria in 1994, speaks during a press conference in Vienna on March 4, 2010. During the conference, Kim presented his book which was published recently and talked about his life under the dictatorship.

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Ex-N. Korean agent says Japanese abductee Taguchi still alive

BUSAN, South Korea - Former North Korean agent Kim Hyon Hui (R) speaks during a press conference at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center in Busan on March 11, with Koichiro Iizuka, the 32-year-old son of Japanese abductee Yaeko Taguchi, listening to her.

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Ex-N. Korean agent says Japanese abductee Taguchi still alive

BUSAN, South Korea - Koichiro Iizuka (L), the 32-year-old son of Japanese abductee Yaeko Taguchi, shake hands with former North Korean agent Kim Hyon Hui as they meet at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center in Busan on March 11.

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Ex-N. Korean agent says Japanese abductee Taguchi still alive

BUSAN, South Korea - Former North Korean agent Kim Hyon Hui (L) holds the arm of Koichiro Iizuka (R), the 32-year-old son of Japanese abductee Yaeko Taguchi as they enter a news conference at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center in Busan on March 11.

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Ex-N. Korean agent says Japanese abductee Taguchi still alive

BUSAN, South Korea - Former North Korean agent Kim Hyon Hui (L) holds the arm of Koichiro Iizuka (R), the 32-year-old son of Japanese abductee Yaeko Taguchi as they enter a news conference at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center in Busan on March 11.

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Ex-N. Korean agent says Japanese abductee Taguchi still alive

BUSAN, South Korea - Koichiro Iizuka (L), the 32-year-old son of Japanese abductee Yaeko Taguchi, shake hands with former North Korean agent Kim Hyon Hui as they meet at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center in Busan on March 11. In the center is Taguchi's brother Shigeo Iizuka.

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Ex-N. Korean agent says Japanese abductee Taguchi still alive

BUSAN, South Korea - Former North Korean agent Kim Hyon Hui (R), Koichiro Iizuka (C), the 32-year-old son of Japanese abductee Yaeko Taguchi, and Taguchi's 70-year-old brother Shigeo Iizuka attend a joint news conference at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center in Busan on March 11 after their meeting there.

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Ex-N. Korean agent says Japanese abductee Taguchi still alive

BUSAN, South Korea - Former North Korean agent Kim Hyon Hui enters the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center in Busan on March 11 to meet Koichiro Iizuka, the 32-year-old son of Japanese abductee Yaeko Taguchi, and Taguchi's 70-year-old brother Shigeo Iizuka.

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Ex-N. Korean agent says Japanese abductee Taguchi still alive

BUSAN, South Korea - Koichiro Iizuka (L), the 32-year-old son of Japanese abductee Yaeko Taguchi, shake hands with former North Korean agent Kim Hyon Hui as they meet at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center in Busan on March 11. In the center is Taguchi's brother Shigeo Iizuka.

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Ex-N. Korean agent says Japanese abductee Taguchi still alive

BUSAN, South Korea - Koichiro Iizuka (C), the 32-year-old son of Japanese abductee Yaeko Taguchi, embraces former North Korean agent Kim Hyon Hui as they meet at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center in Busan on March 11. On the left is Taguchi's brother Shigeo Iizuka.

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Abductee kin arrives in Busan for talks with ex-N. Korean agent

BUSAN, South Korea - Koichiro Iizuka (C), son of Japanese abductee Yaeko Taguchi, arrives in Busan with Taguchi's brother Shigeo Iizuka for a meeting March 11 with Kim Hyon Hui, a former North Korean agent who is believed to have been taught Japanese by Taguchi.

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Abductee kin arrive in Busan for talks with ex-N. Korean agent

BUSAN, South Korea - Shigeo Iizuka (L), a brother of Japanese abductee Yaeko Taguchi, and Taguchi's son Koichiro Iizuka (R in center) arrive in Busan, South Korea, for a meeting March 11 with Kim Hyon Hui, a former North Korean agent who is believed to have been taught Japanese by Taguchi.

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Abductee kin leave for Busan for talks with ex-N. Korean agent

NARITA, Japan - Shigeo Iizuka (L), a brother of Japanese abductee Yaeko Taguchi, and Taguchi's son Koichiro Iizuka (in back) prepare to leave Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on March 10 for Busan, South Korea, for a meeting March 11 with Kim Hyon Hui, a former North Korean agent who is believed to have been taught Japanese by Taguchi.

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Abductee kin leave for Busan for talks with ex-N. Korean agent

NARITA, Japan - Koichiro Iizuka (R), son of Japanese abductee Yaeko Taguchi, looks at Shigeo Iizuka (2nd from L), a brother of Taguchi, during a news conference at a hotel in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on March 10 before the two leave for Busan, South Korea, for a meeting March 11 with Kim Hyon Hui, a former North Korean agent who is believed to have been taught Japanese by Taguchi.

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Ex-N. Korean agent, abductee's kin to meet in Busan: Nakasone

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone said at his ministry in Tokyo on March 9 that former North Korean agent Kim Hyon Hui and family members of Yaeko Taguchi, a Japanese woman abducted by North Korea, will meet March 11 in Busan, South Korea.

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Ex-N. Korean agent meets with Yokota

TOKYO, Japan - An Ming Jin (L), a former North Korean agent, shakes hands with Sakie Yokota, whose daughter Megumi was kidnapped by North Korea at the age of 13 in 1977, after testifying at a House of Representatives special panel in the Diet on July 28. An told the panel that he saw or had information about 15 Japanese alive in North Korea

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Ex-N. Korean agent tells panel 15 Japanese alive in N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - An Ming Jin, a former North Korean agent, speaks at a meeting of a House of Representatives special panel in the Diet on July 28. He told the panel that he saw or had information about 15 Japanese alive in North Korea

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Ex-N. Korean agent tells panel 15 Japanese alive in N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - An Ming Jin, a former North Korean agent, arrives at the Diet building in Tokyo on July 28 to testify at a meeting of a House of Representatives special panel. He told the panel that he saw or had information about 15 Japanese alive in North Korea.

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(2)Abductee's son writes letter to ex-N. Korean agent

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Iizuka (R), whose mother Yaeko Taguchi was abducted by North Korea in 1978 and reported by Pyongyang to have died, meets the press in Tokyo on Feb. 23. He handed a senior Foreign Ministry official the same day a letter addressed to Kim Hyon Hui, a former N. Korean agent believed to have learned Japanese from the mother. Kim lives in South Korea.

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(1)Abductee's son writes letter to ex-N. Korean agent

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Iizuka (R), whose mother Yaeko Taguchi was abducted by North Korea in 1978 and reported by Pyongyang to have died, meets the press in Tokyo on Feb. 23. He handed a senior Foreign Ministry official the same day a letter addressed to Kim Hyon Hui, a former N. Korean agent believed to have learned Japanese from the mother. Kim lives in South Korea. At left is her brother, Shigeo Iizuka.

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(3)5 ex-N. Korea abductees cast votes in election

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga cast her ballot in the House of Representatives election in Mano on Sadogashima Island, Niigata Prefecture, on Nov. 9. She is among five Japanese abducted by North Korea who returned to Japan last year. (Pool photo)

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(1)5 ex-N. Korea abductees cast votes in election

OBAMA, Japan - Yasushi Chimura and his wife, Fukie, cast their ballots in the House of Representatives election in Obama, Fukui Prefecture, on Nov. 9. The couple are among five Japanese abducted by North Korea who returned to Japan last year.

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(2)5 ex-N. Korea abductees cast votes in election

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike and his wife, Yukiko, cast their ballots in the House of Representatives election in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Nov. 9. The couple are among five Japanese abducted by North Korea who returned to Japan last year.

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(4)Kin of Japanese abductees meet ex-N. Korean official

SEOUL, South Korea - Hwang Jang Yop, a former secretary of the Workers Party of Korea who defected to South Korea in 1997, speaks to journalists after his meeting with Shigeru and Sakie Yokota. whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, in Seoul on June 25. Hwang expressed his willingness to visit Japan to speak about the situation in North Korea.

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(2)Kin of Japanese abductees meet ex-N. Korean official

SEOUL, South Korea - Shigeru (R) and Sakie Yokota (2nd from R) whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, pose for a photo with Hwang Jang Yop, a former secretary of the Workers Party of Korea who defected to South Korea in 1997 in Seoul on June 25. The Yokotas are on a three-day visit to South Korea.