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THE QUEEN ATTENDS THE CRIMEA PLATFORM

Sweden's Queen Silvia is welcomed by Sweden's Speaker of the Parliament, Andreas Norlén, in connection with her participation in the Crimea Platform. The parliamentary summit in the Riksdag aims to shed light on the consequences of Russia's annexation of Crimea, Stockholm, Sweden, November 24, 2025.Photo: Henrik Montgomery / TT / Code 10060

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THE QUEEN ATTENDS THE CRIMEA PLATFORM

Sweden's Queen Silvia is welcomed by Sweden's Speaker of the Parliament, Andreas Norlén, in connection with her participation in the Crimea Platform. The parliamentary summit in the Riksdag aims to shed light on the consequences of Russia's annexation of Crimea, Stockholm, Sweden, November 24, 2025.Photo: Henrik Montgomery / TT / Code 10060

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THE QUEEN ATTENDS THE CRIMEA PLATFORM

Sweden's Queen Silvia is welcomed by Sweden's Speaker of the Parliament, Andreas Norlén, in connection with her participation in the Crimea Platform. The parliamentary summit in the Riksdag aims to shed light on the consequences of Russia's annexation of Crimea, Stockholm, Sweden, November 24, 2025.Photo: Henrik Montgomery / TT / Code 10060

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THE QUEEN ATTENDS THE CRIMEA PLATFORM

Sweden's Queen Silvia is welcomed by Sweden's Speaker of the Parliament, Andreas Norlén, in connection with her participation in the Crimea Platform. The parliamentary summit in the Riksdag aims to shed light on the consequences of Russia's annexation of Crimea, Stockholm, Sweden, November 24, 2025.Photo: Henrik Montgomery / TT / Code 10060

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THE QUEEN ATTENDS THE CRIMEA PLATFORM

Sweden's Queen Silvia attends the Crimea Platform in the Swedish Parliament, invited by Sweden's Speaker of the Parliament and the Speaker of Ukraine. The parliamentary summit in the Riksdag aims to highlight the consequences of Russia's annexation of Crimea, Stockholm, Sweden, November 24, 2025.Photo: Henrik Montgomery / TT / Code 10060

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THE QUEEN ATTENDS THE CRIMEA PLATFORM

Sweden's Queen Silvia attends the Crimea Platform in the Swedish Parliament, invited by Sweden's Speaker of the Parliament and the Speaker of Ukraine. The parliamentary summit in the Riksdag aims to highlight the consequences of Russia's annexation of Crimea, Stockholm, Sweden, November 24, 2025.Photo: Henrik Montgomery / TT / Code 10060

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THE QUEEN ATTENDS THE CRIMEA PLATFORM

Sweden's Queen Silvia attends the Crimea Platform in the Swedish Parliament, invited by Sweden's Speaker of the Parliament and the Speaker of Ukraine. The parliamentary summit in the Riksdag aims to highlight the consequences of Russia's annexation of Crimea, Stockholm, Sweden, November 24, 2025.Photo: Henrik Montgomery / TT / Code 10060

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THE QUEEN ATTENDS THE CRIMEA PLATFORM

Sweden's Queen Silvia attends the Crimea Platform in the Swedish Parliament, invited by Sweden's Speaker of the Parliament and the Speaker of Ukraine. The parliamentary summit in the Riksdag aims to highlight the consequences of Russia's annexation of Crimea, Stockholm, Sweden, November 24, 2025.Photo: Henrik Montgomery / TT / Code 10060

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XINHUA-PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2023-CHINA NEWS

(240105) -- BEIJING, Jan. 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Yu Chenmei hugs her son Qian Fangyong, who has been separated from his parents for 32 years, in Huanglong Village, Jing'an County of east China's Jiangxi Province, Jan. 30, 2023. In 2021, Chinese police launched a special campaign searching for missing and abducted children. At the beginning of 2023, police in Jing'an County helped Qian Fangyong reunite with his parents. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)

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Rally against anti-Semitism in Toulouse

An emotional woman in front of a banner dedicated to the abducted children. Rally against anti-Semitism, Place du Capitole in Toulouse France on November 12, 2023. The Association des maires de France calls for - a nationwide rally against anti-Semitism. Photo by Patricia Huchot-Boissier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rally against anti-Semitism in Toulouse

An emotional woman in front of a banner dedicated to the abducted children. Rally against anti-Semitism, Place du Capitole in Toulouse France on November 12, 2023. The Association des maires de France calls for - a nationwide rally against anti-Semitism. Photo by Patricia Huchot-Boissier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rally against anti-Semitism in Toulouse

An emotional woman in front of a banner dedicated to the abducted children. Rally against anti-Semitism, Place du Capitole in Toulouse France on November 12, 2023. The Association des maires de France calls for - a nationwide rally against anti-Semitism. Photo by Patricia Huchot-Boissier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Events In Support Of Hamas Victims - Madrid

A woman holding a poster about abducted children in front of an exhibition of red balloons with shoes and dolls with pictures of children abducted by Hamas, in front of the European Parliament, on November 7, 2023, in Madrid, Spain. A month ago, the war between Israel and Hamas has left more than 11,000 dead, almost 10,000 in Gaza and 1,400 Israelis, since the Hamas attack on October 7. In addition to the deaths, there has been a lack of basic supplies in the Gaza Strip since then and, as a consequence, the flight of around 1.5 million internally displaced persons in the Strip and 200,000 in Israel. Photo by Alejandro Martínez Vélez / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Former abductees' family marks 10th year of reunion

TOKYO, Japan - Children of two Japanese couples are about to fly from Pyongyang's international airport to Japan in May 2004. They are (from R in front row) Kiyoshi Chimura, Emi Chimura, Shigeyo Hasuike and Yasuhiko Chimura (L in back), and Katsuya Hasuike (R in back). Their parents were abducted by North Korean agents and repatriated to Japan.

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LDP's Abe vows to settle abduction issue with N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Shinzo Abe (R), secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, shakes hands with Yasushi Chimura at the Obama municipal government office in Fukui Prefecture on Feb. 7, with Chimura's wife looking on. The Chimuras are among five Japanese nationals abducted to North Korea in 1978 who are now back in their homeland. Their children are still in Pyongyang.

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Returned abductees hope for early reunion with children

TOKYO, Japan - Five repatriated Japanese nationals abducted to North Korea in 1978 (standing) address a rally at a Tokyo International Forum hall in Tokyo's Yurakucho district on May 7. They expressed hope of being reunited soon with their children and relatives remaining in North Korea.

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Kaoru Hasuike visits city facilities before starting work

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru (L) and Yukiko (R) Hasuike, repatriated from North Korea after being abducted in 1978, begin a tour of public facilities run by his hometown of Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, with a visit to a nursing care center for children and the elderly on Jan. 14. Kaoru plans to start working at the city government office in February.

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Chimuras celebrate New Year's Day in Japan

OBAMA, Japan - Yasushi Chimura (L) and his wife, Fukie, among those abducted by North Korea in 1978 but now back in Japan, on Jan. 1 visit Fukie's family home in Obama, Fukui Prefecture, to celebrate New Year's Day with relatives. Speaking to reporters, Chimura, 47, expressed his wish to be reunited as soon as possible with his children. ''I cannot hide my feeling that I wish my children were also here,'' he said. (pool photo)

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Hasuikes visit shrine on New Year's Day

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (L) and his wife Yukiko, two of the five Japanese who were abducted to North Korea in 1978 and now back in Japan, visit a shrine in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Jan. 1. The couple said they prayed each for an early reunion in Japan with their children still in North Korea.(Pool photo)

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Soga prays for reunion with husband, children

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga, one of five Japanese abducted to North Korea in 1978 and now back in Japan, answers questions from reporters in her hometown of Mano, Niigata Prefecture, on Jan. 1 after visiting a nearby shrine to pray for an early reunion in Japan with her husband and children still in North Korea. (Pool photo)

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Chimura father wants to visit N. Korea to meet grandchildren

OBAMA, Japan - Tamotsu Chimura, the father of Yasushi Chimura now back in Japan after being abducted to North Korea in 1978, tells reporters at his home in Obama, Fukui Prefecture, on Dec. 31 he wants to travel to Pyongyang to see his grandchildren there if Japanese government officials accompany him. Yasushi has three children still in Pyongyang. (Pool photo)

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Abductee urges N. Korea to take humanitarian view of children

OBAMA, Japan - Yasushi Chimura and his wife Fukie, two of five Japanese abducted by North Korea in 1978 but now back in Japan, speak to reporters at his home in Obama, Fukui Prefecture, on Dec. 30. Chimura said he wants Pyongyang to approach the issue of the abductees' children still in North Korea from a humanitarian perspective. (Pool photo)

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5 abduction victims do not plan to return to N. Korea

NIIGATA, Japan - Five Japanese back in their homeland after being abducted by North Korea in 1978 -- Yukiko Hasuike (L), her husband Kaoru Hasuike (2nd from L), Hitomi Soga (C), Yasushi Chimura (2nd from R) and his wife Fukie Chimura -- hold a joint press conference at the Niigata prefectural government office on Dec. 19. They said they have no intention of returning to the North, where their children and the husband of one of them remain. (Pool photo)

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Hasuike couple says family to decide together on future

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (L) and his wife Yukiko, two of the five Japanese abducted to North Korea in 1978 and now back in Japan, tell reporters Dec. 14 in their hometown of Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, that they want to decide their future as a family after reuniting in Japan with their children still in N. Korea. They met reporters to mark the two-month anniversary of their return to Japan. (Pool photo)

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Chimuras determined to wait for children from N. Korea

OBAMA, Japan - Yasushi Chimura (R) and his wife Fukie, two of the five Japanese abducted to North Korea in 1978 and now back in Japan, speak to reporters in Obama, Fukui Prefecture, on Nov. 30 about their resolve to wait for their children in the North to be brought to Japan. (Pool photo)

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Hasuikes want to see children in Japan

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (L), abducted by North Korea in 1978, speaks at a news conference in Kashiwazaki on Nov. 5, accompanied by his elder brother Toru (R). Kaoru, now on a homecoming visit, said he and his wife Yukiko want to meet with their two North Korean-born children as soon as possible in Japan.

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Chimuras worried about kids in N. Korea

OBAMA, Japan - Yasushi and Fukie Chimura (C), on their first homecoming visit since being abducted to North Korea in 1978, see Tsuyoshi Takagi, a House of Representatives member, off at their father's home in Obama, Fukui Prefecture, on Oct. 30. Fukie told the lawmaker her children she left behind in North Korea may worry if their stay in Japan is extended to long beyond an agreed two-week period. (Pool photo)

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Hasuike to tell children about abduction

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Yukiko Hasuike, one of five Japanese abducted in 1978 to North Korea visiting Japan, speaks at a news conference in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 25 as her husband Kaoru listens. The couple said they will tell their two North Korean-born children for the first time that their parents were abducted to the country from Japan.

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(6)Abductees enjoy their homecoming

OBAMA, Japan - Fukie Hamamoto, who visited her primary school in Obama, Fukui Prefecture, on Oct. 20, sits at the desk she once used. The school is not in use because of a drop in the number of children, but most facilities are kept intact. It was Hamamoto's first visit to the school since being abducted to North Korea in 1978. (Pool photo)

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Parents still hope for news of missing daughter

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeru Yokota speaks at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan in Tokyo on Oct. 10 about his daughter Megumi, who is missing since 1977 and may have been abducted by North Korean agents. He said, ''We want our family to be reunited. We want to see hungry North Korean children being fed. And we want Japan and North Korea to normalize ties.''

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Hasuikes want to see children in Japan

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (L), abducted by North Korea in 1978, speaks at a news conference in Kashiwazaki on Nov. 5, accompanied by his elder brother Toru (R). Kaoru, now on a homecoming visit, said he and his wife Yukiko want to meet with their two North Korean-born children as soon as possible in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Chimuras worried about kids in N. Korea

OBAMA, Japan - Yasushi and Fukie Chimura (C), on their first homecoming visit since being abducted to North Korea in 1978, see Tsuyoshi Takagi, a House of Representatives member, off at their father's home in Obama, Fukui Prefecture, on Oct. 30. Fukie told the lawmaker her children she left behind in North Korea may worry if their stay in Japan is extended to long beyond an agreed two-week period. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Returned abductees hope for early reunion with children

TOKYO, Japan - Five repatriated Japanese nationals abducted to North Korea in 1978 (standing) address a rally at a Tokyo International Forum hall in Tokyo's Yurakucho district on May 7. They expressed hope of being reunited soon with their children and relatives remaining in North Korea. (Kyodo)

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Kaoru Hasuike visits city facilities before starting work

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru (L) and Yukiko (R) Hasuike, repatriated from North Korea after being abducted in 1978, begin a tour of public facilities run by his hometown of Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, with a visit to a nursing care center for children and the elderly on Jan. 14. Kaoru plans to start working at the city government office in February. (Kyodo)

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Chimuras celebrate New Year's Day in Japan

OBAMA, Japan - Yasushi Chimura (L) and his wife, Fukie, among those abducted by North Korea in 1978 but now back in Japan, on Jan. 1 visit Fukie's family home in Obama, Fukui Prefecture, to celebrate New Year's Day with relatives. Speaking to reporters, Chimura, 47, expressed his wish to be reunited as soon as possible with his children. ''I cannot hide my feeling that I wish my children were also here,'' he said. (pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Chimura father wants to visit N. Korea to meet grandchildren

OBAMA, Japan - Tamotsu Chimura, the father of Yasushi Chimura now back in Japan after being abducted to North Korea in 1978, tells reporters at his home in Obama, Fukui Prefecture, on Dec. 31 he wants to travel to Pyongyang to see his grandchildren there if Japanese government officials accompany him. Yasushi has three children still in Pyongyang. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Arrest warrant issued for woman on suspicion of abducting 2 chil

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese police obtained an arrest warrant on April 26 for the leader of a group of North Korean agents identified by her Japanese name Yoko Kinoshita (in undated file photo) who allegedly abducted to North Korea more than three decades ago two children born to a Japanese woman and a pro-Pyongyang Korean resident. (Kyodo)

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LDP's Abe vows to settle abduction issue with N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Shinzo Abe (R), secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, shakes hands with Yasushi Chimura at the Obama municipal government office in Fukui Prefecture on Feb. 7, with Chimura's wife looking on. The Chimuras are among five Japanese nationals abducted to North Korea in 1978 who are now back in their homeland. Their children are still in Pyongyang. (Kyodo)

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Soga prays for reunion with husband, children

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga, one of five Japanese abducted to North Korea in 1978 and now back in Japan, answers questions from reporters in her hometown of Mano, Niigata Prefecture, on Jan. 1 after visiting a nearby shrine to pray for an early reunion in Japan with her husband and children still in North Korea. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Hasuikes visit shrine on New Year's Day

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (L) and his wife Yukiko, two of the five Japanese who were abducted to North Korea in 1978 and now back in Japan, visit a shrine in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Jan. 1. The couple said they prayed each for an early reunion in Japan with their children still in North Korea.(Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Abductee urges N. Korea to take humanitarian view of children

OBAMA, Japan - Yasushi Chimura and his wife Fukie, two of five Japanese abducted by North Korea in 1978 but now back in Japan, speak to reporters at his home in Obama, Fukui Prefecture, on Dec. 30. Chimura said he wants Pyongyang to approach the issue of the abductees' children still in North Korea from a humanitarian perspective. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Hasuike couple says family to decide together on future

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (L) and his wife Yukiko, two of the five Japanese abducted to North Korea in 1978 and now back in Japan, tell reporters Dec. 14 in their hometown of Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, that they want to decide their future as a family after reuniting in Japan with their children still in N. Korea. They met reporters to mark the two-month anniversary of their return to Japan. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Chimuras determined to wait for children from N. Korea

OBAMA, Japan - Yasushi Chimura (R) and his wife Fukie, two of the five Japanese abducted to North Korea in 1978 and now back in Japan, speak to reporters in Obama, Fukui Prefecture, on Nov. 30 about their resolve to wait for their children in the North to be brought to Japan. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Hasuike to tell children about abduction

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Yukiko Hasuike, one of five Japanese abducted in 1978 to North Korea visiting Japan, speaks at a news conference in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 25 as her husband Kaoru listens. The couple said they will tell their two North Korean-born children for the first time that their parents were abducted to the country from Japan. (Kyodo)

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Parents still hope for news of missing daughter

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeru Yokota speaks at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan in Tokyo on Oct. 10 about his daughter Megumi, who is missing since 1977 and may have been abducted by North Korean agents. He said, ''We want our family to be reunited. We want to see hungry North Korean children being fed. And we want Japan and North Korea to normalize ties.''