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Japanese, S. Korean abductees said to have married in N. Korea+
SEOUL, Feb. 11 Kyodo -
One of four male high school students abducted from South Korea in 1977 to 1978
is said to be alive in North Korea after marrying a Japanese woman possibly
also abducted by Pyongyang, the head of a group of South Korean abductees'
family members said Wednesday.
Choi Song Ryong told Kyodo News he obtained the information from a North Korean
source in early 2006.
Meanwhile, sources close to Japan-South Korea relations said they have been
informed that Japanese abductee Yaeko Taguchi, who was taken in 1978, married a
South Korean abduction victim in North Korea.
Japanese and South Korean authorities have investigated the authenticity of
such information and whether the tip-offs have common ground, the sources said.
Choi said he obtained the information while helping seven abduction victims
flee from North Korea.
In 2004, Choi gained information that another Japanese abduction victim, Megumi
Yokota, married a South Korean believed to have been taken to North Korea.
Through DNA analysis in the spring of 2006, the Japanese government confirmed
that the South Korean is Kim Young Nam, who was abducted from South Korea in
1978.
Kim was taken from the coast of the Yellow Sea in western South Korea, the same
location where the four South Korean students went missing.
The South Korean government suspects that North Korea abducted the five with
the purpose of training them as instructors for espionage activities against
Seoul.
The five were reportedly trained or worked in the espionage agency of the
Workers' Party of Korea.
Kim Hyon Hui, a former North Korean agent now in South Korea who was sentenced
to death for the 1987 fatal bombing of a South Korean airliner but later freed
under a presidential pardon, also belonged to the agency.
Since Taguchi is believed to have been made to teach Japanese to Kim during her
agent training in North Korea, Taguchi may have had contact with the five South
Korean men if she also belonged to the agency.
North Korea admitted to abducting Taguchi but says she died in 1986 after
marrying a Japanese abductee, Tadaaki Hara, a claim Japan disputes.
==Kyodo
2009-02-11 23:16:39
One of four male high school students abducted from South Korea in 1977 to 1978
is said to be alive in North Korea after marrying a Japanese woman possibly
also abducted by Pyongyang, the head of a group of South Korean abductees'
family members said Wednesday.
Choi Song Ryong told Kyodo News he obtained the information from a North Korean
source in early 2006.
Meanwhile, sources close to Japan-South Korea relations said they have been
informed that Japanese abductee Yaeko Taguchi, who was taken in 1978, married a
South Korean abduction victim in North Korea.
Japanese and South Korean authorities have investigated the authenticity of
such information and whether the tip-offs have common ground, the sources said.
Choi said he obtained the information while helping seven abduction victims
flee from North Korea.
In 2004, Choi gained information that another Japanese abduction victim, Megumi
Yokota, married a South Korean believed to have been taken to North Korea.
Through DNA analysis in the spring of 2006, the Japanese government confirmed
that the South Korean is Kim Young Nam, who was abducted from South Korea in
1978.
Kim was taken from the coast of the Yellow Sea in western South Korea, the same
location where the four South Korean students went missing.
The South Korean government suspects that North Korea abducted the five with
the purpose of training them as instructors for espionage activities against
Seoul.
The five were reportedly trained or worked in the espionage agency of the
Workers' Party of Korea.
Kim Hyon Hui, a former North Korean agent now in South Korea who was sentenced
to death for the 1987 fatal bombing of a South Korean airliner but later freed
under a presidential pardon, also belonged to the agency.
Since Taguchi is believed to have been made to teach Japanese to Kim during her
agent training in North Korea, Taguchi may have had contact with the five South
Korean men if she also belonged to the agency.
North Korea admitted to abducting Taguchi but says she died in 1986 after
marrying a Japanese abductee, Tadaaki Hara, a claim Japan disputes.
==Kyodo
2009-02-11 23:16:39
