Abductees Demand That N. Korea Let Kids Leave
From Times Wire Reports
A Japanese couple kidnapped and taken to North Korea 25 years ago criticized the totalitarian state and demanded that it release their two children.
Kaoru Hasuike and his wife, Yukiko, gave a nationally televised news conference from Kashiwazaki in northern Japan.
Five abductees who returned to visit Japan in October said last week that they will stay.
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