Abductees Say N. Korea Using Children as Pawns
A group of five Japanese who spent decades in captivity in North Korea accused the nation of using the children they left behind as political pawns. The former abductees, allowed to visit Japan in October almost 25 years after being kidnapped to teach their language to North Korean spies, spoke after receiving letters from their children.
“I got the impression that they were being forced to write,” said Kaoru Hasuike, 44. Tokyo wants the children in Japan, but Pyongyang insists that the parents return to North Korea.
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