North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens

In May 2004, North Korea allowed the five children of two abducted couples to leave North Korea and join their families, who had come back to Japan a year and a half before.

Abductions of Japanese citizens from Japan by agents of the North Korean government took place during a period of six years from 1977 to 1983.[1] Although only 17 Japanese (eight men and nine women) are officially recognized by the Japanese government as having been abducted,[2] there may have been hundreds of others.[3] The North Korean government has officially admitted to abducting 13 Japanese citizens.[4][5]

There are testimonies that many non-Japanese citizens, including eight citizens from European countries and one from the Middle East,[6] have been abducted by North Korea.[7]

  1. ^ "ABDUCTION - An Unforgivable Crime - - Japanese Government Internet TV". Japanese Government Internet TV. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Individual Cases - 17 Abductees Identified by the Government of Japan". Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to N.Korea(COMJAN)". Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  4. ^ "North Korea rejects DNA link to Megumi Yokota abduction case". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 2011-08-20. Retrieved 2006-05-01.
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  6. ^ "Les captives étrangères de la Corée du Nord". Le Figaro. 21 April 2008. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  7. ^ "NARKN". Sukuukai.jp. Retrieved 2016-08-18.

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