I roto i te uiuinga ki te pirihimana Japanese, Yasushi Chimura ko Kaoru Hasuike, e rua o nga kidnapped whakaaetia ki te hoki ki Japan i roto i te 2002, tāutuhia e rua o ratou kidnappers rite Sin Gwang-su (i mohiotia hoki rite Sin Kwang-su) me te tangata e mohiotia ana ko "Pak". Kua tono te National Police Agency te hopu o Sin Gwang-su ko Choi Sung-chol mo te kidnappings o Japanese tangata whenua. korerotia Sin korerotia pirihimana i roto i Korea ki te Tonga e kua ia i whaiaro whakahaua e Kim Jong-il ki te kawe i roto i te kidnappings. I roto i Maehe 2006, raided pirihimana Osaka ono ngā wāhi, tae atu ki te North Korean Chamber of Commerce, i roto i te rangahau i roto i te huru e karapoti ana i te 1980 ngaro o tetahi o te whakapae kidnapped, Tada Haraakiong. i hono katoa e ono ngā wāhi ki Chryonryon, he whakahaere pro-North Korean noho i roto i Japan. ka mea te kaikorero pirihimana o te rangatira o Chr
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