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Yokota meets 'S. Korean kin'

Shigeru Yokota、father of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota、and Choi Gye-wol、mother of South Korean abductee Kim Young-nam who is possibly Megumi's husband、shake hands as they meet for the first time in Seoul on May 16.

Shigeru Yokota, whose daughter was abducted to North Korea in 1977, and the mother of South Korean abductee Kim Young-nam -- believed to be Megumi Yokota's husband -- pledged May 16 to work together for the repatriation of their children.

Yokota, 73, met Choi Gye-wol, 78, in Seoul.

Yokota and Choi met for the first time since the Japanese government concluded in April, based on DNA tests, that Kim Young-nam is highly likely the father of Megumi Yokota's daughter, Kim Hye Gyong.

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