Inside North Korea’s Disturbing Kidnapping Industry That Saw Hundreds Of Japanese People Abducted
Inside North Korea’s Disturbing Kidnapping Industry That Saw Hundreds Of Japanese People Abducted On the evening of November 15, 1977, a young girl named Megumi Yokota was walking home alone after badminton practice in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. The walk should have only taken Megumi seven minutes, but she never returned. Instead, she woke up on a fishing boat bound for North Korea with at least 17 other victims. Little did she know that this was part of a larger North Korean kidnapping campaign — which abducted perhaps hundreds of Japanese people in the late 1970s and early 1980s. And only five of the Japanese abductees were ever seen alive again. This is the disturbing true story of the North Korean kidnapping industry - read more at the link in our profile. Now The Story In Details Between 1977 and 1983, at least 17 Japanese nationals were abducted by North Korean spies, though Japan claims it is likely that hundreds more were taken. On the evening of Nov. 15, 1977, 13-y...