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Mother to Meet Abducted Son Wednesday

 
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Smee



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Location: Jeollanam-do

PostPosted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 2:06 pm    Post subject: Mother to Meet Abducted Son Wednesday Reply with quote

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By Jung Sung-ki
Staff Reporter


Choi Kye-wol, mother of Kim Young-nam, who was reportedly abducted by North Korea, arrives in Sokcho, Kangwon Province, Tuesday, before heading for Mt. Kumgang in the North for a reunion with her son today. /Yonhap
After a 28-year separation, a South Korean woman is scheduled to reunite with her son who was reportedly abducted by North Korea.
The reunion comes amid tensions between Tokyo and Pyongyang over the fate of a Japanese woman also kidnapped by the communist state.



http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/200606/kt2006062717282010230.htm
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jinju



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 5:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The SK government should be trying to get that guy back. geez, the Norks admitted to kidnapping the guy. I cant believe this pathetic piece of shit *beep* of a government is still ending aid up north when an abducted South Korean is still in the North. Suspend all aid.
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Smee



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 8:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

WITH A TWIST!

Son in NK Denies Abduction

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MT. KUMGANG _ Kim Young-nam, believed in the South to have been kidnapped to the North while he was 16, said yesterday he crossed the inter-Korean sea border ``by accident,'' denying allegations of abduction.
The explanation is an apparent repetition of Pyongyang's claim that it has not committed any abduction of South Korean citizens since the 1950-53 Korean War.

Kim also said that he has been living in the North ``really happily'' thanks to the North's ruling Workers' Party.


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jinju



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 8:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Smee wrote:
WITH A TWIST!

Son in NK Denies Abduction

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MT. KUMGANG _ Kim Young-nam, believed in the South to have been kidnapped to the North while he was 16, said yesterday he crossed the inter-Korean sea border ``by accident,'' denying allegations of abduction.
The explanation is an apparent repetition of Pyongyang's claim that it has not committed any abduction of South Korean citizens since the 1950-53 Korean War.

Kim also said that he has been living in the North ``really happily'' thanks to the North's ruling Workers' Party.


http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/200606/kt2006062917321210440.htm


30+ years of indoctrination will do that. And of thats not enough, having your family threatened with either death or gulags will. What do you think would happen if he said something different than what he was told to say?
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RACETRAITOR



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Location: Seoul, South Korea

PostPosted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The guy is apparently a party member or something.

By the way, my father-in-law and grandmother-in-law are up there with that group meeting North Korean long-lost relatives of their own. They all get back today sometime.

Here's a picture of my grandmother-in-law meeting my cousin-in-law.
http://news.naver.com/news/read.php?mode=LSS2D&office_id=001&article_id=0001342415&section_id=100&section_id2=268&men%20u_id=100
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Satori



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

They allow these meetings like it's some kind of wonderful gesture people should be grateful for, when what they need to do is let people who have been abducted come home for christs sake!
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RACETRAITOR



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not all the people in these programs are abductees. Just this guy, who is getting a lot more media attention than all the other participants.
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kiwiliz



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 12:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just wonder what on earth you would say to your son after 28 odd years and after he has been been living in a country like North Korea. Would you be able to re-ignite that bond?
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RACETRAITOR



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 12:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

First of all, for my in-laws, they've never met the relatives they're visiting. Their son went to North Korea during the war. My father-in-law hardly even remembers him. The relatives they're meeting are total strangers. Are they all connecting? Judging by the media coverage, it's hard to tell. I'll let you know in a couple days.
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