North Korea has produced a list of about 30 missing Japanese still living in the North, Japan’s Nikkei newspaper reported Thursday.
The list, containing triple the number of names as reported by the paper a week ago, includes confirmed victims of North Korean kidnappings taking place between 1977 and 1983. The Nikkei reported that Japan had matched two-thirds of the names with its own records.
North Korea has produced a list of about 30 missing Japanese still living in the North, Japan’s Nikkei newspaper reported Thursday.
The list, containing triple the number of names as reported by the paper a week ago, includes confirmed victims of North Korean kidnappings taking place between 1977 and 1983. The Nikkei reported that Japan had matched two-thirds of the names with its own records.
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