Yokota Megumi ( Japanese 横 田 め ぐ み ; October 15, 1964 - March 13, 1994 ) - a Japanese girl abducted by the DPRK on November 15, 1977 in the city of Niigata . He is among the citizens of Japan abducted by North Korean intelligence agencies in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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Biography
In January 1997 , information about the abduction of Yokoto was disclosed by her parents by telephone.
In 2002, North Korea admitted the abduction of the Japanese, including Yokota, but the DPRK authorities said that she committed suicide on March 13, 1994 (initially the DPRK authorities claimed that this happened in 1993, but later changed the date to 1994), and returned what was announced by her remains. Japan reported that a DNA test proved that they are not genuine. The Megumi family does not believe that she committed suicide. It is assumed that Megumi abducted Sin Gwansu , an employee of the North Korean special services [2] .
In 1986, Megumi married South Korean Kim Yongnam ( cor. 김영남 ? , 金 英 男? ), Probably also abducted. In 1987, they had a daughter, Kim Haehyung ( cor. 김혜경 , later it turned out that her real name is Kim Yungyong, cor. 김은경 ). In June 2006, Kim Yongnam, who was remarried, was allowed to meet with his family from South Korea . He confirmed that Yokota committed suicide in 1994 due to a mental illness. He also claimed that the remains transferred in 2004 are genuine. However, these comments were criticized; some Japanese believe that Megumi is still alive.
In June 2012, Choi Sung Ren said that he had received North Korean documents testifying that Yokota had died from the “depression” on December 14, 2004 [3] .
Yokota Megumi in Art
Several films have been made about the fate of the girl [4] .
Anime
On the website of the Japanese Embassy, anime is available for download [5] in Russian, English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese and other languages about the fate of Yokota Megumi.
See also
- Human rights in the DPRK , section "Abductions of Foreign Citizens"
- DPRK agents kidnapping Japanese
Notes
- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 1012047814 // General Normative Control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ Clues Found in North Korean Kidnappings , English.donga.com . Date of treatment August 7, 2018.
- ↑ (eng.) Chiodi News Agency, “ Yokota died in 2004, not 1994 as Pyongyang claims: South activist, ” Japan Times , June 16, 2012, art. 2
- ↑ Megumi Yokota . IMDb Date of treatment August 7, 2018.
- ↑ ア ニ メ 「め ぐ み」 ダ ウ ン ロ ー ド ｜ ア ニ メ 「め ぐ み」 ｜ 日本国 政府: 北 朝鮮 に よ る 日本人 拉 致 問題 (Japanese) . www.rachi.go.jp. Date of treatment August 7, 2018.