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Friday October 26, 4:48 AMS. Korea to apologize to Japan for Kim Dae Jung abduction: report(Kyodo) _ The South Korean government will offer its formal apology to Japan for its involvement in the 1973 abduction of Kim Dae Jung, then an opposition leader who went on to become president of South Korea, from a Tokyo hotel, the Asahi Shimbun reported Friday in its online edition.South Korean Ambassador to Japan Yu Myung Hwan will convey the message to Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura possibly on Friday, it said, adding that Tokyo is set to accept Seoul's apology. Kim was abducted from the Hotel Grand Palace on Aug. 8, 1973, taken to Seoul by boat and released on the streets of the South Korean capital five days later. The Japanese police found the fingerprints of Kim Dong Woon, the first secretary of the South Korean Embassy at the time, in Kim Dae Jung's hotel room, raising suspicion that South Korea's intelligence agency may have been involved. |
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