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(4th LD) Former N. Korean terrorist meets family of Japanese abductee
By Lee Chi-dong
BUSAN, March 11 (Yonhap) -- Kim Hyun-hui, a self-confessed North Korean terrorist responsible for the mid-air bombing of a South Korean jet in 1987 and now a housewife living in South Korea, stepped into the spotlight again Wednesday in an emotional meeting with the family of a Japanese woman kidnapped by Pyongyang three decades ago.
With cropped hair and dressed in black jacket and pants, Kim hugged the son of Yaeko Taguchi, who was abducted by North Korean agents in 1978 to train spies, and clasped the hands of Taguchi's elder brother in front of more than 100 reporters, photographers, and camera crew who packed a huge room at the Busan convention center. South Korean and Japanese authorities picked the facility, instead of a hotel, as the venue for the meeting due to security concerns. Hundreds of police commandos were deployed around the building, assisted by agents from the state intelligence agency.
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