Japan has been informed that a former principal of a North Korean school in Japan, wanted for the suspected abduction of Japanese national Tadaaki Hara to North Korea in 1980, died a few years ago in South Korea, investigative sources said Tuesday. Kim Kil Uk was among the 11 people Japan had issued international arrest warrants for concerning North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals. Japan officially lists 17 nationals as having been abducted by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s, but suspects Pyongyang's involvement in many other disappearances. He lived in South Korea after he was released from prison in May 2000. But Japan and South Korea made no headway in extradition negotiations.

Source: The Times October 24, 2023 09:58 UTC