Former North Korean Spy: Japanese Abduction Victim Still Alive
Kim Hyun-hee, a former North Korean agent responsible for the bombing of Korean Air flight 858, is visiting Japan right now. Under normal circumstances, a former terrorist who once used a fake Japanese passport would not be allowed to enter this country. However, because she claims to possess knowledge of Japanese citizens who were abducted by the DPRK, she has been granted permission to enter Japan and meet with top leaders and the families of abductees. Kim’s claim that abductee Yaeko Taguchi is still alive and being held captive in North Korea has made her visit a huge news story:
(Kim) told Japanese broadcaster N-H-K on Thursday that Yaeko Taguchi, who was abducted when she was 22, was indeed the woman known as Lee Eun-hae who taught Japanese to the former North Korean agent. Kim said North Korea’s claim that Taguchi died in 1986 was probably a lie.
Speaking in Japanese, Kim said there had been attempts in the last five years to undermine the facts of the bombing, including by reports challenging her identity and Taguchi’s. But Kim said the two had grown close over the two years they were together, forming a relationship “that transcended nationalities.” Taguchi, a single mother of two small children, went missing in 1978.
According to Kim, the DPRK regime is lying when it says that Taguchi is dead. Because Taguchi helped train spies, letting her return to Japan would allow too many secrets to fall into the hands of the DPRK’s enemies.
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