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    Captured by North Korea: former abductee puts faith in Trump’s nuclear talks

    Kaoru Hasuike spent 24 years in the north before he was released. He hopes diplomacy can shed light on the fate of eight Japanese citizens still missing
    by Justin McCurry in Kashiwazaki Sep 12, 2019 3 minutes
    Kaoru Hasuike points at a map showing where he and his then girlfriend, Yukiko Okudo, were abducted by North Korean agents in 1978. Photograph: Justin McCurry/The Guardian

    It was supposed to have been a quiet date on the beach for two young people with plans to spend the rest of their lives together.

    In late July 1978, Kaoru Hasuike and his girlfriend, Yukiko Okudo, walked several hundred metres along the sand, making sure to avoid a group of rowdy drinkers. After finding a quiet spot, they sat side by side to watch the sun set over the Sea of Japan.

    Hasuike, then a 20-year-old law student, lit a cigarette as he and Okudo, a company employee two years his senior, chatted and

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