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Kim Eun-gyong
Born
Korea
Other names김혜경
Known forDaughter of a Japanese national, kidnapped by North Korea

Kim Eun-gyong is the daughter of Megumi Yokota, a Japanese citizen, who was kidnapped by North Korean secret agents when she was just 13 years old.[1][2][3] Her maternal grandparents first learned they had a granddaughter in 2002. They were able to meet her, her husband, and their great-granddaughter, in 2014.

According to The New York Times, North Korea uses Kim Eun-gyong as a "bargaining chip" to extract concessions from Japan.[4][5]

Kim Eun-gyong earned a degree at Kim Sung-Il University, studying there at the same time as Kim Yo Jong, Kim Jong Un's sister and most trusted sibling.[6][7] Japanese newspapers report that both young women went on to work at the same institute, following graduation, and speculated that the pair are friends.

Describing the meeting she and her husband had been permitted with Kim Eun-gyong, in Ulan Bator, her grandmother said her granddaughter cooked them a special Korean soup, but that she did not speak any Japanese.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Lawmaker reveals photos of family reunion involving parents of North Korea abductee". Japan Times. 2016-06-09. Retrieved 2020-04-26. Following the Yokotas' meeting with their granddaughter and Japan-North Korea meetings in Beijing and Stockholm, Japan and North Korea announced an agreement in May 2014 under which Pyongyang would reinvestigate abductions and Tokyo would subsequently ease its sanctions against Pyongyang.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Japanese abductee's daughter married to N. Korean man whose father was born in Japan". Mainichi Shimbun. 2017-12-04. Retrieved 2020-04-26. The existence of Megumi's daughter, Kim Eun Gyong, 30, also known as Kim Hye Gyong, was revealed in 2002 when Pyongyang admitted to abducting Japanese citizens. Megumi's parents, Shigeru and Sakie Yokota, now 85 and 81, respectively, met with their granddaughter for the first time in March 2014 in the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Elderly Japanese couple meet family of daughter kidnapped by N. Korea". The Telegraph (UK). Archived from the original on 2014-03-18. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  4. ^ Martin Fackler (2014-03-16). "Years After Abduction by North Korea, a Reunion". The New York Times. Tokyo. p. A4. Retrieved 2020-04-26. For its part, North Korea has in the past appeared to try to use the couple's granddaughter, who has also been identified as Kim Hye-gyong, as a bargaining chip with Japan, dangling the prospect of a meeting in what may have been an effort to get concessions in future negotiations.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Japan struggles to resolve North Korea abduction issue as kin age". Japan Times. Kyodo. 2017-12-17. Archived from the original on 2017-12-23. Retrieved 2020-04-26. The government also found, through other sources, information related to her daughter, Kim Eun Gyong, now 30. The father of Kim's husband was a Korean who lived in Japan and went to North Korea as part of a postwar repatriation program.
  6. ^ Kosuke Takahashi (2014-03-18). "Kim Jong Un's sister and Megumi Yokota's daughter worked together – reports". NK News. Retrieved 2020-04-26. Kim Yo Jong, Kim Jong Un's younger sister and Kim Eun Gyong, daughter of Megumi Yokota, abducted by North Korea in 1977, may have worked together at a key government institution in Pyongyang last year after graduating from the same university.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ Kim Hee-Jin (2014-03-19). "Abductee's daughter is favorite of Kim's sister". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
  8. ^ Javier Espinosa (2019-03-01). "Los guardianes de la memoria de los japoneses secuestrados por Corea del Norte" [The guardians of the memory of the Japanese kidnapped by North Korea]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Tokyo. Retrieved 2020-04-27. "Fue toda una sorpresa. Todo el viaje se desarrolló en secreto. No se lo pude decir ni a mis dos hijos gemelos. Cuando hablé con ella no me atreví a preguntar por Megumi. Para mí era como un sueño. Mi nieta tenía muy buen aspecto. No habla japonés pero se la veía muy disciplinada, positiva y saludable", añade Yokota.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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