Charles Robert Jenkins
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Charles Robert Jenkins was a deserter from the United States Army, a North Korean prisoner, and voice for Japanese abductees in North Korea.
Jenkins in 2004
Jenkins in a 1950s Army photo
Hitomi Soga in 2023
Sergeant Jenkins at court-martial
Between 1977 and 1983, North Korean government agents abducted Japanese citizens from Japan. Although only 17 Japanese citizens are officially recognized by the Japanese government as having been abdu
Charles Robert Jenkins
…Charles Robert Jenkins (18 February 1940 – 11 December 2017) was a deserter from the United States Army, a North Korean prisoner, and voice for Japanese abductees in North Korea. Driven by fear of combat and possible service in the Vietnam War, then-Sergeant Jenkins abandoned his patrol and walked across the Korean Demilitarized…
In May 2004, North Korea allowed the five children of two abducted couples to leave North Korea and join their families, who had come back to Japan a year and a half before.
Junichiro Koizumi and Kim Jong Il
Sakie Yokota, the mother of the abducted girl Megumi Yokota, meets with U.S. President George W. Bush at the White House in April 2006.
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Badge worn in support of returning victims to Japan (often worn as a lapel pin [ja])