North Korea’s 1977-1983 abductions of Japanese civilians have come up again thanks to the United Nations Commission of Inquiry report, and the parents of the most famous abductee see an opportunity for resolution.

However, they told NK News that this will require international pressure, or else Kim Jong Un will not respond – even if he would like to.

“I think Kim Jong Un cannot come clean about the abduction issue by admitting his father (Kim Jong Il)’s wrongdoings,” Shigeru Yokota, father of the missing Megumi Yokota, said. “He cannot change the situation around him suddenly by himself.”

“So, the