A former North Korean spy responsible for the 1987 bombing of a Korean Air jetliner flew to Japan Tuesday to meet the families of Japanese abducted by North Korean agents, a report said.
Kim Hyon Hui, who arrived on a government-chartered flight from South Korea, where she lives, will meet relatives of Megumi Yokota and Yaeko Taguchi, the Kyodo news agency said, quoting government sources. Shortly after the bombing that killed all 115 people aboard the Korean Air jetliner, Kim was arrested in Bahrain and sent to South Korea. She was sentenced to death in 1989 for her role in the bombing but was freed later under a presidential pardon. (AFP)