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 TOKYO (AP) - North Korea allowed a Japanese woman who defected to the communist nation two years ago to return to her homeland Thursday.
Kazumi Kitagawa, reportedly once a government mole in a Japanese doomsday cult, jumped off a ferry and swam across a river between China and North Korea in 2003 seeking asylum.
"I'm very happy to be back in Japan," the 31-year-old Kitagawa said after she arrived from Pyongyang via the Russian port of Vladivostok. "I'm very sorry that I caused so much trouble with my sudden return."
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