User:Geo Swan/Kim Eun-gyong

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. 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.

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. 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.