Kim Jong-il arranged kidnapping to have movies made to order

NORTH Korean leader Kim Jong-il loves movies so much so he arranged the kidnapping of a film director and his wife and held them for eight years.

Kim Jong-il arranged kidnapping to have movies made to order
Thu, 06 Mar, 2003 - 00:00

Actress Choe Eun-hui from South Korea, was kidnapped in Hong Kong by Kim Jong-il's secret agents in 1978. She was taken to Pyongyang.

Her husband immediately flew from Seoul to Hong Kong to look for his wife, and was himself kidnapped.

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