Soga says needs time with family

Soga says needs time with family

INDONESIA: Reunited in Indonesia with her family after nearly two years, a Japanese woman once abducted to North Korea spent hours talking to her husband, a former U.S. soldier Washington says deserted to the Stalinist state in 1965.

Hitomi Soga, who met and married Charles Robert Jenkins after she was abducted as a young student nurse, said she needed time following Friday's emotional reunion to settle in with her family, including her two daughters, Mika, 21 and Belinda, 18.

"I am happy that the four members of our family have been able to spend, for the first time in a year and nine months, precious time (together) in a beautiful, tropical country," Soga said in a statement issued on Saturday.

Soga, 45, thanked the Indonesian government for helping to achieve the reunion.

"I would like to have time for discussions with my family without rushing, while staying in Jakarta," Soga said. -- Reuters