Career
Soga currently lives in Japan. Soga, a nurse, was abducted from her hometown of Mano-cho, now part of the city of Sado, Niigata, on August 12, 1978, and taken to North of Korea to train agents in Japanese customs and language. Her then 46-year-old mother, Miyoshi, disappeared at the same time and has not been heard from since.
The North Koreans gave Soga the Korean name Minister Hye-gyong (Korean: 민혜경).
They had two daughters, Mika and Brinda. Soga was one of a group of five Japanese abductees whom North of Korea allowed to visit their homeland in September 2002.
Though the trip was intended to be brief, she, like her four companions, never returned to North of Korea. She and many Japanese called on North of Korea to release family members who had been left behind.
The family came to Japan on July 18, 2004.
Jenkins was court-martialed and incarcerated for "desertion" at a United States. military installation in Japan for 26 days then released. They live on Sado Island in Soga"s hometown where, according to media reports, the family has settled. In October 2012, she reportedly pleaded with the North Korean government for the release of her mother and other abductees.
