Families of people abducted by North Korea met in Tokyo today (Monday) to plot strategy ahead of a possible criminal prosecution of the North.

The United Nations is to decide this month whether to call on the International Criminal Court to try North Korea for human rights violations.

Relatives of kidnapping victims from Japan, South Korea and Thailand met to discuss how best to appeal to the international community.

North Korea abducted numerous mostly Korean and Japanese citizens in the 1970s and 80s as part of a strategy to train spies.