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(LEAD) N. Korea denies report of abduction of women in 1970s
(ATTN: CHANGES headline; UPDATES with N. Korea's denial of the report)
PARIS, April 24 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Thursday said a French daily's report that the North abducted and held at least 28 foreign women hostage, including three French, in the 1970s, is a "fabrication."
On Wednesday, Le Figaro alleged the North abducted the women to use them to teach foreign languages to North Korean spies.
In response to the report, an official at the North Korean mission in Paris said by phone, "There is no reason at all for us to kidnap French women or any other country's women."
The official said on condition of anonymity, "They just point a finger at us whenever some people are missing since the Japanese have clung to this issue."
Also among the group were three Italians, two Dutch and two from the Middle East, the French paper added, citing a testimony by a Lebanese woman who was released in 1979 after being held hostage by the North.
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