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It was the moment they had been looking forward to for so long - former US soldier Charles Jenkins was finally reunited with his Japanese wife, Hitomi Soga.

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The couple and their two children hugged and kissed as they met on an airport runway in Jakarta. The family had not been together since 2002.

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The couple first met in North Korea, where Mr Jenkins had been living since leaving active service in South Korea in 1965. The US has accused him of desertion.

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Hitomi Soga was one of several Japanese citizens kidnapped by North Korea in the 1970s, to train the country's spies.

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In 2002, when Ms Soga was finally allowed to return to Japan, her husband was there to wave her off at the airport.

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When the relatives of Japanese abductees were also allowed to go to Japan in May 2004, there was hope the family could be reunited in Tokyo.

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But Ms Soga was devastated when her husband and children were not on the plane. Mr Jenkins had refused to fly to Japan, fearing he would be extradited to America.

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Indonesia provided a temporary solution. Unlike Japan, it has no extradition treaty with Washington.

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The story has captured the hearts of many people in Asia, and the Indonesians are no exception.