C__ O-O D0000130

North Korean victims
Case number
FP033-01
Name (KOR)
ㅊOO
Type of victim
  • Disappeared in North Korea
Nationality
North Korea
Sex
Male
Age group when taken
20s
Below 18 when taken
No
Occupation
Student|Private commerce
Type of occupation
  • Service And Sales Worker
  • Student
Year of birth
1980s: 1987
Place of birth
Musan-gun, North Hamgyong
Country of birth
North Korea
Place of residence
Musan-gun, North Hamgyong
Place of residence on map

Latitude: 41.991271

Longitude: 129.150399

Place of residence on map
Reason behind disappearance
  • Contact with external sources
Date when taken (additional note)
End of February 2014
Year when taken
2010s: 2014
Country where taken
North Korea
Province where taken
North Hamgyong
Region where taken
Musan-gun
Region where taken on map

Latitude: 42.2268513

Longitude: 129.200759

Region where taken on map
Type of place where taken
Unknown
Description of disappearance
Arrested after his partner reported him for receiving South Korean money.
Date last identified
End of January 2015
Year last identified
2010s: 2015
Place last identified
Province-level MSS in Cheongjin-si, North Hamgyong
Country last identified
North Korea
Information on detention
Yes
Place of first detention
MSS in Musan-gun, North Hamgyong, North Korea
Period of first detention
4 months (End of February 2014 – end of June 2014)
Additional information on first detention
His family in South Korea tried to get him out by sending money but failed.
Place of second detention
Province-level MSS in Cheongjin-si, North Hamgyong, North Korea
Period of second detention
7 months (End of June 2014 – end of January 2014)
Additional information on second detention
There was a trial
Place of third detention
No. 16 kwanliso in Myeonggan-gun, North Hamgyong, North Korea
Period of third detention
End of January 2015 -
Additional information on third detention
A broker reported that he was sent to Hwasong No. 16 Political Prison Camp.
Combined geolocations

Latitude: 42.231063

Longitude: 129.21425

Region of first detention on mapRegion of second detention on mapRegion of third detention on map
Sentence
7 years
Additional description

His older sister paid 300,000 KRW and saw a MSS document that said he was accused of espionage, his brother-in-law was investigated twice in 2018

Related perpetrator(s)