Kim Cheol-Yong D0000079

North Korean victims
Name (KOR)
김철용
Name (JPN)
キム・チョルヨン
Type of victim
  • Disappeared in North Korea
Nationality
North Korea
Sex
Male
Age when taken
38
Age group when taken
30s
Below 18 when taken
No
Occupation
Interpreter at the Foreign Trade Department of Ryanggang Province
Type of occupation
  • Civil Service Worker
Year of birth
1960s: 1963
Country of birth
North Korea
Place of residence
Ryanggang
Place of residence on map

Latitude: 41.2468269

Longitude: 126.665108

Place of residence on map
Reason behind disappearance
  • Consumption of external media
  • Contact with external sources
Date when taken (additional note)
November 2000
Year when taken
2000s: 2000
Country where taken
North Korea
Province where taken
Ryanggang
Region where taken on map

Latitude: 41.2501472

Longitude: 126.8553905

Region where taken on map
Type of place where taken
Unknown
Description of disappearance
He was arrested by national security agency. He was suspected not only of reading a magazine from the Republic of Korea, but also of meeting with a South Korean when he was in China, an act considered to constitute a crime of espionage in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
Country last identified
North Korea
Information on detention
Yes
Place of first detention
No. 15 kwanliso in Yodeok, South Hamgyong, North Korea
Region of first detention on map

Latitude: 39.6741055

Longitude: 126.8488165

Region of first detention on map
Related perpetrator(s)