C__ O-O D0000131

North Korean victims
Case number
FP033-02
Name (KOR)
ㅊOO
Type of victim
  • Disappeared in North Korea
Nationality
North Korea
Sex
Female
Age group when taken
40s
Below 18 when taken
No
Marital status
Married
Occupation
Homemaker
Type of occupation
  • Not elsewhere classified
Year of birth
1970s: 1971
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
Mar 10, 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
Place where taken
Musan-gun
Type of place where taken
Home
Description of disappearance
Arrested by military MSS agents at night at her house
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
3.5 months (March 10, 2014 – end of June 2014)
Additional information on first detention
Her sister-in-law visited her. Her sister in South Korea tried to get her out of MSS by sending bribes multiple times 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 2015)
Additional information on second detention
There was a trial
Place of third detention
Human experiment facility in North Korea
Period of third detention
End of January 2015 -
Additional information on third detention
A broker found out that she was sent for human experiments.
Combined geolocations

Latitude: 42.231063

Longitude: 129.21425

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

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

Related perpetrator(s)