Kim Im-Bok M0000044
North Korean victims- Name (KOR)
- 김임복
- Name (JPN)
- キム・イムボク
- Type of victim
- Disappeared after repatriation
- Nationality
- North Korea
- Sex
- Female
- Age when taken
- 29
- Age group when taken
- 20s
- Below 18 when taken
- No
- Type of occupation
- Unknown
- Date of birth
- Nov 16, 1966
- Year of birth
- 1960s: 1966
- Country of birth
- North Korea
- Place of residence
- 31-ban, Boeun-dong, Yoosu-gun, Hoeryeong-si, North Hamgyong
- Place of residence on map
Latitude: 40.1894889
Longitude: 126.7968744
- Place of residence on map
- Reason behind disappearance
- Religious activities
- Date when taken (additional note)
- End of July 1994
- Year when taken
- 1990s: 1994
- Country where taken
- China
- Province where taken
- Jilin
- Region where taken
- Yanbian
- Region where taken on map
Latitude: 43.1065646
Longitude: 129.0852169
- Region where taken on map
- Place where taken
- Yanbian Hospital
- Type of place where taken
- Hospital
- Description of disappearance
- The source is of the opinion that the hospital staff informed the authorities of her nationality.
- Year last identified
- 1990s: 1994
- Place last identified
- No. 15 kwanliso in Yodeok, South Hamgyong, North Korea
- Country last identified
- North Korea
- Information on detention
- Yes
- Place of first detention
- MSS in Hoeryong-si, North Hamgyong, North Korea
- Period of first detention
- 3 months (July-October 1994)
- Additional information on first detention
- On 2 August 1994, she was repatriated to Hoeryeong and interrogated by the National Security Agency for three months. In mid-August 1994, Kim Im Bok’s brother bribed the agent of the National Security Agency from North Hamkyung in charge of her interrogation for details of his sister’s arrest and detention. He was informed that Kim Im Bok was considered a political prisoner for accepting help from a Korean church in Yanbian and had received a long prison sentence as a consequence
- Place of second detention
- No. 15 kwanliso in Yodeok, South Hamgyong, North Korea
- Period of second detention
- October 1994-
- Additional information on second detention
- In October 1994, an NSA agent who received bribes from the victim’s family members delivered them a letter about her transfer. In or around November 1994, the agent informed her family that Kim Im Bok had been transferred to a political prison camp, presumably No. 15 kwanliso.
- Combined geolocations
Latitude: 42.437975
Longitude: 129.755166
- Region of first detention on mapRegion of second detention on map
- Sentence
- 10 years
- Additional description
The source reports that her family has enquired at prisons, including the Jeongeo-ri Prison in Hoeryeong, those in Hamheung and others in nearby cities to no avail, as her name does not appear on any of the prison registries.
In its reply to the Working Group's request, the Government has not provided any information about Ms. Kim's situation.
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