Song Kyeong-Hui D0000087
North Korean victims- Case number
- FP004-03
- Name (KOR)
- 송경희
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Nationality
- North Korea
- Sex
- Female
- Age group when taken
- 20s
- Below 18 when taken
- No
- Marital status
- Married
- Pregnancy
- Yes (suspected)
- Occupation
- Member of Cho-Sun Democracy Women’s Federation
- Type of occupation
- Unknown
- Date of birth
- Sep 27, 1984
- Year of birth
- 1980s: 1984
- Place of birth
- Kangan-dong, Hyesan-si, Ryanggang
- Country of birth
- North Korea
- Place of residence
- 30-ban, Kangan-dong, Hyesan-si, Ryanggang
- Place of residence on map
Latitude: 41.418333
Longitude: 128.208542
- Place of residence on map
- Reason behind disappearance
- Plan/Preparation to escape from North Korea
- Date when taken (additional note)
- Early 2010
- Year when taken
- 2010s: 2010
- Country where taken
- North Korea
- Province where taken
- Ryanggang
- Region where taken
- Hyesan-si
- Region where taken on map
Latitude: 41.3840892
Longitude: 128.1353678
- Region where taken on map
- Place where taken
- 30-ban, Kangan-dong
- Type of place where taken
- Home
- Description of disappearance
- Arrested by MSS agents who came to her house at night. Her mother, husband, and a girl who was living at her house were also arrested.
- Date last identified
- Early 2011
- Year last identified
- 2010s: 2011
- Place last identified
- MSS in Hyesan-si, Ryanggang
- Country last identified
- North Korea
- Information on detention
- Yes
- Place of first detention
- MSS in Hyesan-si, Ryanggang, North Korea
- Period of first detention
- 1 year (Early 2010 – Early 2011)
- Additional information on first detention
- Her family was able to know about her detention since they witnessed her arrest by the MSS. There was no official notice. After a trial done for formality only, semi-trial, she was transferred to a Political Prison Camp.
- Place of second detention
- No. 16 kwanliso in Myeonggan-gun, North Hamgyong, North Korea
- Period of second detention
- Early 2011 -
- Additional information on second detention
- MSS notified the family about the victim’s transfer to a political prison camp. Exact location was known through hearsay in 2012
- Combined geolocations
Latitude: 41.397078
Longitude: 128.175971
- Region of first detention on mapRegion of second detention on map
- Additional description
About 6 months before the arrest, she was investigated for helping an older lady escape North Korea. The older lady carried a photo of Kim Il-sung with her. The victim was released after 15 days of investigation
- Related perpetrator(s)
- Related proceeding(s)
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