Kim Cheol-Ok M0000072
North Korean victims- Case number
- E0000074
- Name (KOR)
- 김철옥
- Name (CHN)
- 金铁玉
- Type of victim
- Disappeared after repatriation
- Nationality
- North Korea
- Sex
- Female
- Age when taken
- 39
- Age group when taken
- 30s
- Below 18 when taken
- No
- Marital status
- Married
- Occupation
- Part-time worker at a restaurant
- Type of occupation
- Service And Sales Worker
- Date of birth
- Aug 18, 1983
- Year of birth
- 1980s: 1983
- Place of birth
- Musan County, North Hamgyong
- Country of birth
- North Korea
- Place of residence
- Xinzhuangzhen, Yushu county, Changchun, Jilin, China
- Place of residence on map
Latitude: 45.3871038
Longitude: 118.9504997
- Place of residence on map
- Reason behind disappearance
- Escape from North Korea
- Date when taken
- Apr 5, 2023
- Year when taken
- 2020s: 2023
- Country where taken
- China
- Province where taken
- Jilin
- Region where taken
- Changchun
- Region where taken on map
Latitude: 44.0750737
Longitude: 125.3811451
- Region where taken on map
- Place where taken
- Changyu Expressway at Mishazi Service Area in Dehui
- Type of place where taken
- Street
- Description of disappearance
- Ms. Kim left home around 9am and was arrested with two other North Korean escapees and their Chinese driver by agents from the Changbai County Public Security Bureau
- Date last identified
- October 9
- Year last identified
- 2020s: 2023
- Place last identified
- Detention center in Baishan, Jilin, China
- Country last identified
- China
- Information on detention
- Yes
- Place of first detention
- Detention center in Baishan, Jilin, China
- Period of first detention
- 6 months (April 5, 2023 - October 9, 2023)
- Additional information on first detention
- Ms. Kim's family was not able to meet Ms. Kim in person. During their fist visit on April 17, Ms. Kim's family was shown a CCTV footage of Ms. Kim in her cell. Ms. Kim's family was turned away multiple times after that, only able to leave clothes and food for delivery.
- Place of second detention
- Border military unit in Nanpingzhen, Helong, Yanbian, Jilin, China
- Period of second detention
- Unknown
- Additional information on second detention
- Ms. Kim's family was informed that Ms. Kim will be returned to North Korea through this military unit on October 9, 2023.
- Combined geolocations
Latitude: 41.7817851
Longitude: 125.1578081
- Region of first detention on mapRegion of second detention on map
- Related perpetrator(s)
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