K__ O-O D0000145

North Korean victims
Case number
FP041-06
Name (KOR)
ㄱOO
Type of victim
  • Disappeared in North Korea
Nationality
North Korea
Sex
Male
Age group when taken
30s
Below 18 when taken
No
Type of occupation
  • Not elsewhere classified
Year of birth
Unknown
Country of birth
North Korea
Place of residence
Kyeongwon-gun, North Hamgyong
Place of residence on map

Latitude: 42.8583406

Longitude: 130.1800704

Place of residence on map
Reason behind disappearance
  • Arrangement for others to escape from North Korea
Date when taken (additional note)
Fall 2005
Year when taken
2000s: 2005
Country where taken
North Korea
Province where taken
North Hamgyong
Region where taken
Kyeongwon-gun
Region where taken on map

Latitude: 42.8583406

Longitude: 130.1800704

Region where taken on map
Type of place where taken
Border
Description of disappearance
Arrested by three border guards and one military officer while escaping with ten or other more people
Date last identified
Fall 2005
Year last identified
2000s: 2005
Place last identified
Kyeongwon-gun, North Hamgyong
Country last identified
North Korea
Information on detention
Yes
Place of first detention
MSS in Kyeongwon-gun, North Hamgyong Province, North Korea
Additional information on first detention
During this period, North Korean defectors were punished lightly, so everyone else was able to be released from MSS. However, the victim and Kim O-O D0000146, who not only led this defection but had also helped several others escape a few times previously, were not released.
Place of second detention
Political prison camp in North Korea (presumed location)
Additional information on second detention
His grandmother said to an acquaintance that he had been sent "there [Political Prison Camp]."
Region of first detention on map

Latitude: 42.81243

Longitude: 130.196843

Region of first detention on map
Related perpetrator(s)