Kim Cheol-Ok M0000072
- Case number
- E0000074
- Name (KOR)
- 김철옥
- Name (CHN)
- 金铁玉
- Type of victim
- Disappeared after repatriation
- 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
- Date added
- Apr 22, 2024
North Korean victims
Lee Myung-Ju M0000058
- Name (KOR)
- 이명주
- Type of victim
- Disappeared after repatriation
- Description of disappearance
- She went to China to buy clothes. While staying at temporary accommodation near the province of Heilongjiang, she found a copy of the Bible and read it. Neighbors reported the presence of her to the authorities. In December 2004, the national police went to the temporary accommodation to apprehend Ms. Myung-Ju Lee. During the arrest, the police found the Bible.
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Lee Keum-Nam M0000057
- Name (KOR)
- 이금남
- Type of victim
- Disappeared after repatriation
- Description of disappearance
- She intended to seek asylum in the Republic of Korea after crossing the border between China and Mongolia. However,she was arrested by the national police together with other North Korean escapees.
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Kim Seung-Cheol M0000056
- Name (KOR)
- 김승철
- Type of victim
- Disappeared after repatriation
- Description of disappearance
- He was waiting near the border between China and Mongolia with 12 other North Korean escapees in order to enter Mongolia. At that moment, he was arrested by the national police
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Kim Ho-Seok M0000054
- Name (KOR)
- 김호석
- Type of victim
- Disappeared after repatriation
- Description of disappearance
- He was arrested while he was taking refuge at the border between China and Mongolia
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Kang Mi-Sook M0000053
- Name (KOR)
- 강미숙
- Type of victim
- Disappeared after repatriation
- Description of disappearance
- The source reports that, during the investigation, Ms.Kang confessed that she had met with a citizen of the Republic of Korea while she was in China, which is regarded as a political crime North Korea.
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Kim Cheol-Yong D0000079
- Name (KOR)
- 김철용
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- He was arrested by national security agency. He was suspected not only of reading a magazine from the Republic of Korea, but also of meeting with a South Korean when he was in China, an act considered to constitute a crime of espionage in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Kwon Hyang-Sil M0000052
- Name (KOR)
- 권향실
- Type of victim
- Disappeared after repatriation
- Description of disappearance
- Seven other nationals from North Korea were arrested with her.
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Choi Seong-Jae D0000071
- Name (KOR)
- 최성재
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- He was arrested by NSA agents from the Crop-processing Factory. He was accused of stealing and concealing a border guard’s weapon (pistol) and additionally charged with commiting treason agaisnt the State for crossing the border into China.
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Unknown D0000176
- Case number
- FP054-07
- Name (KOR)
- 불명
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- Arrested by military MSS after his mother-in-law was arrested
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Unknown D0000174
- Case number
- FP054-05
- Name (KOR)
- 불명
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- Arrested by military MSS after his mother-in-law was arrested
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Kim O-O D0000172
- Case number
- FP054-03
- Name (KOR)
- 김OO
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- Arrested by MSS agents on his way out from his mother’s house after she was arrested.
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Kim O-O D0000171
- Case number
- FP054-02
- Name (KOR)
- 김OO
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- Disappeared after getting called into a meeting with a MSS agent at work after his mother's arrest.d for disclosing internal information
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
B__ O D0000167
- Case number
- FP052-03
- Name (KOR)
- ㅂO
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- Criticized the regime over drinks and arrested by the railroad MSS the next morning
- Date last identified
- March 1998
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Unknown D0000166
- Case number
- FP052-02
- Name (KOR)
- 불명
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- Disappeared after turning himself into MSS 4 days after he destroyed a mosaic
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Ryu O-O M0000005
- Case number
- FP049-02
- Name (KOR)
- 류OO
- Type of victim
- Disappeared after repatriation
- Description of disappearance
- Arrested by 10 or more agents from the Central Committee for State Security in Changchun (He had a missionary license and taught the bible to North Korean escapees)
- Date last identified
- September 2011
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Yeon Kyeong-Hyeok D0000163
- Case number
- FP048
- Name (KOR)
- 연경혁
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- Arrested at home by two MSS agents came disguised as porters. MSS agents came and searched his house.
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
P__ O-O D0000159
- Case number
- FP046-01
- Name (KOR)
- ㅂOO
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- Arrested after getting into a fight with members of the non-socialist group
- Date last identified
- June 2009
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Unknown D0000153
- Case number
- FP045-02
- Name (KOR)
- 불명
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- Arrested in Hoeryeong-si with her family and an acquaintance
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
K__ O-O D0000151
- Case number
- FP044
- Name (KOR)
- ㄱOO
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- Family witnessed the victim getting arrested by MSS at night for sending copies of Kim Il Sung collection to China
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
K__ O-O D0000146
- Case number
- FP041-07
- Name (KOR)
- ㄱOO
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- 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
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
K__ O-O D0000145
- Case number
- FP041-06
- Name (KOR)
- ㄱOO
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- 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
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
K__ O-O D0000137
- Case number
- FP038-02
- Name (KOR)
- ㄱOO
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- Arrested by a MSoS agent while trying to cross the Tumen River with 7 others
- Date last identified
- End of August 1997
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Park Jong-Cheon D0000128
- Case number
- FP032-01
- Name (KOR)
- 박종천
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- Arrested by a MSS agent who came to his house a couple of days after he criticized the regime at a gathering (“[The regime] is blackmailing us when they don’t even rule well”)
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
C__ O-O D0000113
- Case number
- FP028
- Name (KOR)
- ㅊOO
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- Arrested by MSS agents when he turned on the cell phone he hid in the mountain
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
K__ O-O D0000107
- Case number
- FP021
- Name (KOR)
- ㄱOO
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- Arrested by MSS who suddenly broke into his home and took all his belongings. They told his mother not to ask for his fate or whereabouts. Allegedly arrested for propagating Christianity
- Date last identified
- Fall 2018
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Ho O-O D0000104
- Case number
- FP019-01
- Name (KOR)
- 호OO
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- Arrested by border guards at 2am by the river while trying to escape North Korea
- Date last identified
- July 2012
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
B__ O-O D0000103
- Case number
- FP018
- Name (KOR)
- ㅂOO
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- Arrested by MSS while on a phone call the day before he planned to escape from North Korea
- Date last identified
- 2011-03-04
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Lee Tae-In N0000002
- Case number
- FP014-03
- Name (KOR)
- 리태인
- Type of victim
- Disappeared outside North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- Arrested by three Chinese police while learning about missionary work at a missionary’s house in Shenyang-si
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Choi O-O D0000092
- Case number
- FP008
- Name (KOR)
- 최O-O
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- Arrested as soon as he returned from China for allegedly escaping to China and receiving South Korean NIS’ money. He went to China to receive money for his motorcycles.
- Date last identified
- April 1993
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims