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
Park Hwa-Yeong D0000177
- Name (KOR)
- 박화영
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- Allegedly abducted in Musan County, North Hamgyong Province, North Korea on 25 September 1976 by North Korean national security agents
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Jin Gyeong-Suk M0000073
- Name (KOR)
- 진경숙
- Type of victim
- Disappeared after repatriation
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Kang Eun-Sil D0000083
- Name (KOR)
- 강은실
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- It is reported that Ms. Kang was a broker who carried foreign currency (United States dollars and Chinese yen) between defectors from North Korea living in China or South Korea and persons residing in North Korea. In April 2012, the agents of 7th Department of the Defence Security Command took Ms. Kang and her family were taken to the 7th Department in Hyesan City, where they were kept in solitary confinement. Although some family members were released after three months, Ms. Kang remained in detention for six months. In May 2014, she was rearrested by the State Security Department in Ryanggang Province while at a relative's house.
- Date added
- Mar 20, 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
Kang Kyeong-Hee M0000055
- Name (KOR)
- 강경희
- Type of victim
- Disappeared after repatriation
- Description of disappearance
- When Ms. Kang boarded the bus at the Shenyang bus station, together with her teenage son and other defectors, the Chinese security police detained them.
- 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
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
Park Sung-Ok M0000051
- Name (KOR)
- 박성옥
- Type of victim
- Disappeared after repatriation
- Description of disappearance
- Park Sung Ok was arrested by the border garrison of the Chinese police at Erenhot, Xilin Gol on the way to Mongolia to seek asylum at the embassy of the Republic of Korea.
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Kim Hyeon-Sun M0000049
- Name (KOR)
- 김현선
- Type of victim
- Disappeared after repatriation
- Description of disappearance
- Kim Hyeon Sun and her son, Kim Gyeong Il, were arrested by three agents of the Hoiryeong National Security Agency, whilst attempting to cross the border in to China.
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Kim Mi-Rae M0000046
- Name (KOR)
- 김미래
- Type of victim
- Disappeared after repatriation
- Description of disappearance
- Twelve North Korean defectors, including Ms. Kim and his son, Lee Ji-Hoon, were arrested by the Chinese police.
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Hong Won-Ok D0000072
- Name (KOR)
- 홍원옥
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- Three NSA agents from Eundeok-gun allegedly forcibly entered her house at night while she was sleeping, and abducted her to a political prison camp. Neighbours reported that she had regularly and publicly complained about the living situation and political climate in North Korea.
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Ann Soon-Hee D0000070
- Name (KOR)
- 안순희
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- The source conjectures a reason for her arrest was guilt by association for the suicide of her husband.
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Kim Bok-Shil D0000067
- Name (KOR)
- 김복실
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- She was arrested by the Agency at her home and charged with illegally conducting trade outside the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea with the Chongryon. The source conjectures an additional reason for her arrest was guilt by association for the suicide of her husband because suicide is considered an act of treason against the State.
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Kim Im-Bok M0000044
- Name (KOR)
- 김임복
- Type of victim
- Disappeared after repatriation
- Description of disappearance
- The source is of the opinion that the hospital staff informed the authorities of her nationality.
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Kang Mi-Ho D0000064
- Name (KOR)
- 강미호
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- The source submits that Ms. Kang’s and her son’s detention is linked to the activities of Ms. Kang’s brother since his defection, and to the fact that he was regularly sending money to assist Ms. Kang and her family. Ms. Kang’s brother is reportedly a famous dissident working as a reporter for The Chosun Ilbo, a major newspaper in South Korea. Ms. Kang’s brother had allegedly sent her money through a Korean-Chinese broker sine early 2008. However, in July 2011, the broker contacted Mr. Kang and said that he could not find Ms. Kang.
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Kim Ok-Hwa M0000041
- Name (KOR)
- 김옥화
- Type of victim
- Disappeared after repatriation
- Description of disappearance
- Allegedly abducted by MSS after being repatriated from China
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Kim Oak-Choon M0000037
- Name (KOR)
- 김옥춘
- Type of victim
- Disappeared after repatriation
- Description of disappearance
- Allegedly repatriated from China and arrested by province-level SSD in Ryanggang
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Kim Im-Bok M0000036
- Name (KOR)
- 김임복
- Type of victim
- Disappeared after repatriation
- Description of disappearance
- Allegedly arrested by SSD agents when she was reportedly repatriated from China
- Date last identified
- February 13, 1995
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Park Ryeon-Ha M0000002
- Name (KOR)
- 박련화
- Type of victim
- Disappeared after repatriation
- Description of disappearance
- Allegedly arrested at the China-Mongolia border by Chinese soldiers
- Date last identified
- September 2007
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Kang Hye-Yeong M0000001
- Name (KOR)
- 강혜영
- Type of victim
- Disappeared after repatriation
- Description of disappearance
- Allegedly arrested on 18 March 2004 in Inner Mongolia, near the China-Mongolia border, by the Chinese police
- Date last identified
- March 18, 2004
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Lee Sun-Geum D0000054
- Name (KOR)
- 이순금
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- Disappeared while being detained at a county-level SSD detention house in Ryanggang, North Korea
- Date last identified
- May 2013
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Lim Geum-Sun D0000040
- Name (KOR)
- 임금선
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- Arrested by the Defense Security Command (Military Security Command)
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Choi Geum-Sil D0000037
- Name (KOR)
- 최금실
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- Allegedly abducted from her home by a SSD agent
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Shin Kyeon-Hwa D0000024
- Name (KOR)
- 신견화
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- Arrested, together with three other persons, from her home by SSD agents
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Lee Hye-Gyeong D0000023
- Name (KOR)
- 이혜경
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- Allegedly arrested at home by MSS
- Date last identified
- May 1996
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Kim Kwang-Bok D0000020
- Name (KOR)
- 김광복
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- Allegedly arrested at home by MSS
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Han Kyung-Hee D0000016
- Name (KOR)
- 한경희
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- Allegedly abducted from her home in Pyongyang by SSD agents
- Date last identified
- June 1989
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Han Hye-Ok D0000011
- Name (KOR)
- 한혜옥
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- Allegedly arrested at home by MSS
- Date last identified
- Early October 1995
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims