Unknown D0000094
- Case number
- FP059-02
- Name (KOR)
- 불명
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- Disappeared after taken in a car. His house was searched and he was found with four South Korean smartphones and USBs with erotic movies.
- Date added
- Jun 12, 2024
North Korean victims
Y__ ?? D0000093
- Case number
- FP059-01
- Name (KOR)
- ㅇ??
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- Disappeared after several men came to his house during the day and took him away in a car
- Date added
- Jun 12, 2024
North Korean victims
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
Lee Hak-Su D0000084
- Name (KOR)
- 이학수
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- The charges against Mr. Lee remain unknown.
- 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
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
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
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
Yoon Seong-Min D0000082
- Name (KOR)
- 윤성민
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- The source reports that Seong Min Yoon told a friend that he sold military equipment abroad. National security agency officials established that fact and, in September 2001, Seong Min Yoon was arrested.
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Kim Kwang-Ho D0000081
- Name (KOR)
- 김광호
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- The source reports that Kwang Ho Kim watched a video from the Republic of Korea and his wife reported that fact to the national security agency.
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Kim Eun-Ho D0000080
- Name (KOR)
- 김은호
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- The source reports that Eun Ho Kim had a private conversation about the disadvantages of the food-rationing system that was subsequently reported to the national security agency.
- 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
Joo Il D0000078
- Name (KOR)
- 주일
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- He was arrested by national security agency officials when he went to Sambong District to receive money sent by his sister through a broker. He regularly contacted his sister, who sought asylum in the Republic of Korea and became a citizen of that country. He has also regularly received money from her.
- 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
Kim Song-Hyeok D0000077
- Name (KOR)
- 김송혁
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- After he finished his training on Christianity in China, he went back to his hometown in North Korea. A person associated with Mr.Kim reported on his religious interest to the National Security Agency. Mr. Kim was arrested by personnel from the National Security Agency.
- 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 Gyeong-II M0000050
- Name (KOR)
- 김경일
- Type of victim
- Disappeared after repatriation
- Description of disappearance
- Kim Gyeong Il and her mother, Kim Hyeon Sun, were arrested by three agents of the Hoiryeong National Security Agency at the Tumen riverside, Manghyang-dong, Hoiryeong, whilst attempting to cross the border in to China.
- 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
Choi Seong-II M0000048
- Name (KOR)
- 최성일
- Type of victim
- Disappeared after repatriation
- Description of disappearance
- He and his father. Choi Sang Soo, were arrested by four agents of the National Security Agency in their hotel room at approximately 9 pm.
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Lee Ji-Hoon M0000047
- Name (KOR)
- 이지훈
- Type of victim
- Disappeared after repatriation
- Description of disappearance
- Twelve North Korean defectors, including Mr. Lee and his mother, Kim Mi-Rae, were arrested by the Chinese police.
- 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
Lee Gook-Cheol D0000076
- Name (KOR)
- 이국철
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- He is being detained on account of their guilt by association with Kim Seong Do and Lee Hak Cheol.
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Lee Hak-Cheol D0000075
- Name (KOR)
- 이학철
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- He was arrested by an NSA agent of the Hoiryeong Paper-mill on charges of espionage and treason, namely for: communicating with a defector to the Republic of Korea and helping him film in secret; delivering a camera and money; harbouring smuggled products – specifically, unregistered electronic equipment such as cameras, cell phones and mini-radios.
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Kim Seong-Il D0000074
- Name (KOR)
- 김성일
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- He is being detained on account of their guilt by association with Kim Seong Do and Lee Hak Cheol.
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims
Kim Seong-Do D0000073
- Name (KOR)
- 김성도
- Type of victim
- Disappeared in North Korea
- Description of disappearance
- He was arrested by an NSA agent of the Hoiryeong Paper-mill on charges of espionage and treason, namely for: communicating with a defector to South Korea and helping him film in secret; delivering a camera and money; harbouring smuggled products – specifically, unregistered electronic equipment such as cameras, cell phones and mini-radios.
- Date added
- Mar 20, 2024
North Korean victims