Tag: escapees

July 6, 2022

Battalion Commander at DMZ Reported Directly to the Blue House when Sending the Two Escapee Fishermen back to North Korea in 2019, Chain of Command Problems

2022-7-6, Tara O In 2019, a South Korean Lieutenant Colonel who was a battalion commander working at the Joint Security Area (JSA) in the demilitarized Zone (DMZ) reported directly to...

Categories Abuse of Authority/Defectors/Defense/Military

August 27, 2020

Defector from North Korea, who Disappeared after Beatings by South Korean Police, Found Dead 37 Days Later

2020-8-23, Liberty Korea Post [TRANSLATION] 7-16:  He was taken to the police station, returned home bloody on 7-18, and later disappeared. 8-18:  His wife submits a petition to the Blue...

Categories Defectors/Police/South Korea/Translation of Korean News

August 12, 2020

Letter sent to President Moon Jae-in regarding suppression of the North Korea Human Rights Movement

2020-8-12, Defense Freedom Foundation August 12, 2020 His Excellency Moon Jae-inPresident of the Republic of KoreaThe Blue HouseSeoul, Republic of Korea RE: Oppression of the North Korea Human Rights Movement...

Categories Defectors/Freedom of Expression/Human Rights/Moon Jae-in/North Korea/South Korea

May 19, 2020

Funds Donated for the Funeral of a Former Comfort Woman given to Anti-THAAD Organizations

2020-5-16, Chosun Ilbo  [Translation] It was confirmed on May 15, 2020 that [a comfort women organization] Jeong-ui-yeon (정의연) used some of the donation collected from citizens during the funeral of...

Categories Defectors/Japan/Subversion/Translation of Korean News

December 1, 2019

South Korean Embassy told the Escapees to Wait…Ten Defectors from North Korea Arrested in Vietnam and Deported

2019-12-1, NewDaily (translation) Ten North Korean defectors headed for South Korea were arrested by Vietnamese authorities and deported to China, it became known. North Korean escapees support groups argue that...

Categories Defectors/Human Rights/Translation of Korean News