Tag Archives: Kim Bong-soon
Family of Jailed Humanitarian Worker Struggling
Kim Bong Soon’s Letter
Hello, I am Kim Bong Soon, the wife of Choi Yong-hun.
My husband was arrested by the Chinese police in January 2003 for helping North Korean refugees and was sent to prison for 5 years. Today, he remains confined in the Weifang Prison, Shandong Province, China after serving 46 months of a 60-month sentence. He suffers from worsening chronic diabetes, hypertension, and asthma because of the poor living conditions in the prison.
NK Refugee Park Yong-chol Repatriated
NK Defectors Still Being Denied Right to Live
We were shocked to learn a few months ago that Choi Yong (male), a Japan-born North Korean, was executed after being repatriated. He was one of the two Japan-born North Koreans whom Takayuki Noguchi (of our organization) tried to help escape from China in December last year.
Choi Yong Hun Not Receiving His Mail in Prison
First Some Good News:
The South Korean aid worker, Kim Hee-tae, was found “not guilty” last month and released after being detained for nearly two years.
He was arrested while leading a group of North Korean defectors to Beijing to submit an official request for refugee status.