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Mother and Daughter Seek Our Help
LFNKR has received a request from a North Korean woman, HU (age 28) and her daughter KH (age 7).
The woman was sold to a Chinese man who, it turned out, was a gambling addict. Every time he lost heavily or ran out of money, he would bring men home and force her to pay off his gambling debts with sex.
Here is what she says:
“My Chinese husband abused me from the very beginning, always reminding me that I am a Korean woman, so I have no nationality in China. I was constantly watched even after I gave birth to my daughter. For her sake, I swallowed my bitter tears and bore the years of hell, but I cannot take this any longer. I desperately want to escape and go to South Korea with my daughter. Please help us.”
Helping them out of their current situation will require a minimum of USD $5,000.
Please help us rescue this mother and her daughter.
This year’s rescue operations
At the annual meeting of LFNKR held on October 14, details of this organization’s rescue operations were reported as follows.
During the past year, LFNKR received requests for rescue from a total of 27 North Korean refugees, 12 being mothers accompanied by children, and 15 being unaccompanied women. LFNKR-led operations resulted in the rescue of 8 adults (5 mothers with their children and 3 unaccompanied women). The rescue operations cost more than USD $20,000. LFNKR is extremely grateful for the donations we received to help these refugees.
Join us to help 3 North Korean refugees
On July 24, LFNKR received urgent requests for help from three North Korean women, who are the victims of human trafficking. Here are brief descriptions of their backgrounds:
Ms. K.H., 36 years old, from Kilju in North Hamgyeong Province
When I was 20, my life was difficult so I crossed over into China but was sold into prostitution
Can You Help Us Rescue Two NK Refugees and a Baby?
You are invited to join our rescue mission!
Rescuing refugees is a slow, careful process. It can’t be done in a wholesale manner so each mission is a one-of-a-kind effort. Over the years, LFNKR has helped more than 200 North Korean refugees escape to safe destinations where they have been able to start new lives. Just in September and October of this year alone, we successfully rescued a total of 5 North Korean refugees.
And now, we have begun another rescue mission. The current rescue is to help human trafficking victims: one is a 20-year-old woman, K.S. and her baby, who was born in July 2016. The other is a 33-year-old woman, Y.H.
Four NK Refugees Safely Rescued
Four Successes
This month (September 2017), LFNKR rescued four refugees from North Korea. Two are the human trafficking victims whom we described in our previous blog post, and the other two are young males, both in their twenties. The two young men began their escape in Foeryong, North Korea. After managing to cross the border, and while hiding in a mountain in China, they luckily encountered a kind ethnic Korean-Chinese man who had come to the mountain hunting for mushrooms. The Korean-Chinese man knew someone who had formerly helped North Korea defectors in Longjin. This connection led to their relocation to safe destinations.
And if you were one of the many donors who helped us to help these refugees, please accept our thanks and the gratitude of the four young people who are free now thanks in large part to your generosity. Thank you.
3 Young Women Trapped by Human Trafficking
Join Our Rescue Mission!
LFNKR has so far helped more than 200 North Korean refugees escape to safe destinations where they’ve been able to start new lives.
Earlier this week, we received urgent requests from three desperate North Korean women in China. They are all in their early thirties, victims of human trafficking. Two of them had been sold to extremely poor Chinese farmers in Hebei.
Another 5 still waiting for help
On February 13, the world was rocked by news that Kim Jong-nam, half-brother of North Korean Leader, Kim Jong-un, had been assassinated using VX, a highly toxic liquid nerve agent, at Kuala Lumpur airport in Malaysia. The Sunday Express (British online newspaper), in its March 12 issue, reported that Kim Jong-un is also thought to have personally ordered the assassination of a British national and an American in retaliation for assisting Thae Yong-ho, formerly North Korea’s deputy ambassador to London, when he defected to the West in August last year.
You have just saved another life
Your donations do make a difference
Your support has enabled us to save a 27-year-old North Korean refugee. On February 23, LFNKR successfully completed the rescue mission to bring Mr. Y.Y. out of China to a safe place.
It has been your generous support and donations that made it possible for him to even dream of freedom.
Five more remaining people still await their chance for rescue. We are thankful for your concern for these people living at risk. If you would like to donate to help these five to reach safety, please click through to our donation page.
With sincere thanks,
Hiroshi Kato, Director of LFNKR