Summit Offers Little Hope for Hwang Won, Held Captive for 49 Years
When Hwang Won boarded a plane for a short domestic flight in South Korea in 1969, it was the journey that never ended. The airliner was hijacked to North Korea …
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Ahead of Trump-Kim Talks, South Koreans Fear Their Prisoners will be Forgotten
Thank you to Bruce Harrison for this piece which appears on the sites of NBC News and America Online. At each previous inter-Korean summit, Hwang said, attempts have been made …
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Hostages Are Home, but Trump & Kim’s (Not Quite Done) Deal Will Ignore Human Rights
Thank you to veteran journalist and author Donald Kirk for this timely piece and for the link to this site: Yes, three American hostages arrived back in the United States …
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Hope, Anger for Relatives of S. Koreans Kidnapped by North
Thank you to Associated Press’s Kim Tong-Hyung for his piece concerning last Tuesday’s press conference. North Korea’s release of three American detainees offers some hope for the relatives of hundreds of …
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Dear North Korea, Bring My Father Home: Interview with Mr. Hwang
Thank you to TNKR volunteer Kevin Huh for interviewing Mr. Hwang for The Sungkyun Times. All I want is to be with my father as a family: to be together again. …
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The Forgotten Hostages: 48 Years in North Korea
Thank you to journalist and author Andrew Salmon for attending Mr. Hwang’s May 8 press conference and for so quickly writing his article. “Hwang In-cheol was just two years old …
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Mr. Hwang’s BBC Korea Interview
Thank you to BBC Korea for this touching report.
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North Korea’s Human Rights Issues not on Summit Agenda
Thank you to Al Jazeera’s Wooyoung Lee for this piece regarding the upcoming summit. The agenda for the third inter-Korean summit scheduled for April 27 is unlikely to have North …
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Letter to President Moon Jae-in
Today, the 1969 KAL Abductees’ Families Association joined 39 other organizations in sending a letter to South Korean President Moon Jae-in, urging him to press for the inclusion of human …
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North Korea has Held his Dad for Nearly 50 years
Thank you so much to USA Today‘s Thomas Maresca for attending last week’s event at The National Assembly and for the following article. “North Korea’s charm offensive at the Olympics …
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