Families of NK Abductees Call for Help
September 20, 2011: For most, the 1969 hijacking of a South Korean airliner by an armed North Korean agent has faded into history. But for Hwang In-chul, whose father was …
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Time to Step Up in Kidnapping Cases
September 19, 2011: “In 1969, when I was 2 years old, my father on KAL flight YS-11 bound for Gimpo Airport was kidnapped and taken to North Korea. This led to …
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NK Spurns Letter by South Korean Wanting Father’s Return
March 30, 2011: North Korea refused Wednesday to accept a letter by a South Korean man demanding the return of his father who was aboard an airplane hijacked by the communist …
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Hwang In-cheol Presents Petition to UNHRC Working Group
July 5, 2010: Hwang In-cheol, a representative of the Families of KAL Passengers Abducted to North Korea, presented a petition to the UN on June 17 in order to find …
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Son of NK Kidnap Victim Seeks UN’s Help
June 10, 2010: I hope my application serves as an opportunity to draw international attention to North Koreas kidnap victims. By filing the application, I want to know if my father …
Read More 141 Days of Hell, What about 40 Years?
August 7, 2009: Around 6 P.M. (local time) on the 5th, a private Boeing plane arrived at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, just outside Los Angeles. Inside were two reporters, newly …
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Son of NK Kidnap Victim Yearns for Father
March 13, 2009: Yaeko Taguchis son Koichiro Iizuka, who met (former North Korean agent) Kim Hyon-hui, was separated from his mother when he was a year old. I lost my father …
Read More Families of Hijacked in 1969 Call for Return of Abductees
December 11, 2008: A civic group Thursday urged the government to request that North Korea return abductees from an aircraft hijacked in 1969 in Gangneung, Gangwon Province. It has been 39 …
Read More Radio to Air North Abduction Stories
August 1, 2006: Dad, if you see this letter, please visit my Internet website. It is made only for you, and I will wait for your visit, wrote Hwang Chan-uk, …
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