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Local group claims 113 war prisoners alive in N. Korea
By Korea HeraldPublished : April 29, 2013 - 20:14
About 113 South Korean prisoners of war have been confirmed to be alive in coal-mining regions in North Korea’s border with China, a local group claimed Monday.
Dream Makers for North Korea, which campaigns for the release of South Koreans abducted by the North, disclosed the list of the names and North Korean addresses of the 113 war prisoners.
The prisoners, formerly South Korean soldiers who could not escape the North following the 1950-53 Korean War, are currently living in several coal-mining regions in North Hamgyong Province, the group said.
Park Sun-young, a former lawmaker who leads the group, said the group verified the war prisoners’ presence for four months starting last November, but refused to reveal the method used for the investigation. (Yonhap News)
Dream Makers for North Korea, which campaigns for the release of South Koreans abducted by the North, disclosed the list of the names and North Korean addresses of the 113 war prisoners.
The prisoners, formerly South Korean soldiers who could not escape the North following the 1950-53 Korean War, are currently living in several coal-mining regions in North Hamgyong Province, the group said.
Park Sun-young, a former lawmaker who leads the group, said the group verified the war prisoners’ presence for four months starting last November, but refused to reveal the method used for the investigation. (Yonhap News)
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