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JH Ahn
JH Ahn was an NK News contributor based in Seoul. He previously worked as an interpreter for United States Forces Korea.
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News Defectors, organization deny involvement in kidnap plotMultiple individuals deny claims made by Ko Hyon-chol following his arrest in North Korea Defectors accused of taking part in an abduction plot have denied the accusations and said that the recently arrested Ko Hyon-chol would have been coerced into making them by North Korean authorities following his arrest. Ko, a defector himself, was detained in May for what North Korea claimed to be a plot to kidnap North Korean orphans and remove them from the country. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |