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March 15, 2025Mar 15, 2025
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UN working group demands North Korea immediately release detained missionaries

Human rights experts conclude DPRK’s detention of three South Koreans for nearly 11 years violates international law

A U.N. working group has concluded that North Korea’s imprisonment of three South Korean missionaries constitutes “arbitrary detention” without clear standards, demanding their immediate release after nearly 11 years, according to Seoul.

In a statement released Friday, South Korea’s unification ministry announced that the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), based in Geneva, adopted the stance on March 13 regarding missionaries Kim Jung-wook, Kim Kook-kie and Choi Chun-gil.

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