A Korean Patriot Risks His Freedom for the Return of His Countrymen

An activist helping South Korean prisoners of war detained in North Korea return to the South said yesterday he does the work because the government does not. Choi Seong-yong, 53, head of an organization called the Abductee Family Assembly, was interviewed yesterday by the JoongAng Ilbo. Mr. Choi said he became involved in his work after his father, a fisherman, was kidnapped to North Korea in 1967.

Read the rest on your own. If you missed my recent post on the speech by the South Korean POWs who escaped 50 years of North Korean captivity, it’s here.