Open letter on China’s Forcible Repatriation of North Korean Refugees
September 21, 2023
President Xi Jinping
Zhongnanhai Ximen, Fuyou Street
Xicheng District, Beijing 100017
People’s Republic of China
CC:
Wang Xiaohong
Minister of Public Security
No. 14, Donchang’anjie,
Dongchengqu, Beijing, 100741
People’s Republic of China
Wang Yi
Foreign Minister
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
No. 2, Chaoyangmen Nandajie,
Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100701
People’s Republic of China
Re: China’s Forcible Repatriation of North Korean Refugees
Dear President Xi Jinping,
We are writing to ...
Open letter to Yoon – UNGA ROK POWs, abductees & detainees
September 12, 2023
President Yoon Suk-yeol
CC. Prime Minister Han Duck-soo
Minister of Foreign Affairs Park Jin
Minister of Unification Kim Yung-ho
Minister of Justice Han Dong-hoon
Minister of National Defense Lee Jong-sup
Re: Discussion of the issues of South Korean POWs, abductees and detainees in North Korea as well as China’s forcible repatriation of North Korean refugees in the keynote address during the general debate of the 78th UN General Assembly on September 20, 2023
Dear President Yoon Suk-yeol,
We ask that you publicly urge the ...
Open letter to NA Legislative Committee Chair Kim Do-eup – CED implementing legislation
August 30, 2023
Chairperson of the Legislative and Judicial Committee of the National Assembly Kim Do-eup
CC. President Yoon Suk-yeol
Prime Minister Han Duck-soo
Foreign Minister Park Jin
Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho
Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon
National Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup
Re: The UN Enforced Disappearance Convention’s domestic implementing legislation for the improvement of North Korean human rights
Dear Chairperson Kim Do-eup,
For the past 70 years, North Korea has refused to repatriate an estimated 50,000 South Korean ...
Open letter urging a government bill for the establishment of a POW investigative commission
August 25, 2023
Director of National Security Office Cho Tae-yong
CC. Prime Minister Han Duck-soo
Minister of Foreign Affairs Park Jin
Minister of Unification Kim Yung-ho
Minister of Justice Han Dong-hoon
Minister of National Defense Lee Jong-sup
Re: A government bill for the establishment of a POW investigative commission
Dear Director of National Security Cho Tae-yong,
We call for a government bill approved by the State Council for the establishment of an investigative commission on prisoners of war (POWs). On June 24, 2021, ahead of the 71st ...
Open letter to President Yoon – UNSC NK abductees refugees ICC referral
August 16, 2023
President Yoon Suk-yeol
CC. Prime Minister Han Duck-soo
Minister of Foreign Affairs Park Jin
Minister of Unification Kim Yung-ho
Minister of Justice Han Dong-hoon
Minister of National Defense Lee Jong-sup
Re: Discussion of the issues of South Korean POWs, abductees and detainees in North Korea as well as the issue of China’s forcible repatriation of North Korean refugees at a meeting of the UN Security Council on August 17, 2023 and sponsorship of a draft Security Council resolution on the referral of the North Korean situation to the ...
Open letter on OHCHR’s unacceptable silence on China’s forcible repatriation of North Korean refugees
August 11, 2023
High Commissioner Volker Türk
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
ATTN:
Ravina Shamdasani, Chief Spokesperson for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Ilze Brands Kehris, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights and Head of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in New York
James Heenan, Representative of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Seoul
...
Open letter to Von der Leyen – On strengthening the language concerning South Korean POWs, abductees, detainees and North Korean refugees in the UN General Assembly’s North Korean human rights resolution
June 22, 2023
European Union (EU) President Ursula von der Leyen
European Commission
Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200
1049 Bruxelles
Belgium
CC. High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission (HR/VP) Josep Borrell Fontelles
European Commission
Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200
1049 Bruxelles
Belgium
Re: Strengthening the language concerning South Korean POWs, abductees and detainees as well as North Korean refugees in the North Korean human rights resolution to be adopted by the UN ...
Open letter to Yoon – On strengthening the language concerning South Korean POWs, abductees, detainees and North Korean refugees in the UN General Assembly’s North Korean human rights resolution
June 22, 2023
Yoon Suk-yeol
President of the Republic of Korea
22, Itaewon-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul 04383
Republic of Korea
E-mail: president@president.go.kr
CC. Prime Minister Han Duck-soo
Office for Government Policy Coordination / Prime Minister’s Secretariat
Government Complex-Sejong
261 Dasom-ro, Sejong-si 30107
Republic of Korea
Fax: +82 44 200 2144
Foreign Minister Park Jin
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
60 Sajik-ro 8-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03172
Republic of Korea
Fax: +82 2 2100 7934 / 7965 / 7967
Unification Minister Kwon Young-se
Ministry of ...
Open letter to President Yoon – International Week of the Disappeared
May 22, 2023
President Yoon Suk-yeol
22, Itaewon-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul 04383
Republic of Korea
E-mail: president@president.go.kr
CC. Prime Minister Han Duck-soo
Office for Government Policy Coordination / Prime Minister’s Secretariat
Government Complex-Sejong
261 Dasom-ro, Sejong-si 30107
Republic of Korea
Fax: +82 44 200 2144
Foreign Minister Park Jin
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
60 Sajik-ro 8-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03172
Republic of Korea
Fax: +82 2 2100 7934 / 7965 / 7967
Unification Minister Kwon Young-se
Ministry of Unification
209 Sejong-dae...
Open letter to PM Trudeau – Joint diplomatic efforts for ROK POWs, abductees and detainees
May 16, 2023
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Office of the Prime Minister
80 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2
Canada
CC. Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly
Global Affairs Canada
125 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, ON K1A0G2
Canada
Re: Discussion of joint international efforts to resolve the issue of South Korean POWs, abductees and detainees in North Korea at the summit with South Korea on May 17, 2023
Dear Prime Minister Trudeau,
For the past 70 years, North Korea has refused to repatriate an estimated 50,000 South Korean POWs (prisoners of war) and 100,000 ...