Seminar urging the repatriation of abductees

Oct. 3, 2011


The Korean War Abductees’ Family Union (KWAFU) is going to hold a seminar on the issue of repatriating abductees at the National Press Club in Washington, DC at 2 pm on the 6th.

This seminar aims to make the North Korean regime which denies the existence of 80,000 abductees admit its crime and urge the regime to take necessary measures to tangibly address the issue, including finding the fate of the abductees and repatriating their remains.

It also has the purpose of supporting the resolution on the wartime abductees proposed by Charles Rangel, member of the House of Representative.

Lee Young-jo, professor at the Graduate School of International Studies at Kyung Hee University, Chuck Downs, former Executive Director of the US Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, Scott Snyder, representative of the Council on Foreign Relations, and Heo Man-ho, professor of Political Science at Kyungpook National University, will give presentations.

Researcher Oh Kongdan of the Institute for Defense Analyses will be the moderator. Robert King, Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights Issues, Hwang Joon-kook, Minister of Political Affairs at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea, and Lee Mi-il, President of KWAFU, will be delivering the opening and commemorative remarks.