The Korean War Abductees Research Institute, which was established as an arm of the Korean Abductees' Family Union, has worked to uncover and collect lists and documents concerning abductees and record testimonies of the remaining families. The institute has also published two volumes of the "Source Book on Korean War Abductions," which acts as a massive 1,100 page encyclopedia concerning the issue.
Believing that the two volume source book was too enormous for ordinary readers to handle, the institute created a more simplified supplementary volume which provides an easy and clear way to understand the truth behind Korean War abductions. The brief explanations in the first section of this supplementary volume include tables and pictures, while the second section includes PDF files of the abductee lists and the most important South Korean and foreign documents. The third section has, for the first time, included photos of the abductees and their families. The appendix introduces readers to the proactive activities of the first family union, the Association of Families of Persons Kidnapped at the Time of June 25th Incident (KWAFA), through documents and photos, along with photos of activities conducted by the current family union, the Korean War Abductees' Family Union (KWAFU).
This 179-page supplement, titled the "People of No Return," provides readers with the truth behind North Korea's criminal campaign of wartime abductions.

Preface

6 Catalyst for the Repatriation of the Korean War Abductees


Ⅰ Introduction

11 1. Truth about the Damages of the Korean War Abduction
15 2. Statistical Facts of the Korean War Abductees
19 3. Abduction Route
21 4. Photo of the Korean War Abduction


Ⅱ Domestic and Foreign Documents

27 1. Korean War Abductees List and Related Documents
41 2. South Korean Documents
45 3. North Korean Documents
49 4. Foreign Documents
53 5. Military Armistice Conference Minutes
61 6. Newspaper Articles


Ⅲ. Photo of the Korean War Abductees and Their Families

79 1. Photo of the Korean War Abductees
117 2. Photo of the Korean War Abductees' Families


Appendix History of the Korean War Abductees' Family Union

139 1. Association of Families of Persons Kidnapped at the Time of June 25th Incident (KWAFA)
149 2. Korean War Abductees' Family Union (KWAFU)

The Korean War, which had started with the sudden invasion of the North at the dawn of June 25, 1950, ground to a halt with a ceasefire agreement signed on July 27,1953 after the long lasting Military Armistice Conference (MAC). The roaring of guns and cannons died out. For the Korean War abductees and their families, however, the war is not over yet even though 60 years have passed. Even in this era of overflowing information, there is no way to know the whereabouts and fate of the Korean War abductees. It seems as if they had never existed. They became victims of the brutal history. They, too, were fathers of a happy family, husbands of a beloved wife, and sons of a loving mother. In spite of numerous testimonies and documents on the Korean War abduction, the North Korean regime has denied the very fact of the abduction. As a result, we still do not know whether our abducted family is alive or not. The abduction of South Korean civilians during the Korean War, a brutal crime committed by North Korea, has not only stripped away their dignity, but also completelyerased them from history. Not only South Korea but also the international society musthold North Korea legally responsible for the Korean War abduction because the nature of crime is wicked and heavy.

Part Ⅱ of this book contains core documents and critical evidences of the Korean War abduction including abductee lists, which prove the denial of North Korea on the abduction to be an absolute false claim. Part Ⅲ contains faded pictures of the abductees and their families. Unfortunately, only 200 families out of 400 members of the Korean War Abductee's Family Union (KWAFU) keep the photos of the abductees. The photo-collecting was a time-consuming work. Whenever a new member joined the KWAFU, we asked photos of the abductee and scanned them to build a photo database. We also made phone calls to the abductees' families to check if we missed anything. It is not an exaggeration to say that we put the most energy into colleting these photos.
The appendix briefly introduces the activities of the Association of Families of Persons Kidnapped at the time of June 25th Incident (KWAFA) and KWAFU with documents and photos. Documents on heart-breaking activities of the KWAFA, which was established right after the recapture of Seoul on September 28, 1950, are kept in the National Archives of Korea. This book only contains the most critical and representative materials. The photos of the KWAFU, which was re-established in 2000 on the spirit of the KWAFA, are included in this book as well.