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Korean War Abduction Sourcebook 3

Testimonies

Author   : Lee Mi-il
Publisher : Korean War Abduction Research Institute

Introduction
While in the ¡ºKorean War Abductions Source Book Vol. 1¡», part I
contains 57 testimonies of remaining families of the abductees
during the Korean War and 70 testimonies in the ¡ºKorean War Abductions Source
Book Vol. 2¡», there were still many stories of other families unprinted and
that's how ¡ºKorean War Abductions Source Book Vol. 3¡» came into being.

In this book, two recently found documents are introduced, one of which is ¡ºPersons Arrested in Seoul by the North Koreans¡»produced and obtained by CIA in Oct. 15, 1950. It is a list of Seoul area residents who were arrested by the North Korean authorities during their occupation of Seoul and whose fate was unknown as of 15 October, 1950. The other is the English translation of the declaration issued by KWAFA (Korean War Abductees Family Association) after they held the "Convention for rescuing the Korean War Abductees" at Deoksu Palace on August 12, 1953. It was discovered from Britain's National Archives by Marek Hańderek of IPN, Poland.
Contents
Preface - Lee Mi-il (KWAFU)

KWAFU activities in picture

Part 1 testimonies of the families of abductees

Part 2 Domestic and Foreign Documents

1. Abductees Lists

Persons Arrested in Seoul by the North Koreans (653 persons)

2. South Korean Documents

Damage from the Korean War and recovery situation reports (1954. 2. 21)

3. KWAFA Related Documents
3-1. A letter of British Ambassador to Korea (1954. 3. 11)
3-2. A declaration of KWAFA (1954. 3. 11)

Appendix

1. International Activities

1-1. House Resolution 376) (2011. 12. 13)

1-3. Letter of Appeal Calling for the Adoption of H. Res 376 (2011. 5, 2011. 10)

1-4. Activities for the introduction of the ¡°Resolution on the Korean War abductees(H.Res 376)¡± to the U.S. Congress Meetings

1-5. "Let Us Not Forget" by Kathleen Stephens, former British Ambassador to Korea (2011. 9. 14)

1-6. Article of the New York Times (2011. 12. 4)

1-7. Article of Chosun Daily on the aductees' list found by CIA, USA (2013. 3. 7)

1-8. Resolution to the Korean War Civilian Abductees Issued at 2013 Seoul International Symposium (2013. 10. 24)

1-9. Communicatin to the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICC (2013. 11. 20)

1-10. Acknowlegement of receipt of the communication by the office of the Prosecutor of the ICC (2013. 11. 25)

1-11. A testimony of KWAFU President, Lee Mi-il at the UN HRC 25th session, Parallel Event (2014. 3. 17)

1-12. Communications presented to UN WGEID (2012. 10 - 2014. 3)

1-13. Information from Government transmitted by WGEID (2014. 7, 8)

1-14. Contribution interted in IPN's monthly academic journal (2014. 4)

1-15. A letter to the former President Mr. George W. Bush (2014. 10. 23)


2. Publications of International Organizations

2-1. Report of the commission of inquiry on human rights in the DPRK

3. Act on Investigating Abduction by North Korea during the Korean War and Restoring Honor to the Victims

4. KWAFU History

Research Paper

'The Korean War abduction as a war crime'
by Kim Mi-yeong (Research Director, KWARI)

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