(National Association for the Rescue of Japanese Kidnapped by North Korea )
NATIONALITY | NUMBER OF VICTIMS | SOURCES / REMARKS |
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South Korean | 82 959 | South-Korean Government Inquiry (number of people abducted during the Korean War) |
517 | South-Korean Government Inquiry (number of people abducted after the armistice, excluding those who were able to return to South Korea). | |
Japanese | Approx. 100 | Number estimated by the associations of families of victims and by the National Association for the Rescue of Japanese Kidnapped by North Korea |
17 | Number of victims identified by the Japanese government, plus Hideko Watanabe’s 2 children (of North Korean nationality), identified by the police. | |
Lebanese | 4 | Abducted in 1978 and rescued in 1979. One of the victims was the wife of an American seviceman. |
Thai | 1 | Wife of an American serviceman. |
Romanian | 1 | Wife of an American serviceman. |
Chinese (from Macau) | 2 | Choi Un-Hee, a South Korean abducted by North Korea, gave precise details about one of the two Chinese victims. |
Malaysian | 4 | Choi Un-Hee heard about this while in captivity. In August 1978, one of the four Malaysians who disappeared the same day was sighted by Mr Jenkins in Pyongyang. |
Singaporean | 1 | Disappeared at the same time as the 4 Malaysians. |
French | 3 | One of the Lebanese victims testified to having seen them in captivity in 1978.Choi Un-Hee et Kim Hyon-hi, the terrorists of flight KAL858 heard about them when they were in North Korea. |
Italian | 3 | One of the Lebanese victims testified to having seen them in captivity in 1978. |
Dutch | 2 | One of the Lebanese victims testified to having seen them in captivity in 1978. |
Jordanian | 1 | Choi Un-Hee declared having seen this person. |
American | 1 | Disappeared in Yunnan province, China, 2004 |