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North Korean abductions of South Koreans information


An estimated 84,532[1] South Koreans were taken to North Korea during the Korean War. In addition, South Korean statistics claim that, since the Korean Armistice Agreement in 1953, about 3,800 people have been abducted by North Korea (the vast majority in the late 1970s), 489 of whom were still being held in 2006.[2]

  1. ^ 1953 Statistical Almanac, Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Public Information
  2. ^ "NARKN".

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