Ro Goes from Flags and Cheers to Detention

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104 days after he entered North Korea, Ro Su Hui, the vice-chairman of the South Korean section of the Reunification of the Fatherland Union (RFU), returned to South Korea via Panmunjom this afternoon at around 3PM. He received a hero’s send off from the North, but was then immediately arrested, tied up and taken away. He is currently under investigation by a team of police officers and intelligence agents, but is certain to be charged with violating the National Security Law.

Chris Green, Leiden University
Christopher Green is a researcher in Korean Studies based at Leiden University in the Netherlands. Chris has published widely on North Korean political messaging strategies, contemporary South Korean broadcast media, and the socio-politics of Korean peninsula migration. He is the former Manager of International Affairs for Daily NK. His X handle is: @Dest_Pyongyang.