The movement to save Shin Suk Ja, the woman better known as the \u2018Daughter of Tongyeong\u2019, is now planning to try and save Shin’s two daughters, who are currently being kept in North Korea.<\/p>\n
The \u2018Rescue the Daughter of Tongyeong Committee\u2019 will hold an event in Seoul at 3PM on the 20th to launch a nationwide push for the immediate repatriation of the two daughters or a reunion with their father, Oh Kil Nam, in a third country. <\/p>\n
The \u2018UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention\u2019 officially urged North Korea this past May to immediately release and compensate Shin and her two daughters, who have been in North Korea since the mid-80s, a large part of which they are known to have spent in a prison camp.<\/p>\n
The head of the \u2018Rescue the Daughter of Tongyeong Committee\u2019, Heo Hyun Jun told Daily NK today, \u201cThe UN\u2019s decision gives us a legitimate reason to ask North Korea under international law to release Shin Suk Ja and her two daughters. The North Korean authorities should immediately implement the decision of the UN.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The movement to save Shin Suk Ja, the woman better known as the \u2018Daughter of Tongyeong\u2019, is now planning to try and save Shin’s two daughters, who are currently being kept in North Korea. The \u2018Rescue the Daughter of Tongyeong Committee\u2019 will hold an event in Seoul at 3PM on the 20th to launch a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":167,"featured_media":20482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n