{"id":42827,"date":"2019-11-13T17:00:33","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T08:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=42827"},"modified":"2026-04-05T15:21:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T06:21:56","slug":"family-of-four-nabbed-while-fleeing-north-korea-by-boat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/family-of-four-nabbed-while-fleeing-north-korea-by-boat\/","title":{"rendered":"Family of four nabbed while fleeing North Korea by boat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A family of four was arrested off the coast of Hongwon County in South Hamggyong Province while attempting to flee North Korea in a small wooden boat on Nov. 3, Daily NK has learned.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The family\u2019s patriarch worked at the Hongwon Fisheries and Mariculture Cooperative. He presumably had an intimate knowledge of sea routes which led to the family\u2019s attempted defection by sea, instead of by land.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was accompanied in his escape by his wife and two teenage children.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The family boarded a boat that had been prepared beforehand at the cooperative at around 11 PM on Nov. 3.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They quietly rowed the boat towards a nearby pier, started the engine and then headed toward the open sea.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ten minutes later, a North Korean coast guard vessel appeared and demanded they stop. Flustered, the family tried to turn the boat around and escape. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In less than five minutes, however, the coast guard boat caught up to the small vessel and arrested the family.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAfter their arrest, the family was detained at a Ministry of State Security [MSS] jail in South Hamgyong Province,\u201d said a Daily NK source. \u201cThe MSS is currently trying to discern whether the family was trying to escape to South Korea.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">INVESTIGATORS LEAVE NO STONES UNTURNED<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The MSS investigators are focusing their questions on whether the family has relatives in South Korea or China, their ideological backgrounds, and level of involvement in North Korea\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/organizational-life-%ec%a1%b0%ec%a7%81-%ec%83%9d%ed%99%9c\/\">organizational life<\/a>,&#8221; Daily NK sources reported.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Investigators are also interviewing those who know the family to get a comprehensive picture of the family\u2019s background, sources said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Investigators have reportedly taken measures to prevent news of the family\u2019s arrest from circulating in the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily NK sources speculate that the manager of the Hongwon Fisheries and Mariculture Cooperative and the cooperative\u2019s party committee director may also be held responsible for the attempted defection.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The family\u2019s arrest will likely lead to increased crackdowns on fishermen who slip out to the sea at night to fish. Local fishermen are reportedly concerned that this increased attention toward their activities will make their livelihoods more difficult.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ACCOLADES TO THE ARRESTING OFFICERS<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily NK sources reported that the coast guard officers who caught the family trying to escape have received official commendations for their actions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean officials are also calling on other members of the coast guard and military to follow their example. The officials are <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">equating the coast guard\u2019s actions to stop the defection with success on the battlefield, sources said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAll the higher-ups in the coast guard unit involved in the arrest praised the arresting officers for their quick-witted appraisal of the situation,\u201d one of the sources confirmed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean officials are holding short education sessions seven minutes before the start of evening shifts to emphasize the responsibility coast guard units have to catch defectors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThey are telling the officers to ensure the areas they are responsible for at sea are like impregnable fortresses,\u201d the source added.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily NK sources pointed out that many North Koreans would be critical about the arrest if they knew about it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThey would point of the hypocrisy of the state spreading propaganda about how the military loves the people,\u201d one of the sources said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>*Translated by Violet Kim<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@gmail.com.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A family of four was arrested off the coast of Hongwon County in South Hamggyong Province while attempting to flee North Korea in a small wooden boat on Nov. 3, Daily NK has learned.\u00a0 The family\u2019s patriarch worked at the Hongwon Fisheries and Mariculture Cooperative. 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