{"id":55021,"date":"2023-05-15T10:21:41","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T01:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=55021"},"modified":"2023-05-15T10:25:22","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T01:25:22","slug":"north-korean-teenage-girl-whereabouts-still-unknown-month-after-going-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korean-teenage-girl-whereabouts-still-unknown-month-after-going-missing\/","title":{"rendered":"N. Korean teenage girl&#8217;s whereabouts still unknown a month after going missing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a teenage girl in Pyongyang went missing in early April, a month-long police investigation into her whereabouts has yielded no results, a reporting partner in Pyongyang told Daily NK last Friday, speaking on condition of anonymity for security reasons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The reporting partner said that the economic situation for many North Koreans has gradually deteriorated since the outbreak of the global COVID-19 pandemic. People in all parts of the country are <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">struggling to make a living<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and, as a result, robberies are on the rise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He further explained that a general sense of anxiety is intensifying across North Korean society, and a growing number of people are willing to resort to any and all means to survive. There has also been a spate of child abductions recently, which has caused anxiety among many parents.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kidnappers use the children as hostages to threaten and extort ransom money from their families. Parents who have little time to look after their children due to work are particularly nervous about these crimes, the reporting partner said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cChild abductions are even taking place in Pyongyang these days. The<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> recent onslaught<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of crime, including kidnappings, just goes to show the extremes that people are being pushed toward. The government knows that child abductions are a serious problem in both the capital and in other areas of the country. It has increased patrols and heightened punishments against criminals.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Seven-year-old abducted in Pyongyang in March<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last March, a kidnapper was arrested by the Ministry of Social Security after abducting a seven-year-old in the western area of Pyongyang and attempting to extort money from the child\u2019s family.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">March\u2019s abduction suggests that the girl in her teens has also been abducted, the reporting partner said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, despite the fact that the teenage girl has been missing for over a month, the family has not received any threatening phone calls or any other forms of contact.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe Ministry of Social Security is mobilizing every method at its disposal, including phone taps, to try to find the missing girl. Some people believe that the kidnapper has taken notice of the ministry\u2019s efforts and is biding time until the crackdowns against kidnappings ease up. Others have condemned the criminal, saying that if the kidnapper is caught, they will almost certainly face the death penalty.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The reporting partner also noted that many people are saying that the recent crime wave ultimately stems from the lack of food, and that increasing punishments toward criminals will be useless without first addressing the fact that people are struggling to survive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Translated by Rose Adams. Edited by Robert Lauler.\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em>Daily NK works with a network of reporting partners who live inside North Korea and China. Their identities remain anonymous due to security concerns. More information about Daily NK\u2019s reporting partner network and information gathering activities can be found on our FAQ page\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/faq\/\">here<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/20230512-1\/\"><i>Read in Korean<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a teenage girl in Pyongyang went missing in early April, a month-long police investigation into her whereabouts has yielded no results, a reporting partner in Pyongyang told Daily NK last Friday, speaking on condition of anonymity for security reasons. 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