3 Fishermen Missing for 53 Years Officially Recognized as Postwar Abductees

The South Korean government has officially recognized Cho Min-chul, Kim Yang-hoon, and Kim Dong-ho, crew members of the Daeyeong-ho who went missing while fishing near Yeonpyeong Island in the Yellow Sea in 1973, as postwar abductees.

Their abduction had previously come to light through the testimony of fellow crew member Kim Byung-do, who was abducted alongside them and returned in 2003, but they had been omitted from the official tally of abductees due to a lack of fishing records.

With this latest measure, the number of unreturned postwar abductees has increased to 519.
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