Nationality South Korean Name Yu Song-jin McCune–Reischauer Yu Songjin | Hangul 유성진 | |
Born 1964/1965 (age 50–51) Goseong, Gyeongsangnam-do Known for 137-day detention by North Korea | ||
Revised Romanization Yu Seong-jin | ||
Yu Song-jin (born 1964 or 1965) is a South Korean engineer detained for four-and-a-half months in 2009 by North Korea.
Detention
A native of Goseong, Gyeongsangnam-do, Yu was employed by Hyundai Asan in the Kaesong Industrial Complex. He was detained in March 2009 after allegedly "slandering the system of the DPRK" and inciting a waitress to defect to South Korea. The imprisonment is thought to be partially responsible for reducing the volume of trade between North Korea and South Korea in recent years. He was freed in August 2009 after 137 days of captivity when Hyundai Group chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun went to the North to negotiate for his release.
References
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