South Korea calls for immediate release of three missionaries detained in North Korea following UN report


Kim In-ae, deputy spokesperson of South Korea's Ministry of Unification, reads a statement urging the immediate release of South Korean missionaries Kim Jung-wook, Kim Kook-kie and Choi Chun-gil, who are detained in North Korea, during a press briefing at Government Complex Seoul, Friday. - Photo: Yonhap

SEOUL: The unification ministry on Friday (March 14) called for the immediate and unconditional release of three South Korean missionaries held in North Korea, following the United Nations' adoption of a report demanding their release.

The ministry issued the call a day after the UN Human Rights Council's Working Group on Arbitrary Detention adopted opinions calling for North Korea to release the three South Korean Christian missionaries.

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