Family of North Korean Consular Official in Vladivostok Reported Missing
It makes me wonder if their were marital difficulties and the wife defected knowing what the consequences for her husband would be:
Authorities in Vladivostok, a port city in the far eastern region of Russia, have launched an investigation into the disappearance of two North Koreans, Russian news outlets reported Tuesday.
The missing North Koreans are believed to be wife and son of an official working at the North Korean consulate general there, according to the Arguments & Facts weekly owned by the Government of Moscow.
The two — 43-year-old Kim Kum-sun and 15-year-old Park Kwon-ju — were last seen leaving the North Korean consulate general office in Vladivostok on Sunday morning and have been unaccounted for since, the report said.
The report said the cab driver who picked them up outside the consulate general office told authorities he dropped them off near a building on the city’s Russkaya Street, which was confirmed by closed-circuit TV footage.
The investigation was opened following a missing person report filed by the North Korean consul general office.
Korea Herald
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Currently, the currency exchange for KRW 1000 is RUB 63
Can easily get Vladivostok cops look the other way for a couple of boxes of Choco Pirs.
It’s the great revenge by Lotte after being forced out of China after the Russian Bear stamped his foot in a toddler tantrum when Lotte said “just right” to installing THAAD on land previously owned by Lotte.
When we found out that “elite” soldier who defected across the DMZ had a massive worm infestation, it was not difficult to assume that was a best case scenario for anyone not named Kim Jong Un.
Vladivostok ain’t Paris or Rome or London, so I imagine being posted there might be less than optimal for a (fairly) young wife and teenage daughter.