Ahn Hak-sop #moonbat nknews.org
A former North Korean soldier who spent over 40 years imprisoned in South Korea has announced that he intends to cross into the DPRK on Wednesday[…]
At a press conference in Seoul, 95-year-old Ahn Hak-sop detailed his plan to walk across the heavily militarized inter-Korean border to return to the North[…]
A committee advocating for his repatriation requested that the South Korean government facilitate his return through Panmunjom at 11 a.m. on Aug. 20
“This is a colony of the United States. The U.S. must leave,” Ahn told reporters on Aug. 13. “Before I die, I want to return. And even in death, I want to be buried in my own independent land”
The former prisoner of war (POW) referenced an emergency room visit last month due to pulmonary congestion, stating that his doctor has warned that he is at high risk of sudden death[…]
In addition to Ahn, five other ex-DPRK soldiers and spies have also requested to be sent to North Korea recently. Seoul’s unification ministry told NK News that all of them are unconverted long-term prisoners in their 80s or 90s
“The government is reviewing various options regarding the issue of unconverted long-term prisoners, including Ahn Hak-sop, from a humanitarian perspective,” the ministry said on Tuesday[…]
Ahn was captured in April 1953 while fighting for the North and sentenced under South Korea’s National Security Act[…]
Committee director Han said ROK authorities at the time did not allow for his immediate repatriation to the North, instead imprisoning and even subjecting him to torture. Ahn would go on to spend 42 years and four months in prison before being released in 1995 under a special Liberation Day pardon
While the South repatriated 63 unconverted prisoners to the North through Panmunjom in Sept. 2000 following the June inter-Korean Summit, the committee advocating for Ahn’s return said he declined to join them at the time, stating he would remain in the South until U.S. forces leave