Letters from prison: Park Jong-lin, North Korean spy and detainee, dies at 89



Features Letters from prison: Park Jong-lin, North Korean spy and detainee, dies at 89 For decades, Park Jong-lin longed for the day to meet the daughter he left behind in the North Won-Gi Jung January 29, 2021 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON Presbyter Ahn Guk's personal archive. From the left, Park Jong-lin, Presbyter Ahn Guk, and Pastor Im Yeong-chang Correction (July 7, 2021 at 9:34 a.m. KST): This article has been updated to reflect Park Jong-lin’s recollections in the book “Unchangeable” on seeing his daughter during the 2007 family reunion event. On his third decade of toiling away in South Korean prison, Park Jong-lin wrote a pained letter about his long-lost daughter, Okhee, who he only got to raise for four months before being deployed on a spy mission to Seoul that changed his life forever. “In my dreams, I still see my family just as they were in the old days,” Park wrote in a 1992 letter obtained © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. Get the Daily Update & Podcast Updates Start your day with the North Korea stories that matter most – as selected by Trending

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Letters from prison: Park Jong-lin, North Korean spy and detainee, dies at 89

For decades, Park Jong-lin longed for the day to meet the daughter he left behind in the North

Won-Gi Jung January 29, 2021

Letters from prison: Park Jong-lin, North Korean spy and detainee, dies at 89

Presbyter Ahn Guk's personal archive. From the left, Park Jong-lin, Presbyter Ahn Guk, and Pastor Im Yeong-chang

Correction (July 7, 2021 at 9:34 a.m. KST): This article has been updated to reflect Park Jong-lin’s recollections in the book “Unchangeable” on seeing his daughter during the 2007 family reunion event.

On his third decade of toiling away in South Korean prison, Park Jong-lin wrote a pained letter about his long-lost daughter, Okhee, who he only got to raise for four months before being deployed on a spy mission to Seoul that changed his life forever.

“In my dreams, I still see my family just as they were in the old days,” Park wrote in a 1992 letter obtained

Letters from prison: Park Jong-lin, North Korean spy and detainee, dies at 89

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