A meeting to mourn Ri Tu Hwa in Gwangju on July 26, 2022 | Image: Yangsimsu
A North Korean woman captured in the South during the Korean War died Monday at the age of 95, never realizing her wish to return to the DPRK.
Ri Tu Hwa was one of a handful of unconverted political prisoners held in South Korea since the signing of the armistice that ended active fighting. She passed away from old age at a nursing home in Gwangju, the political organization Chumo Yeondae confirmed to NK News on Wednesday.
Ri was born in the southeastern Honam region of the Korean Peninsula in 1928 before moving to China with her
A North Korean woman captured in the South during the Korean War died Monday at the age of 95, never realizing her wish to return to the DPRK.
Ri Tu Hwa was one of a handful of unconverted political prisoners held in South Korea since the signing of the armistice that ended active fighting. She passed away from old age at a nursing home in Gwangju, the political organization Chumo Yeondae confirmed to NK News on Wednesday.
Jeongmin Kim is the Lead Correspondent at NK News, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean and DPRK-related foreign, defense and humanitarian affairs, and has covered the 2022 ROK Presidential election on the ground. Prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency's Seoul bureau. Follow her on Twitter @jeongminnkim