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Anton Sokolin
Anton Sokolin is the data correspondent at NK News. He previously worked at Reuters, TASS and the Korea Trade Promotion Corporation (KOTRA).
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Features New Russian suspect arrested in 2003 neo-Nazi murder of North Korean manWith the 22nd anniversary approaching, one expert examines why Russia revisited Kim Hyon Ik’s murder
New details on a neo-Nazi group’s brutal killing of a North Korean man were revealed earlier this month after Russian police charged an additional suspect in the decades-old hate crime case on the heels of growing law enforcement collaboration between Moscow and Pyongyang. Not much is known about the victim — North Korea’s state-run media never reported on Kim’s death. Archived Russian news reports at the time identifiedthe victim as 42-year-old Kim Hyon Ik, who had arrived at St. Petersburg’s main train station from Moscow, where he was born. He was found dead near the train station with over 20 © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |