Yu Song-jin | |
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유성진 | |
Born | 1964 or 1965 (age 58–59) |
Nationality | South Korean |
Employer | Hyundai Asan |
Known for | 137-day detention by North Korea |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 유성진
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Revised Romanization | Yu Seong-jin |
McCune–Reischauer | Yu Sŏngjin |
Yu Song-jin ( Korean: 유성진; born 1964 or 1965) is a South Korean engineer detained for four-and-a-half months in 2009 by North Korea.
A native of Goseong, Gyeongsangnam-do, Yu was employed by Hyundai Asan in the Kaesong Industrial Complex. He was detained in March 30, 2009 after allegedly "slandering the system of the DPRK" and inciting a waitress to defect to South Korea. [2] He was freed in August 2009 after 137 days of captivity when Hyundai Group chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun went to the North to negotiate for his release. [3]
The imprisonment is thought to be partially responsible for reducing the volume of trade between North Korea and South Korea in recent years.[ citation needed]