South Korean Human Rights Group Reports Secret Prison Under North Korean Embassy in Beijing Holding Defectors
On September 29, the South Korean human rights organization Transitional Justice Working Group released a report stating that the consular section of the North Korean embassy in China (Chaoyang District, Beijing) has a secret prison underground, where North Korean nationals who attempted to defect or seek asylum are detained and interrogated before being forcibly repatriated; the operations are coordinated by North Korean security personnel acting under consular cover.