Gabriel’s sister was kidnapped to North Korea: ‘She had completely disappeared from the face of the earth’

In ‘Kidnapped to North Korea’, Telegraaf reporter Marcel Vink tries to find out whether Leidy Kaspersma is one of the two Dutch women who were held captive in North Korea in the late 1970s. The dark-haired hippie from Overijssel disappeared in Ireland on July 2, 1978 without ever being heard from again. Around that same year, North Korea established ties with the IRA, the Irish terrorist group that Leidy may have sympathized with. Could it be that the 26-year-old Dutch woman ended up in North Korea in this way? And what could have been the role of Leidy’s ex Nick and his sudden departure to Lebanon? To get a better idea of ​​this, Marcel visits the Romanian Gabriel Bumbea. His sister is proof that North Korea also targeted European women. Doina Bumbea disappeared three months after Leidy, in Rome, and her family also remained in the dark for years about where she could have gone. Only 27 years after her mysterious disappearance did Gabriel learn more about the incredible fate that befell his sister. You can subscribe to the podcast via Spotify and Apple Podcasts. You will then automatically receive a notification as soon as a new episode is online.

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