Activist, Chief Strategy Officer @LibertyinNK
Seoul
Joined December 2010
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The Jangmadang Generation, our doc about North Korean millennials and their role in NK’s social change, was a privilege to work on and is one of my favourite projects.
And it’s now available in TEN languages!
Watch here (and please RT😊)👇
jangmadanggeneration.com
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📢 ICYMI | Without Parallel: North Korean Human Rights and the Russia Axis
@CSIS and @TheBushCenter held a panel discussion refocusing attention on North Korean human rights by examining conditions at the Alabuga drone-production facilities in Russia.
🔗 Watch it Live: youtube.com/live/a0vu9qAgZEQ…
🔗 Read the Report: csis.org/analysis/human-righ…
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We’re grateful to share that 11 North Korean refugees have been rescued through LiNK’s networks! 🎉 LiNK is one of the few groups still operating in the underground railroad, forever changed by the pandemic. Thank YOU for making this impact possible.
Photo credit: Eric Lafforgue
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NEW: North and South Korea are fighting a war of information. Kim Jong Un might now be winning.
Especially as Trump's aid cuts have hit some of the key organisations working to inform North Koreans.
bbc.com/news/articles/c98pnx…
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The North Korean human rights movement is at a critical crossroads.
Your immediate support is needed. Help ensure that the small community of dedicated organizations working on this issue can continue their life-changing impact.
👉 Learn more: lbrtynk.org/ngo-crisis
I contributed to this report Musk refers to about North Korea. It wouldn't have been possible without the work of NGOs that are now in crisis because of this administration's decimation of foreign assistance.
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NEW: I sat down with the highest-ranking defector known to have fled the North Korean regime in 8 years.
He told me Pyongyang wants Donald Trump to return to the White House. It would be “a once-in-a-thousand-year opportunity” for North Korea, he said.
bbc.com/news/articles/c0jqjw…
Please retweet this to help us find volunteer teachers for resettled North Korean refugees 🙏🙏🙏 THANK YOU!
Want to teach English to North Korean refugees?
We currently have twice as many students as teachers!
Requirements:
🟡 Reside in South Korea (Sept to early Dec)
🟡 Native or fluent English speaker
🟡 ESL teaching experience is preferred
Learn more: bit.ly/LiNK2024FALL.
Want to teach English to North Korean refugees?
We currently have twice as many students as teachers!
Requirements:
🟡 Reside in South Korea (Sept to early Dec)
🟡 Native or fluent English speaker
🟡 ESL teaching experience is preferred
Learn more: bit.ly/LiNK2024FALL.
An essay of mine was published by USIP on the how and why of increasing information access for North Korean people. Check it out if you so please. usip.org/publications/2024/0…
Congrats @edwardwhitenz! My fav long-form piece of last year by far! ft.com/content/39caf1c0-de91…
A big congrats to the @FT's @MilesMJohnson, winner of @opcofamerica's top business award for his investigation into #Prigozhin's biz empire! Also to #Seoul team of @edwardwhitenz & Kang Buseong, runners-up in mag writing...@FT has never been cited in OPC mag category before...
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🚨 NEW: North Korea has significantly expanded fencing and security along both of its coastlines since the start of the pandemic, NK Pro analysis has found, in a likely attempt to make it harder for residents to escape by sea.
W/@JacobBogle
nknews.org/pro/north-korea-e…
🚨Recruiting volunteers who can help resettled North Koreans learn English🚨
Learn more and apply here!
👉 bit.ly/LiNKprogram2024
And please share 🙏
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ICYMI: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un declared an “intensifying” fight against foreign influence on kids on Monday, instructing mothers to send their children to perform hard labor for the state to correct bad behavior that is not “our style.” nknews.org/2023/12/send-kids…
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BBC -Truly shocking report of a North Korean escapee forced to watch a 22-year-old man he knew be shot to death in a public execution. "He was killed for listening to 70 South Korean songs & watching about three films & sharing them with his friends." bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-67…
"In the early days of Covid, people were "extremely scared". The state broadcast images of people dying around the world.
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As more people survived Covid, they began to think the state had exaggerated the dangers, he said. "Now many believe it was just an excuse to oppress us."
Mr Kim fled North Korea on a fishing boat with his entire family in May.
In the first interview with a defector to have escaped since the pandemic - he tells us how he masterminded their remarkable escape and reveals new details about life in the country.
bbc.com/news/world-asia-6761…
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Reporting on this tragedy has felt like watching a train wreck in slow motion.
The vast majority of people facing forced repatriation were likely simply living their lives, be it undocumented.
In the DPRK, they will face torture, detention, or worse, the UN and experts say.
PODCAST: This week, NK News Seoul Correspondent @IfangBremer discusses the detention of a North Korean defector in China, as well as the filing of criminal charges against U.S. soldier Travis King following his release from the DPRK last month.
nknews.org/category/north-ko…
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NEW: Survivors of the Seoul crowd crush are tormented by the lack of accountability - one year on.
Juhyun returns to the Itaewon alleyway regularly - determined to keep her memories alive until there is justice.
The crush paralysed her legs for months. bbc.co.uk/news/67203564
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I am profoundly grateful and proud that, after 5+ years, our film, @BeyondUtopiaDoc, is finally being screened today & tomorrow in 600+ theaters across the US. You can find one in your area at beyondutopiadoc.com. Please watch If possible. You will be deeply moved.
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Former Foreign Office Minister, Hugo (Lord) Swire @HugoSwire in @UKParliament pressed the Government @tariqahmadbt @JamesCleverly to raise the plight of hundreds of North Korean refugees forcibly repatriated by the CCP - in breach of Refugee Convention voakorea.com/a/7318379.html
