The U.S-Korea Institute at SAIS, the Sejong Society of Washington, D.C., and the Korean American Sharing Movement present:
Daily Life in North Korea: A Video Presentation
Featuring:
Pastor Seung Eun Kim
Caleb Mission
Thursday, October 8, 2015
6:30-8:00pm
*A light dinner will be available at 6:00pm
Benjamin T. Rome Auditorium
Johns Hopkins SAIS
1619 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington, D.C., 20036
This event will provide a rare opportunity to get a glimpse of daily lives inside North Korea, particularly in areas far away from Pyongyang. Numerous reports and comments by North Korean watchers have been voiced recently on how quickly daily life inside North Korea has been changing. Pastor Kim will present video clippings recorded from various settings, especially jangmadangs (open markets), taken in locations far away from Pyongyang that will confirm such comments.
Scenes of non-seasonal fruits and other foreign (many South Korean) products on display for sale at open markets will provide a glimpse of changing and improving life for ordinary people in North Korea, although the difference in average living standards between Pyongyang and other cities may remain deep. This event will foster a deeper understanding of the changes occurring in North Korea and contribute to discussions about the future of the Korean peninsula.
Please RSVP below by October 7.
Pastor Seung Eun Kim began his missionary work aimed at North Koreans in 1998. In 2000, he helped a group of North Koreans leave China and arrive in South Korea during his first rescue activity. Since then, Pastor Kim and his organization have rescued countless numbers of North Koreans from China and from inside North Korea for eventual resettlement in South Korea. He founded the Caleb Mission in 2006 (based in the city of Cheon-ahn, about 60 miles south of Seoul, South Korea). Pastor Kim is one of the most widely known activists for rescuing North Korean refugees and is particularly well known for his extensive video recordings of daily lives taped inside North Korea over many years. He twice succeeding in rescuing North Korean refugees in international waters, an extremely rare accomplishment.
He has appeared on leading daily newspapers and TV channels in South Korea, such as KBS, MBC, TV Chosun, Channel A, and international media such as the BBC World, NHK (Japan), LA Times, CNN, HBO, ZDF and Reuters to give up-to-date news and scenes from inside North Korea. His work was covered extensively in several documentaries that focused on the escapes of North Korean refugees. One of the documentaries was nominated as a finalist for the International Emmy Awards in 2013. His new book, “The Rescuer,” was published (in Korean) in January 2015. Pastor Kim graduated from the Hanyeong Theological Seminary and the Baekseok Divinity School in South Korea.
