Events

North Korean Human Rights Symposium By: The International Association of Youth   In 1989, the prospect of freedom propelled protests and the eventual destruction of the Berlin Wall. The watershed event freed East Berliners from the oppressive rule of the USSR’s communist regime and began their future as part of a powerful democratic nation.             […]

Event Description Defecting from North Korea: Hyeonseo Lee talks to Olivia O'Leary Festival of Writing & Ideas Organiser of Defecting from North Korea: Hyeonseo Lee talks to Olivia O'Leary   This year's Festival of Writing & Ideas will take place June 10th - 12th 2016. Now in its fifth year, the festival promises to bring […]

An exhibition on North Korean art curated by BG Muhn, artist and Professor at Georgetown University, will open at the American University Museum. The forms and structure of contemporary North Korean art, a central and highly developed dimension of the national culture, are largely unknown to the outside world. This exhibition, the first of its […]

The "2016 Korean Film Festival" hosted by the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Toronto in partnership with The Korea Foundation will be held June 24th-25th, 2016 at the TIFF Bell Light Box Cinema 3. This year's Festival presents four renowned films:  June 24th (Friday)       19:00   Opening Ceremony       […]

Real stories from North Korea: human rights activism among defectors What is life really like in one of the world’s most secretive countries? Why have people risked their lives to escape the regime of the Kim dynasty? What caused their loyalty to fade? Listen to the inspiring voices of North Korean defectors who have lived […]