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SUMMARY:Korea Divided: A Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:The International Politics Association is pleased to invite you to our 31 March 2016 event\, “Korea Divided: A Panel Discussion on the Prospects of Peace”.   Join us as we explore the deep divisions that have defined North and South Korean relations since the end of World War II. At this event\, you will get the chance to hear from our esteemed panel of experts as well as Ms. Jihyun Park\, a North Korean defector who was a victim of human trafficking\, repatriation\, and forced labour before she finally escaped to the UK.  More details about our panelists and the topics they will cover will be posted on this page shortly.
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/korea-divided-a-panel-discussion/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160330T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160330T210000
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SUMMARY:Korea Club with Joshua Stanton
DESCRIPTION:  \n  Korea Club with Joshua Stanton Wednesday | March 30\, 2016 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm\n   North Korea Sanctions & Post-Sunshine Engagement  Guest Speaker:   Joshua Stanton  Woo Lae Oak Korean Restaurant 8240 Leesburg Pike Vienna\, VA 22182\n  \nDear Colleague: \n 									You are invited to attend a meeting of the Korea Club on Wednesday\, March 30\, 2016. The event will feature Mr. Joshua Stanton who will give a presentation entitled “North Korea Sanctions & Post-Sunshine Engagement.” \n Joshua Stanton is an attorney in Washington\, DC with 18 years of  military and civilian experience in criminal and civil litigation and  administrative law. From 1998 to 2002\, he served as a U.S. Army Judge  Advocate in the Republic of Korea. In 2006\, he testified before the House  International Relations Committee. He was the first to identify and  publish satellite imagery of three North Korean prison camps\, Camp 16  (Hwasong)\, Camp 25 (Chongjin)\, and Camp 12 (Cheongo-ri). His work has been cited in The Wall Street Journal\, The Washington Post\, Reuters\, The Guardian\, and The Daily Telegraph\, and other sources. His op-eds have been published in The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, Foreign Policy\, CNN International\, and The Weekly Standard. A 2015 paper on sanctions against North Korea\, which was published in The Fletcher Security Review\, provided effective recommendations for subsequent action on this issue. Since April of 2013\, he has assisted the U.S. House of Representatives\, Committee on Foreign Affairs\, with the drafting of the North Korea Policy and Sanctions Enforcement Act\, which passed both the House and Senate and was ultimately signed into law by President Barack Obama in 2016. Stanton is the author of the 2015 Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK) report “Arsenal of Terror: North Korea\, State Sponsor of Terrorism.” The views he expresses in his publications and public lectures are his own and do not represent views of the Foreign Affairs Committee\, or of any organization or government agency. \n  \nPROGRAM DETAILS \nReception will begin at 6:30pm\, followed by dinner at 7:00 pm\, and the speaker’s presentation and Q & A session. The program will conclude at 9:00 pm. The cost of the dinner is $25.00\, payable at the door by either check or cash. \nRSVP is required for this program. Seating is limited. To register for this program or for further questions\, please e-mail your confirmation to Sang Kim\, Director of Public Affairs\, at sk@keia.org. \n 									WOO LAE OAK RESTAURANT IN TYSONS CORNER \nThe evening program will be held at Woo Lae Oak Korean restaurant in Tysons Corner—see address above. The program will start at 6:30 pm with a cash bar\, set up inside the Korea Club conference room on the 1st floor of the restaurant. For more information on Woo Lae Oak\, please take a few minutes to visit the restaurant’s website: http://www.woolaeoak.com. \n  \nFOR DRIVERS \nWoo Lae Oak is conveniently located in the heart of Tysons Corner. If you need assistance locating the restaurant\, please call the restaurant (703-827-7300). Ample free parking is available in the restaurant’s multi-story parking garage. \n 									FOR METRO RIDERS \nSilver Line stop at Greensboro Metro Station. The restaurant is located just south of Greensboro Metro Station. Upon arriving at Greensboro Metro Station\, please exit using the West Entrance Exit. For step-by-step directions\, please use http://wmata.com. \n  \nKorea Club Directors \n                   Jim Kelman                            Greg Scarlatoiu                  Sang Kim 									Meridian International Center                HRNK                               KEI    									                     (703) 568-6987                          (202) 499-7973                 (202) 464-1985
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/korea-club-with-joshua-stanton-2/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160330T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160401T000000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132344Z
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SUMMARY:RightsCon Silicon Valley 2016
DESCRIPTION:RightsCon is the world’s leading event convened around the issues of internet and human rights. The annual conference convenes business leaders\, visionaries\, technologists\, legal experts\, civil society members\, activists\, and government representatives from across the globe on issues at the intersection of tech and human rights.  \nThis year\, we have four days of programming (Day Zero satellite events + three full days of main programming)\, tackling some of today’s most challenging business and policy issues: freedom of expression\, online harassment and countering violent extremism\, privacy and digital security\, encryption\, network discrimination and connectivity\, human rights\, trade and business\, transparency reporting\, digital inclusion\, internet governance\, and much more.Click hereto download our draft program session list (PDF). \nWith 250+ sessions and 800+ expected participants\, RightsCon 2016 provides unparalleled opportunities to engage with leading speakers and organizations\, both in sessions and through private meetings and discussions. It’s also home to an array of parties\, movie screenings\, and social events throughout the week to help you meet others in the space. Get your tickets now to the full access to everything above and more!
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/rightscon-silicon-valley-2016/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160329T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160329T200000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132405Z
CREATED:20190107T132400Z
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SUMMARY:Human Rights Violation: A lecture seminar by Mr. David Hawk - See more at: http://unausa.org/calendar/event/human-rights-violati
DESCRIPTION:Human Rights Violation: A lecture seminar by Mr. David Hawk\nUNA Tampa Bay Chapter\nTuesday\, March 29\, 2016\nUNA Tampa Bay is proud to announce USF St. Petersburg will host Mr. David Hawk to present a lecture on “Documenting and Reporting Human Rights Violation: Case Studies of North Korean Refugees in South Korea and Refugees in Rwanda and Cambodia” on March 29th\, 2016 at 6:00 pm at Poynter Corner\, Library of USF St. Petersburg.\n– See more at: http://unausa.org/calendar/event/human-rights-violation-a-lecture-seminar-by-mr-david-hawk#sthash.NjChgZre.dpuf
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/human-rights-violation-a-lecture-seminar-by-mr-david-hawk-see-more-at-http-unausa-org-calendar-event-human-rights-violati/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160329T094500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160329T120000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132405Z
CREATED:20190107T132400Z
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SUMMARY:Beyond the Nuclear Security Summits: the Role of Centers of Nuclear Security Excellence
DESCRIPTION:Beyond the Nuclear Security Summits: the Role of Centers of Nuclear Security Excellence \n  \nPlease join the CSIS Proliferation Prevention Program as it exploresBEYOND THE NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMITS: THE ROLE OF CENTERS OF NUCLEAR SECURITY EXCELLENCE on March 29\, from 9:45am – 12:00pm. In advance of the final Nuclear Security Summit\, we will bring together leaders from three Centers of Excellence to share how their centers have helped build nuclear security in East Asia as well as discuss what the future may hold for them in the post-summit environment. \nDr. Jongsook Kim\, Director General of the Korea Institute of Nuclear Nonproliferation and Control International Nuclear Nonproliferation and Security Academy\, Mr. Yosuke Naoi\, Deputy Director of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency Integrated Support Center for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Nuclear Safety\, and Mr. Zhenhua Xu (invited)\, Deputy Director General of China State Nuclear Security Technology Center will brief on the current status of their centers. \nThey will be joined by Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins\, Chair of IAEA NSSC Network and Threat Reduction Programs at the State Department and David G. Huizenga\, Principal Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation at the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration for a panel discussion on nuclear security efforts after the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit\, moderated by Ms. Sharon Squassoni\, Director and Senior Fellow of the CSIS Proliferation Prevention Program.
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/beyond-the-nuclear-security-summits-the-role-of-centers-of-nuclear-security-excellence/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160327T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160327T160000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132400Z
CREATED:20190107T132400Z
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SUMMARY:Writing Life: The Art of Memoir
DESCRIPTION:Hyeonseo Lee\, Sergio del Molino; moderated by Zhiling Gao \nSergio del Molino and Hyeonseo Lee have both crafted spellbinding\, powerful memoirs. Del Molino lost his young son to a rare and aggressive form of leukemia\, and his memoir\, The Violet Hour\, is a moving account that muses on life and death. Lee’s story is also one of life and death – her book\, The Girl with Seven Names\, is the story of her defection from North Korea\, her decade spent in China\, and the subsequent escape of her parents. This session will be moderated by Zhiling Gao\, currently working on a social memoir set in her birthplace of Inner Mongolia.  \nPrice: 60 RMB — Purchase Online \nThe Bookworm 2 pm
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/writing-life-the-art-of-memoir/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160326T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160326T200000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132358Z
CREATED:20190107T132356Z
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SUMMARY:The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector's Story
DESCRIPTION:Hyeonseo Lee\, moderated by Calum McLeod \nWhen I was seven years old\, I saw my first public execution. But I thought my life in North Korea was normal. One day\, in 1995\, my mom brought home a letter from a coworker’s sister. It read\, “When you read this\, our five family members will not exist in this world because we haven’t eaten for the past three weeks. We are lying on the floor together\, and our bodies are so weak\, we are waiting to die.” Don’t miss this extraordinary talk by Hyeonseo Lee\, a North Korean defector whose memoir\, The Girl With Seven Names\, has been published in more than 20 countries\, and whose TED Talk has been viewed more than 5 million times. She will explain the circumstances that led her to defect\, and the harrowing story of how she returned to China to get her parents out. \nTHIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. Please email order@beijingbookworm.com to be placed on the wait list. Hyeonseo Lee will also appear in an event on March 27 at 2 pm calledWriting Life: The Art of Memoir. \nPrice: 80 RMB — Purchase Online \nThe Bookworm 6 pm
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/the-girl-with-seven-names-a-north-korean-defectors-story/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160324T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160324T180000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132400Z
CREATED:20190107T132400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132400Z
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SUMMARY:Neither Coup nor Cabal: New Evidence on the 1956 August Plenum of the Korean Worker's Party from the Russian and Chinese Archi
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/neither-coup-nor-cabal-new-evidence-on-the-1956-august-plenum-of-the-korean-workers-party-from-the-russian-and-chinese-archi/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160324T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160324T140000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132405Z
CREATED:20190107T132400Z
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SUMMARY:International Sanctions and Economic Relations with North Korea
DESCRIPTION:International Sanctions and Economic Relations with North Korea\n Featuring: \n William Brown  Adjunct Professor\, Georgetown University \n Li Tingting Assistant Professor\, Peking University \n Troy Stangarone Senior Director of Congressional Affairs and Trade\, Korea Economic Institute \n Liudmila Zakahrova Senior Researcher\, Center for Korean Studies\, Russian Academy of Science\, Institute of Far Eastern Studies   Moderated by:  \n Stephan Haggard Director\, Korea-Pacific Program  and Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the School of Global Policy and Strategy at UC San Diego  \n Thursday | March 24\, 2016 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm \n KEI Conference Facility  1800 K St NW | Suite 1010 Please note that due to construction our temporary entrance is on 18th Street.    \n\n\n New sanctions on North Korea in response to the recent nuclear test and long range missile launch promise to be the most punitive measures yet\, though will not completely sever external economic ties. Russia and China have taken a more stern approach to follow the U.S. and South Korea lead in the U.N.\, but will still continue to engage economically with the rogue state. Seoul’s decision to close the Kaesong Industrial Complex marked the end of the largest Inter-Korean economic project\, raising a number of questions as to whether ties can ever be reestablished and under what conditions. Although Japan has had minimal economic interaction with North Korea\, normalization of relations with South Korea in 1960s presents a blueprint that could be attractive to both Tokyo and Pyongyang\, but require a number of contingencies to be addressed first.   Understanding the magnitude of North Korea’s economic relationships in the region as well as the impact of new constraints are vital to gauge the direction of ongoing trends with a country increasingly cut off from the global economy. Please join KEI as this panel explores these economic ties with North Korea from the perspective of partners and potential partners in Northeast Asia.\n\n Lunch will be served. To RSVP\, please click here.
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/international-sanctions-and-economic-relations-with-north-korea/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160323T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160323T160000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132407Z
CREATED:20190107T132407Z
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SUMMARY:Inside North Korea Today: Working for Peace on the Korean Penninsula
DESCRIPTION:Inside North Korea Today: Working for Peace on the Korean Penninsula \nThe Quaker-affiliated American Friends Service Committee has been working in North Korea for over three decades; by 1998\, AFSC had established an on-going agricultural development project with cooperative farms\, and today it is one of only a handful of American NGOs actively engaged in the DPRK. Dr. Linda Lewis\, AFSC's Country Representative for China/DPRK\, will discuss AFSC's program in North Korea\, its impact and successes\, and the challenge of working in this isolated nation. \n\nWednesday\, March 23\, 2016 2:30PM -4:00PM \n1957 E St.\, NW Conference Room 505 Washington\, DC 20052
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/inside-north-korea-today-working-for-peace-on-the-korean-penninsula/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160323T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160323T113000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132409Z
CREATED:20190107T132407Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132409Z
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SUMMARY:Non-traditional Security Threats in Asia
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URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/non-traditional-security-threats-in-asia/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160322T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160322T170000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132408Z
CREATED:20190107T132407Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132408Z
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SUMMARY:Subcommittee Hearing: Get It Right This Time: A Victims-Centered Trafficking in Persons Report
DESCRIPTION:Subcommittee on Africa\, Global Health\, Global Human Rights\, and International Organizations | 2167 Rayburn House Office Building Washington\, DC 20515 | Mar 22\, 2016 2:00pm to 5:00pm\n \n\nWitnesses\n\n\n\nThe Honorable Mark Lagon President Freedom House \nMr. Matthew Smith Executive Director Fortify Rights \nMs. Jinhye Jo President NKinUSA \nMs. Maria Werlau President Free Society Project \n 
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/subcommittee-hearing-get-it-right-this-time-a-victims-centered-trafficking-in-persons-report/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160321T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160321T213000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132407Z
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SUMMARY:Lecture:"My Escape & Korean Reunification" by North Korean defector Kim Young-Il
DESCRIPTION:Lecture: “My Escape & Korean Reunification” by North Korean defector Kim Young-Il\n\nMarch 21 @ 20:00 – 21:30\n \n\n\nGain first-hand insight in the North Korean human rights situation with this exclusive lecture that is open and free for everybody and will take place in the Senate Room (Academy Building) at 8PM. Afterwards\, drinks will take place at Peperstraat 19. \nKim Young-Il was born in North Korea and escaped in 1996 with his brothers and parents after years of persistent famine. Via China and Mongolia he arrived in Seoul and graduated in Chinese Studies. In 2006 he founded the organization People for Successful Corean Reunification (PSCORE)\, where the ‘C’ is used to represent the pre-20th century spelling “Corea”\, when the two countries were one. It is the only NGO focusing exclusively on North Korean Human Rights with UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) special consultative status since 2012. Kim is the Executive Director and nowadays the NGO that is based in Seoul and Washington DC collects evidence of human rights abuses\, speaks at UN Human Rights Councils and travels the world to raise international awareness of the situation in North Korea. Kim will fly in from Genève\, where in March he will deliver a speech at the UN Human Rights Council.
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/lecturemy-escape-korean-reunification-by-north-korean-defector-kim-young-il/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160320T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160320T180000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132357Z
CREATED:20190107T132356Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132357Z
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SUMMARY:International Volunteer Workshop for North Korean Refugees
DESCRIPTION:With Keynote Speaker Andrei Lankov \nHost by Justice for North Korea(JFNK)\,  Teach North Korean Refugees(TNKR)\,  Transitional Justice Working Group(TJWG)\, Report Center for North Korean Refugees(RCNKR) 1969Korean Air Abductees Family Committe(KAAFCK) Unification Media Group(UNG) International Coalition to stop crimes against humanity in North Korea(ICNK)  For the largest gathering of volunteers coming together to find ways to help North Koreans and North Korean refugees.  This event is scheduled for March 20 at the National Assembly of South Korea. \n If you have been thinking about getting involved with helping North Korean refugees then here's your chance. After this workshop is over\, you will have a deeper understanding about North Korea\, North Korean refugees and to learn about opportunities for you to get directly involved. \n * Andrei Lankov\, author of The Real North Korea\, he will deliver the keynote address. This will be a great chance to hear from and talk with someone who has been studying about North Korea for almost three decades. \n * We also have two North Korean refugees scheduled to speak at the workshop. \n * You will also get to hear directly from representatives of several NGOs actively involved with helping North Korean refugees in Seoul and other places around the world. \n You can reserve a space here. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/14KBeENDpO23UXs3rSB_Hod4bCf0R-Z_msC9XkyKRu6A/viewform
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/international-volunteer-workshop-for-north-korean-refugees/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160317T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160317T203000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132341Z
CREATED:20190107T132340Z
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SUMMARY:Inside North Korea
DESCRIPTION:In the world's most isolated and closed society\, North Koreans lack freedom to access objective information about their country and the outside world. The government utilizes subjective propaganda as a mechanism to control their citizens. However\, thanks to organizations like No Chain\, HanVoice and Council for Human Rights in North Korea (Canada)\, many North Koreans now receive knowledge through the smuggling of flash drives loaded with TV shows and other media. Join this conversation to learn how technology is leading an information revolution in the struggle to liberate North Korea. \n\n  \n \n\nPresenters & Hosts\n\nKyung B. Lee\nPresident ~ Council for Human Rights in North Korea (Canada)\nJin Hak Choi\nPresident ~ National Unification Advisory Council in Toronto\nKwang Il Jung\nFounder ~ No Chain\nHenry Song\nU.S. Director for 'No Chain'\nAlong with HanVoice (Project E) & Young Sil Lee (Soprano Singer)\n \n  \n \nFAQs \nWhat are my transport/parking options getting to the event? \nAll “white parking permit areas” on Wilfrid Laurier University campus are free. The parking information kiosk located at the main entrance\, University Ave. at Hazel St. can direct you accordingly.   \nWhat can I bring to the event? \nFree to attend\, however\, please bring used USB keys to the event. These will be donated to No Chain\, who will send the USB keys into North Korea with TV shows\, movies and objective information. \nBeverages and light snacks will be provided. \nWhere can I contact the organizer with any questions? \nPlease contact Andrew Fawcett at fawc9560@mylaurier.ca for further information.
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/inside-north-korea/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160317T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160317T140000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132347Z
CREATED:20190107T132346Z
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SUMMARY:US - Korea Trade: FTA at 4 Years
DESCRIPTION:Michael Beeman of the U.S.-Korea Business Council provides an update on the evolution of the KORUS FTA\, as well as challenges\, opportunities\, and new directions on its fourth anniversary since implementation\, in conversation with Korea Society president Thomas Byrne.    \nUS-Korea Trade: FTA at 4 years   \n with \n Michael Beeman  Senior Advisor to the U.S.-Korea Business Council \nModerated by  Thomas Byrne\, President of The Korea Society  \n  \n$10 Members\, $20 Guests\, $5 Students  \n12:00 PM | Arrivals & Reception   12:30 PM | Discussion \n YPN and Explorer Level Members Register HERE for free admission.  \n  \nIf you have any questions\, please contact Nikita Desai or (212) 759-7525\, ext. 355 \n  \nAbout the Speakers: \nMichael Beeman  is currently Senior Advisor to the U.S.-Korea Business Council. From 2013-2014\, he was responsible for trade and economic issues with Korea while serving as Acting Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Japan\, Korea and APEC Affairs at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR). He joined USTR in 2004\, where he worked on Japan and other Asia-region trade issues for over a decade. He completed his doctorate in politics in 1998 at the University of Oxford\, St. Antony’s College\, and has been a research fellow at Harvard University and the University of Tokyo. \n  \n\n  \nThomas J. Byrne  (Moderator) joined The Korea Society as its President in August of 2015. He came to the Society from Moody's Investor Services\, where he was Regional Manager\, Spokesperson\, and Director of Analysis for the Sovereign Risk Group in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions. Before moving to Moody's in 1996\, he was the Senior Economist of the Asia Department at the Institute of International Finance in Washington DC. Mr. Byrne has an MA degree in International Relations with an emphasis on economics from The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Before his graduate work\, he served in South Korea for three years as a US Peace Corps volunteer. \n.
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/us-korea-trade-fta-at-4-years/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160317T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160317T030000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132357Z
CREATED:20190107T132356Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132357Z
UID:712328-1458172800-1458183600@www.hrnk.org
SUMMARY:Asia's Latent Nuclear Powers: Japan\, South Korea And Taiwan
DESCRIPTION:Mark Fitzpatrick\nIISS-Americas 	Executive Director\n \n\n \n\nRobert Gallucci\nFormer State Department Special Envoy for North Korea Nuclear Negotiatoins\n \n\n \n\nChair: Jennifer Golden\nIISS-Americas 	Managing Director\n  \nUnder what conditions would the democracies in Northeast Asia seek to join the nuclear weapons club? Japan\, South Korea and Taiwan are threshold nuclear powers by virtue of their robust civilian nuclear energy programs. All three once pursued nuclear weapons and all face growing security threats from nuclear-armed adversaries. IISS-Americas Executive Director Mark Fitzpatrick's latest book\, Asia's Latent Nuclear Powers\, analyzes these past nuclear pursuits and current proliferation drivers. \nPlease join the IISS for a discussion and Q&A session on Asia's Latent Nuclear Powers and nuclear diplomacy in Northeast Asia with  Executive Director Mark Fitzpatrick  and Robert Gallucci\, former State Department special envoy and dean of Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. This event is on the record and will be webcast live on the IISS website. Copies of the book are available for sale on our website or after the event.
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/asias-latent-nuclear-powers-japan-south-korea-and-taiwan/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160316T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160316T213000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132336Z
CREATED:20190107T132335Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132336Z
UID:712300-1458153000-1458163800@www.hrnk.org
SUMMARY:Human Rights Watch Film Festival Film Screening: I Am Sun Mu
DESCRIPTION:The Human Rights Watch Film Festival will be presented in London from 9 to 18 March\, 2016\, featuring 16 inspiring\, topical and provocative documentaries and dramas. \nIn Adam Sjöberg’s Korea/China-focused documentary I Am Sun Mu\, since fleeing his native North Korea to defect to the south\, the artist Sun Mu has worked under a defiant alias meaning “no boundaries” to criticize the repressive regime of Kim Jong-un. A former propaganda artist\, Sun Mu subverts familiar images that once glorified the Supreme Leader into satirical political pop art. Offered an unlikely solo exhibition in China\, the anonymous artist prepares his show undercover\, risking his freedom and safety to expose the truth through art. \n  \nScreenings\n\n\n\n\nMarch 13\, 2016\n5:30 PM /    \nRitzy Brixton / \nLondon\n \n\n\nScreening followed by discussion with filmmaker Adam Sjöberg \n  \nMarch 16\, 2016\n6:30 PM /    \nCurzon Soho / \nLondon\n \n\nScreening followed by discussion with filmmaker Adam Sjöberg
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/human-rights-watch-film-festival-film-screening-i-am-sun-mu-2/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160316T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160319T000000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132344Z
CREATED:20190107T132343Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132344Z
UID:712313-1458133200-1458345600@www.hrnk.org
SUMMARY:ISA's 57th Annual Conference: Exploring Peace
DESCRIPTION:The International Studies Association (ISA) has been the premier organization for connecting scholars and practitioners in fields of international studies since 1959. \nISA was founded in 1959 to promote research and education in international affairs. With well over six thousand members in North America and around the world\, ISA is the most respected and widely known scholarly association in this field. ISA cooperates with 57 international studies organizations in over 30 countries\, is a member of the International Social Science Council\, and enjoys nongovernmental consultative status with the United Nations. \nThis year's meeting will cover many different regional areas and issues concerning peace around the world. There will be many different talks related to North Korean human rights\, security\, relations with China\, the US\, ROK\, Russia\, and Jana\, nuclear weapons\, and reunification. \n  \nPlease access the homepage for more information on RSVP\, travel\, and hotel booking.
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/isas-57th-annual-conference-exploring-peace/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160315T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160315T213000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132350Z
CREATED:20190107T132349Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132350Z
UID:712324-1458066600-1458077400@www.hrnk.org
SUMMARY:A Hearing on Religious Freedom in North Korea
DESCRIPTION:It is our pleasure to invite you to participate in our upcoming fundraising event\, A Hearing on Religious Freedom in North Korea\, to be held at 18:30 on March 14\, 2016 at Four Millbank\, Westminster\, London\, SW1P 3JA. \n\n\nProgramme\n\n\n   \n\n\nGuest Speakers\n\n\nJi Hyeon-a \nMs. Ji is from Chongjin City\, North Korea. Like many North Korean refugees who get repatriated from China\, Hyeon-a survived 8 months in one of North Korea’s notorious labour re-education camps. Thankfully\, Hyeon-a was able to conceal her Christian beliefs when repatriated\, as revealing them would surely have led to execution or incarceration for life. Today\, Hyeon A is a student and human rights activist. \nJang Jin-sung \nJang Jin-sung is a former intelligence officer and poet laureate under North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il. A graduate of Pyongyang Arts School and Kim Il Sung University\, he worked in the United Front Department of the Central Committee of the Korean Workers’ Party\, which is responsible for inter-Korean warfare\, policy and diplomacy. After escaping in 2004\, he worked at the Institute for National Security Strategy in Seoul\, released a book of bestselling poetry and a bestselling memoir\, and founded the independent platform for North Korea reports\, New Focus. \n  \n\n\nInformation\n\n\n A 2014 report of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea laid bare the North Korean Government’s appalling abuses of religious freedom. Once a hotbed of spiritual belief\, North Korea’s believers today face the most extreme forms of persecution — torture\, enforced disappearences\, life-long prison sentences\, and executions come to those who practise the indigenous Cheondogyo faith\, Confucianism\, Taoism\, Buddhism\, and Christianity. For Christians\, the largest religious group in North Korea\, Open Doors describes the country as “the most dangerous place in the world to be a Christian”. \n Evidence of the extraordinarily violent and ongoing repression of religious freedom in North Korea\, which is pursuant to state policy\, is an issue that demands urgent attention. International scrutiny on the freedom of religious belief is permanently critical\, but no more so than in the case of the DPRK. \n For the stated reasons\, we would very much value your participation at the hearing. Following the hearing\, there will be a fundraising reception to support the work of EAHRNK. \n The hearing will take place on March 14\, 2016. We very much hope that you will be able to join us.
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/a-hearing-on-religious-freedom-in-north-korea-2/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160315T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160315T190000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132356Z
CREATED:20190107T132356Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132356Z
UID:712327-1458063000-1458068400@www.hrnk.org
SUMMARY:Korea Can Be Unified - Kwang Suh's 4 Measure for the Unification of the Korean Peninsula Dinner and Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Arts Along the Ohio welcomes an author with a plan – Kwang Suh's 4 Measures for the Unification of the Korean Peninsula – to a dinner and talk at Destinations Booksellers on Tuesday\, March 15\, at 5:30 p.m. \nFor more than seventy years\, the Korean Peninsula has been divided into the two Koreas. As a young child\, Kwang H. Suh and his family fled from North Korea to South Korea\, where his family started a new life. \nToday\, the pain of family separation still continues to plague families in the northern and southern part of the Korean Peninsula. \nKwang Suh has actively engaged himself in the political community of South Korea\, advocating for a political solution to the reuniting of Korean families. For more than forty years\, he worked for and dreamed of One Korea. \nTaco Steve will be offering a new Korean specialty taco for this special dinnertime author event. A dinner purchase is optional. Suh will present his insights and sign copies of his new book afterward. \n  \nFAQs \n  \nWhat are my transport/parking options getting to the event? \nDestinations Booksellers is located on a TARC bus line.Parking is available on Spring Street and at the rear of the venue off of Sixth Street. \n  \nWhat can/can't I bring to the event? \n Sorry. No pets or firearms \n  \nWhere can I contact the organizer with any questions? \nEmail to artsalongtheohio@gmail.com \n  \n \n \n \n\nWHEN\nTuesday\, March 15\, 2016 from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM (EDT) – Add to Calendar\nWHERE\nDestinations Booksellers – 604 East Spring Street\, New Albany\, IN 47150 – View Map
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/korea-can-be-unified-kwang-suhs-4-measure-for-the-unification-of-the-korean-peninsula-dinner-and-discussion/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160315T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160315T173000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132340Z
CREATED:20190107T132340Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132340Z
UID:712306-1458043200-1458063000@www.hrnk.org
SUMMARY:Culture and Everyday Life in North Korea
DESCRIPTION:“Culture and Everyday Life in North Korea” \nCharles Armstrong\, Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies in the Social Sciences\, Columbia University Ruth Barraclough\, Senior Lecturer\, School of Culture\, History & Language\, Australian National University Tatiana Gabroussenko\, Visiting Fellow\, Australian National University Theodore Hughes\, Korea Foundation Associate Professor of Korean Studies in the Humanities; Director\, The Center for Korean Research Cheehyung Harrison Kim\, Korea Foundation Assistant Professor of History\, University of Missouri Immanuel Kim\, Assistant Professor of Asian and Asian American Studies\, Binghamton University Dima Mironenko\, CEAS Postdoctoral Associate & Lecturer in East Asian Languages and Literatures\, Yale University Dafna Zur\, Assistant Professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures\, Stanford University Tuesday\, March 15 – Wednesday\, March 16\, 2016 China in the World Centre\, Australian National University Canberra\, Australia \nCo-sponsored by the Australian National University\, the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures and Weatherhead East Asian Institute
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/culture-and-everyday-life-in-north-korea/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160315T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160315T113000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132351Z
CREATED:20190107T132349Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132351Z
UID:712326-1458036000-1458041400@www.hrnk.org
SUMMARY:North Korea Sanctions: What They Mean and Where We Go From Here
DESCRIPTION:North Korea’s recent nuclear and missile tests galvanized the international community to unprecedented cooperation on imposing new sanctions on the recalcitrant regime. South Korea severed its ties to the Kaesong joint economic venture and stood up to Chinese pressure to announce discussions to deploy the THAAD missile defense system. Japan imposed new unilateral sanctions\, the United States passed the North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act and added entities to its sanctions list\, and the U.N. passed its toughest resolution against North Korea. \nDespite this new consensus on the need to better enforce laws and resolutions\, many misperceptions linger over the intended objectives and what sanctions can do. Despite more effective means to target the North Korean regime’s finances\, implementation remains critical\, particularly by China. With everyone adopting stronger sanctions\, will Kim Jong-un perceive himself to be painted into a corner and feel compelled to take even more provocative steps than before? With no apparent off-ramp on the highway to a crisis\, is the danger of military clash on the Korean Peninsula again rising? \n \n\n\nMore About the Speakers\nDr. Nicholas Eberstadt Henry Wendt Scholar in Political Economy\, American Enterprise Institute \nDr. Lee Sung-yoon Professor in Korean Studies\, The Fletcher School\, Tufts University \nJoshua Stanton Author of Arsenal of Terror: North Korea\, State Sponsor of Terrorism and Blogger\, One Free Korea \n \n\nHosted By\n Bruce Klingner   \nSenior Research Fellow\, Northeast AsiaRead More
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/north-korea-sanctions-what-they-mean-and-where-we-go-from-here/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160314T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160314T203000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132347Z
CREATED:20190107T132346Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132347Z
UID:712317-1457980200-1457987400@www.hrnk.org
SUMMARY:A Hearing on Religious Freedom in North Korea
DESCRIPTION:Event Information\n \n\n\nEvent Description\n\n\n\nIt is our pleasure to invite you to participate in our upcoming fundraising event\, A Hearing on Religious Freedom in North Korea\, to be held at 18:30 on March 14\, 2016 at Four Millbank\, Westminster\, London\, SW1P 3JA. \n\n\nProgramme\n\n\n   \n\n\nGuest Speakers\n\n\nJi Hyeon-a \nMs. Ji is from Chongjin City\, North Korea. Like many North Korean refugees who get repatriated from China\, Hyeon-a survived 8 months in one of North Korea’s notorious labour re-education camps. Thankfully\, Hyeon-a was able to conceal her Christian beliefs when repatriated\, as revealing them would surely have led to execution or incarceration for life. Today\, Hyeon A is a student and human rights activist. \nJang Jin-sung \nJang Jin-sung is a former intelligence officer and poet laureate under North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il. A graduate of Pyongyang Arts School and Kim Il Sung University\, he worked in the United Front Department of the Central Committee of the Korean Workers’ Party\, which is responsible for inter-Korean warfare\, policy and diplomacy. After escaping in 2004\, he worked at the Institute for National Security Strategy in Seoul\, released a book of bestselling poetry and a bestselling memoir\, and founded the independent platform for North Korea reports\, New Focus. \n  \n\n\nInformation\n\n\n A 2014 report of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea laid bare the North Korean Government’s appalling abuses of religious freedom. Once a hotbed of spiritual belief\, North Korea’s believers today face the most extreme forms of persecution — torture\, enforced disappearences\, life-long prison sentences\, and executions come to those who practise the indigenous Cheondogyo faith\, Confucianism\, Taoism\, Buddhism\, and Christianity. For Christians\, the largest religious group in North Korea\, Open Doors describes the country as “the most dangerous place in the world to be a Christian”. \n Evidence of the extraordinarily violent and ongoing repression of religious freedom in North Korea\, which is pursuant to state policy\, is an issue that demands urgent attention. International scrutiny on the freedom of religious belief is permanently critical\, but no more so than in the case of the DPRK. \n For the stated reasons\, we would very much value your participation at the hearing. Following the hearing\, there will be a fundraising reception to support the work of EAHRNK. \n The hearing will take place on March 14\, 2016. We very much hope that you will be able to join us. \n \n \n \n\nWHEN\nMonday\, 14 March 2016 from 18:30 to 20:30 (GMT)\nWHERE\nFour Millbank – Westminster London SW1P 3JA GB – View Map\n\n \n\n\nEvent Information\n \n\n\nEvent Description\n\n\n\nIt is our pleasure to invite you to participate in our upcoming fundraising event\, A Hearing on Religious Freedom in North Korea\, to be held at 18:30 on March 14\, 2016 at Four Millbank\, Westminster\, London\, SW1P 3JA. \n\n\nProgramme\n\n\n   \n\n\nGuest Speakers\n\n\nJi Hyeon-a \nMs. Ji is from Chongjin City\, North Korea. Like many North Korean refugees who get repatriated from China\, Hyeon-a survived 8 months in one of North Korea’s notorious labour re-education camps. Thankfully\, Hyeon-a was able to conceal her Christian beliefs when repatriated\, as revealing them would surely have led to execution or incarceration for life. Today\, Hyeon A is a student and human rights activist. \nJang Jin-sung \nJang Jin-sung is a former intelligence officer and poet laureate under North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il. A graduate of Pyongyang Arts School and Kim Il Sung University\, he worked in the United Front Department of the Central Committee of the Korean Workers’ Party\, which is responsible for inter-Korean warfare\, policy and diplomacy. After escaping in 2004\, he worked at the Institute for National Security Strategy in Seoul\, released a book of bestselling poetry and a bestselling memoir\, and founded the independent platform for North Korea reports\, New Focus. \n  \n\n\nInformation\n\n\n A 2014 report of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea laid bare the North Korean Government’s appalling abuses of religious freedom. Once a hotbed of spiritual belief\, North Korea’s believers today face the most extreme forms of persecution — torture\, enforced disappearences\, life-long prison sentences\, and executions come to those who practise the indigenous Cheondogyo faith\, Confucianism\, Taoism\, Buddhism\, and Christianity. For Christians\, the largest religious group in North Korea\, Open Doors describes the country as “the most dangerous place in the world to be a Christian”. \n Evidence of the extraordinarily violent and ongoing repression of religious freedom in North Korea\, which is pursuant to state policy\, is an issue that demands urgent attention. International scrutiny on the freedom of religious belief is permanently critical\, but no more so than in the case of the DPRK. \n For the stated reasons\, we would very much value your participation at the hearing. Following the hearing\, there will be a fundraising reception to support the work of EAHRNK. \n The hearing will take place on March 14\, 2016. We very much hope that you will be able to join us. \n \n \n \n\nWHEN\nMonday\, 14 March 2016 from 18:30 to 20:30 (GMT)\nWHERE\nFour Millbank – Westminster London SW1P 3JA GB – View Map
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/a-hearing-on-religious-freedom-in-north-korea/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160314T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160314T191500
DTSTAMP:20190107T132339Z
CREATED:20190107T132337Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132339Z
UID:712305-1457978400-1457982900@www.hrnk.org
SUMMARY:Is Korean Unification Possible?
DESCRIPTION:At the end of World War II\, Korea was divided in two. Today\, North and South Korea couldn’t be further apart. Concerns over North Korea’s supposed hydrogen bomb testing has created heightened tensions between North Korea and the world. Dr. Person discusses whether North and South Korea might ever be able to reconcile differences and emerge once more as a unified country. \nPublic invited. No reservations needed. Pay at door. $10 members/$15 non-members. Non-members can sign up for a free e-mail membership and get member pricing. Free parking. Presented by the World Affairs Council of Western Michigan.
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/is-korean-unification-possible/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160314T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160314T180000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132337Z
CREATED:20190107T132337Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132337Z
UID:712301-1457974800-1457978400@www.hrnk.org
SUMMARY:Using Technology to Help Liberate North Korea
DESCRIPTION:North Korea is the world's most isolated and closed society. Any opinion critical of the government is banned\, and dissidents are sent to concentration camps. Immigration and emigration are forbidden; the postal system reads and censors all mail; citizens cannot access the internet. However\, over the past 15 years news and culture from the outside world have leaked into the country. Today North Koreans receive knowledge through illegal radio broadcasts and the smuggling of flash drives loaded with TV shows and other media. Join this conversation to learn how technology is leading an information revolution in the struggle for a free North Korea. \n \n\nHashtags: #sxsw #hackNK \n \n\nPRESENTERS\n\n\nGWANG IL JUNG\nFOUNDER\n\nNo Chain \n\n  \n \n \n\n\nPETER HIRSHBERG\nCHAIRMAN\n\nCity Innovate Foundation \n\n  \n \n \n\n\nTHOR HALVORSSEN\nPRES\n\nHuman Rights Foundation \n\n  \n \n \n\n\nYEONMI PARK\nAUTHOR & NORTH KOREAN DEFECTOR\n\n  \n\n  \n \n \n \n 
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/using-technology-to-help-liberate-north-korea/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160313T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160313T203000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132336Z
CREATED:20190107T132335Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132336Z
UID:712299-1457890200-1457901000@www.hrnk.org
SUMMARY:Human Rights Watch Film Festival Film Screening: I Am Sun Mu
DESCRIPTION:The Human Rights Watch Film Festival will be presented in London from 9 to 18 March\, 2016\, featuring 16 inspiring\, topical and provocative documentaries and dramas. \nIn Adam Sjöberg’s Korea/China-focused documentary I Am Sun Mu\, since fleeing his native North Korea to defect to the south\, the artist Sun Mu has worked under a defiant alias meaning “no boundaries” to criticize the repressive regime of Kim Jong-un. A former propaganda artist\, Sun Mu subverts familiar images that once glorified the Supreme Leader into satirical political pop art. Offered an unlikely solo exhibition in China\, the anonymous artist prepares his show undercover\, risking his freedom and safety to expose the truth through art. \n  \nScreenings\n\n\n\n\nMarch 13\, 2016\n5:30 PM /    \n\n\nRitzy Brixton / \n \n \nLondon\n \n\n\nScreening followed by discussion with filmmaker Adam Sjöberg \n  \nMarch 16\, 2016\n6:30 PM /    \n\n\nCurzon Soho / \n \n \nLondon\n \n\nScreening followed by discussion with filmmaker Adam Sjöberg
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/human-rights-watch-film-festival-film-screening-i-am-sun-mu/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160312T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160312T183000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132351Z
CREATED:20190107T132349Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132351Z
UID:712325-1457776800-1457807400@www.hrnk.org
SUMMARY:The North Korean Church: Dead or Alive?
DESCRIPTION:Come and find out more about North Korea\, the most dangerous country in the world to be a Christian*. \nHas God put North Korea on your heart? Do you want to know how to pray for the country? Come to this World Changers event\, learn more about the North Korean Church and pray with North Korean believers. \nThere will be three excellent speakers: \n\nRev Roger (Open Doors)\nMavic Quiazon (North Korea & Beyond)\nJames Burt (European Alliance for Human Rights in North Korea)\n\nThe day will also feature live music\, discussion panels and testimonies from North Korean Christians.   \nFood: A buffet-style Korean lunch will be provided (Cost £6). \nFor more details\, contact David (Kichul) Jeong \n*North Korea is top of the Open Doors World Watch List for the persecution of Christians\, for the fourteenth year in a row.
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/the-north-korean-church-dead-or-alive/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160311T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160311T170000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132338Z
CREATED:20190107T132337Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132338Z
UID:712302-1457686800-1457715600@www.hrnk.org
SUMMARY:The Commission of Inquiry: What Next?
DESCRIPTION:In February 2014\, a UN Commission of Inquiry on human rights in North Korea found that “The gravity\, scale and nature of the violations reveal a State that does not have any parallel in the contemporary world.” Due to a paucity of ideas on how to substantively improve human rights\, little has been done by the international community post-COI to implement recommendations. Join the European Alliance for Human Rights in North Korea for 'The Commission of Inquiry: What Next?' at the Ascham room\, Bloomsbury House on the 11th of March for a conference dedicated to assessing the human rights situation\, reflecting on the COI process\, and generating ideas for improving human rights in North Korea.  Despite the abundance of evidence of crimes against humanity given at the hearings by almost 80 witnesses and victims\, little has been done by the international community to implement recommendations\, with only 1 substantive recommendation implemented – the opening of a field office. With participation from North Koreans\, politicians\, policymakers\, leading international law experts and academics\, tech experts\, and Commissioner Justice Michael Kirby\, 'The Commission of Inquiry: What Next?' seeks to develop cooperation mechanisms and consensus positions and support improvement in human rights in North Korea. \n Attendance is free. Registration details will be sent next Monday\, February 22nd. \n Event: The Commission of Inquiry: What Next? Venue: Ascham Room\, Bloomsbury House\, 2 – 3 Bloomsbury Square\, London\, WC1A 2RL Date: Friday\, March 11\, 2016 Time: 9am – 5pm Lunch will be provided.
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/the-commission-of-inquiry-what-next/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160308T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160308T180000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132335Z
CREATED:20190107T132335Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132335Z
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SUMMARY:Nuclear Power\, Economy\, and Human Rights: North Korea\, Russia\, China
DESCRIPTION:CGIS South Building\, 1730 Cambridge Street\, Room S354 \n \n \n \n\nSpeaker(s): \n\n\nJongsoo Lee\, Senior Managing Director\, Brock Securities; Center Associate\, Davis Center \n\n\n\nSponsored by the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies. \n \n \n \n\n\n\nFor more information\, please call 617-495-4037.
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/nuclear-power-economy-and-human-rights-north-korea-russia-china/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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