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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
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160315T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160315T113000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132351Z
CREATED:20190107T132349Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160314T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160314T203000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132347Z
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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
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160314T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160314T180000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132337Z
CREATED:20190107T132337Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132337Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160313T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160313T203000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132336Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160312T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160312T183000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132351Z
CREATED:20190107T132349Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160311T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160311T170000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132338Z
CREATED:20190107T132337Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160308T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160308T180000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132335Z
CREATED: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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160306T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160306T170000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132344Z
CREATED:20190107T132343Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132344Z
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SUMMARY:How to Escape from North Korea - All About Women 2016
DESCRIPTION:Imagine having to flee your home country\, leaving your mother and brother behind you. As a child\, Hyeonseo Lee thought her country– North Korea- was the best on the planet. It wasn‘t until the devastating famine of the 1990s that she began to question those beliefs and look for an escape route. As a teenager\, she fled to China to stay with distant relatives and spent the next ten years hiding her true identity before finally escaping to South Korea. She then made the courageous decision to return to the North Korean border in a daring mission to bring the rest of her family to safety. Now a university student and human rights advocate\, the author of the memoir The Girl with Seven Names reveals the details of her extraordinary journey. She offers a unique insight into the situation of the people of North Korea and how we can help those still suffering.
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/how-to-escape-from-north-korea-all-about-women-2016/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160303T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160303T193000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132342Z
CREATED:20190107T132340Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132342Z
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SUMMARY:Great Decisions Series | The Koreas: Is Unification Achievable? - See more at: http://worldboston.org/event-calendar/great-decis
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Han S. Park\nProfessor of International Affairs and Director of the Center for the Study of Global Issues (GLOBIS) at the University of Georgia \nReserve your space here!\n  \nAt the end of World War II\, Korea was divided in two and 60 years later\, North and South Korea still couldn’t be further apart. The underdeveloped North suffers from the tyrannical rule of a corrupt\, authoritarian government\, while the South continues to flourish and is rapidly advancing to become one of the world’s most developed countries. With the Korean population of Massachusetts well over 10\,000\, it is important to raise local awareness of the issues facing the Korean Peninsula. \nJoin Dr. Han S. Park\, renowned peace-maker and scholar on Korean affairs for a discussion on the gap between the two Koreas. Dr. Park’s peace-making prowess has been refined over the decades as he has been instrumental in realizing former president Jimmy Carter’s visits to Pyongyang in 1994 and 2010 as well as other efforts to alleviate tension on the Korean Peninsula. In 2010\, Dr. Park was honored for his approach to global peace-making with the Gandhi\, King\, Ikeda Community Builders Award in recognition of his “extraordinary global leadership through nonviolence and reconciliation.” \n  \n\nDetails\n\nDate:\nMarch 3\nTime:\n6:00 pm – 7:30 pm\nCost:\nFree\nEvent Category:\nGreat Decisions\n\n\nOrganizer\n\nMichael Pizziferri\nPhone:\n617-542-8995 ext. 104\nEmail:\nmpizziferri@worldboston.org\n\n– See more at: http://worldboston.org/event-calendar/great-decisions-series-the-koreas-is-unification-achievable/#sthash.sLaETEKt.dpuf \n 
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/great-decisions-series-the-koreas-is-unification-achievable-see-more-at-http-worldboston-org-event-calendar-great-decis/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160303T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160303T183000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132335Z
CREATED:20190107T132335Z
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SUMMARY:South Korea\, China and the U.S.: Moving Forward
DESCRIPTION:“South Korea\, China and the U.S.: Moving Forward” \nDate: March 3\, 2016  Time: 5 – 6:30 p.m. Location: GPS Auditorium\, UC San Diego \nPanelists: Sung-Hwan Kim\, former minister of foreign affairs and Trade for the Republic of Korea; Kathleen Stephens\, former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea; Chung-in Moon\, distinguished professor at Yonsei University and member of South Korea’s Presidential Committee on Unification Preparation \nModerator: Stephan Haggard\, director of the Korea-Pacific Program  \nSouth Korea has complementary strategic and economic interests with both China and the U.S. However\, it also faces difficult political choices with the two countries on a range of issues\, including economic integration to North Korea\, ballistic missile defenses and human rights. \nJoin this discussion of evolving trilateral relations between the U.S.\, China and South Korea\, presented by the Korea-Pacific Program at the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS) in collaboration with the Pacific Century Institute\, the East Asia Foundation and GPS’s 21st Century China Program. \n \nHave questions about South Korea\, China and the U.S.: Moving Forward?Contact UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/south-korea-china-and-the-u-s-moving-forward/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160303T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160303T140000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132343Z
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SUMMARY:The Korea Society: Korea-Japan Relations: Potential and Progress
DESCRIPTION:Frayed relations between Korea and Japan appear to be on the mend with the late December announcement aimed at drawing the comfort women issue to a close. In conveying his apology to President Park\, Prime Minister Abe voiced hope for a new era in relations with South Korea. The US hailed the step forward by its key allies in Northeast Asia. Meanwhile\, China's step-up of military activity in the South China and East China Sea and North Korea's January nuclear test and February missile test heightened shared concerns and underscored the need for bilateral cooperation. Korea Society Chairman Thomas Hubbard\, discusses recent progress in Korea-Japan relations with Council on Foreign Relations Senior Fellow Dr. Sheila Smith in this timely and forward-looking session\, co-organized with the Japan Society.      \nKorea-Japan Relations: Potential and Progress    \n Ambassador Thomas Hubbard        Senior Director\, Asia Practice\, McLarty Associates \nDr. Sheila Smith         Senior Fellow for Japan Studies\, Council on Foreign Relations and author of Intimate Rivals: Japanese Domestic Politics and a Rising China \n  \nWelcome by Thomas Byrne\, President of The Korea Society & Ambassador Motoatsu Sakurai\, President of Japan Society \n  \nThe Korea Society and Japan Society Member Tickets: $10 \nNon-Member Tickets: $20 \nYPN and Explorer Level Members Register here for free admission. \n12:00 PM | Registration  12:30 PM | Discussion \n  \nIf you have any questions\, please contact Nikita Desai or (212) 759-7525\, ext. 355.
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/the-korea-society-korea-japan-relations-potential-and-progress/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160301T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160301T143000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132346Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132346Z
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SUMMARY:Unfinished Apologies: Imperial Japan's Sex Slaves of Wartime Asia
DESCRIPTION:Unfinished Apologies:\nImperial Japan’s Sex Slaves of Wartime Asia\nMarch 1\, 2016 8:30 AM – 2:30 PM Kenney Auditorium 1740 Massachusetts Ave. NW Washington\, DC 20036 \nThe US-Korea Institute at SAIS and Asia Policy Point invite you to attend a discussion on the unexamined and unresolved history of Imperial Japan’s system of sex slavery in wartime Asia. The panels will provide an overview of how the system came to be and how it was managed\, discuss new research on the non-Korean Comfort Women\, and bring the legacy of the Comfort Women system into contemporary understandings of conflict resolution and violence against women in warfare settings. \nPanel 1: Framing the Comfort Women History – Japanese Comfort Women and their Antecedents \n\nCaroline Norma\, lecturer in the Master of Translating and Interpreting degree in RMIT’s School of Global\, Urban and Social Studies\, Melbourne\, Australia\nDiscussant: Katharine H.S. Moon\, SK-Korea Foundation Chair in Korea Studies and senior fellow at the Brookings Center for East Asia Policy Studies\n\nPanel 2: The Comfort Women of Japan’s Occupied Asia  \n\nGriselda Molemans\, Dutch researcher and investigative journalist\, founder of the Task Force for Dutch Indies War Reparations (Dutch acronym: TFIR; Task Force Indisch Rechtsherstel)\nHilde Janssen\, Dutch Journalist and author Schaamte en Onschuld[Shame and Innocent] and Troostmeisjes/Comfort Women\nPeipei Qiu\, Professor of Chinese and Japanese on the Louise Boyd Dale and Alfred Lichtenstein Chair\, Vassar College\nEvelina Galang\, Professor of English\, University of Miami\nCaroline Norma\, RMIT\, Melbourne\, Australia\nModerator: Yukiko Hanawa\, Department of East Asian Studies\, New York University\n\nKeynote: Women in warfare\, how far have we come? \n\nTaina Bien-Aimé\, Executive Director\, Coalition Against Trafficking in Women\n\nBook signing with authors: \n\nCaroline Norma\, The Japanese Comfort Women and Sexual Slavery during the China and Pacific Wars\nPeipei Qiu\, Chinese Comfort Women: Testimonies from Imperial Japan’s Sex Slaves\nM. Evelina Galang\, Angel de la Luna and the 5th Glorious Mystery\nHilde Janssen\, Troostmeisjes/Comfort Women\nMargaret Stetz\, Legacies of the Comfort Women of World War II\n\n Please RSVP below. \nThe event will be webcast here.
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/unfinished-apologies-imperial-japans-sex-slaves-of-wartime-asia/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160226T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160226T131500
DTSTAMP:20190107T132339Z
CREATED:20190107T132337Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132339Z
UID:712304-1456488000-1456492500@www.hrnk.org
SUMMARY:Rival Reputations: Coercion and Credibility in US-North Korea Relations
DESCRIPTION:How has North Korea managed to experience numerous foreign policy crises without escalation to war?  Why has North Korea been willing to repeatedly engage in small-scale attacks against the United States and its South Korean ally?  And why have U.S. officials in liberal and conservative presidential administrations only rarely taken North Korean threats seriously?  In this presentation of his newly released book\, Rival Reputations: Coercion and Credibility in US-North Korea Relations\, (Cambridge University Press)\, Dr. Van Jackson argues that these puzzles are best explained with reference to the weight of history in U.S. and North Korean foreign policy.  The book draws on the concept of reputation–the influence of past words and deeds on decision-making in the present–to explain patterns of hostile interactions in foreign policy between the United States and North Korea from 1960s through the present day.  The book's findings have major implications for the conduct of U.S. and South Korean foreign and defense policy toward North Korea. \nDr. Van Jackson is an associate professor in the College of Security Studies at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies\, specializing in East Asian security\, U.S. foreign policy\, defense strategy\, historical institutionalism\, and international relations theory. He is also an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) in Washington\, as well as a senior editor for the online defense daily\, War on the Rocks. From 2009 to 2014\, Dr. Jackson held positions in the Office of the Secretary of Defense as a strategist and policy adviser focused on the Asia-Pacific\, senior country director for Korea\, and working group chair of the U.S.–Republic of Korea Extended Deterrence Policy Committee. He has previously taught at Georgetown University and the Catholic University of America\, and has held fellowships with the Council on Foreign Relations\, CNAS\, and Pacific Forum CSIS. He is also widely published in leading disciplinary and area studies journals. \n \nFSI Contact\n\n\nhjahn@stanford.edu \n \n \n\nAvailability\n \n\nRSVP required by 5PM February 24. \n \nSpeaker(s)\n\n\n\nVan Jackson\, College of Security Studies\, Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies\n \n \n \n \n \n 
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/rival-reputations-coercion-and-credibility-in-us-north-korea-relations/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160225T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160225T140000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132335Z
CREATED:20190107T132335Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132335Z
UID:712296-1456403400-1456408800@www.hrnk.org
SUMMARY:Political Forecast 2016: Korea and Its Neighbors
DESCRIPTION:The United States and Korea see tremendous regional flux in 2016. Tensions in East Asia have grown with China's military activities in the South China Sea and East China Sea and North Korea's January 6 nuclear test and February 7 missile test. South Korea's relations with Japan may warm after the December 28 announcement aimed at settling the comfort women issue\, though opposition among nationalists remains high in both countries. Taiwan saw national elections\, and South Korea has parliamentary elections this year and presidential elections next. The United States has its own presidential election in November\, with China and North Korea figuring into candidates' campaigns. Ralph Cossa of Pacific Forum CSIS\, Victor Cha of the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Georgetown University\, and Scott Snyder of the Council on Foreign Relations discuss political and security developments and offer timely forecasts\, in conversation with The Korea Society’s Stephen Noerper.     \nPolitical Forecast 2016: Korea and Its Neighbors   \n Ralph Cossa        President of the Pacific Forum CSIS \nVictor Cha         Senior Advisor and Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and Director of Asian Studies\, Georgetown University \nScott Snyder         Senior Fellow for Korea Studies and Director of the U.S.-Korea Program\, Council on Foreign Relations \n  \n$10 Members\, $20 Guests\, $5 Students \nYPN and Explorer Level Members Register here for free admission. \n12:00 PM | Registration  12:30 PM | Discussion
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/political-forecast-2016-korea-and-its-neighbors/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160224T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160224T140000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132333Z
CREATED:20190107T132332Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132333Z
UID:712295-1456315200-1456322400@www.hrnk.org
SUMMARY:North Korea Uncovered: The Crowd-Sourced Mapping of the World's Most Secret State
DESCRIPTION:Curtis Melvin\, a researcher at the U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University\, will discuss the crowd-sourced mapping of North Korea\, which resulted in one of the most detailed maps of North Korea that has ever been available to the public. \nMelvin will present “North Korea Uncovered: The Crowd-Sourced Mapping of the World’s Most Secret State” at noon on Wednesday\, Feb. 24 in the Mumford Room on the sixth floor of the James Madison Memorial Building\, 101 Independence Ave. S.E.\, Washington\, D.C. \nThe event\, free and open to the public\, is hosted by the Philip Lee Phillips Map Society\, a friends group of Library’s Geography and Map Division. \nMelvin sought to cast a light on North Korea\, and from 2006 to 2009\, he employed Google Earth to create “North Korea Uncovered.” Melvin has gone on to help develop “38 North: DPRK Digital Atlas\,” which depicts thousands of buildings\, monuments\, missile-storage facilities\, mass graves\, labor camps\, palaces\, restaurants\, tourist sites\, main roads of North Korea\, and even includes the entrance to the country’s subterranean nuclear test base\, the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center. \nIn his lecture\, Melvin will discuss the origins of the North Korean atlas\, the challenges of utilizing open-sourced and crowd-sourced information\, and the future of his project. \nMelvin’s project is unique and noteworthy for its extensive use of publicly available satellite imagery\, along with other innovative forms of data collection\, such as gathering information from persons who have visited North Korea—or from defectors—and tracking the publicly announced movements of former leader Kim Jong II and current leader Kim Jong Eun to geo-locate buildings and facilities. \nAccording to Melvin\, there are special train tracks that carry VIPs to oases of luxury in the impoverished nation. He said\, “Several elite compounds have private train stations. We can follow the railway lines through the security perimeters and into the elite compounds.” \nMelvin describes the efforts of “citizen cartographers” who contribute geo-data to the atlas as “democratized intelligence.” \nA contributor to the website “38 North” and editor of the blog “North Korean Economy Watch\,” Melvin has been cited in most major media outlets\, including the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post. He received a master’s degree in economics from George Mason University and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Georgia.
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/north-korea-uncovered-the-crowd-sourced-mapping-of-the-worlds-most-secret-state/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160223T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160223T190000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132333Z
CREATED:20190107T132332Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132333Z
UID:712294-1456248600-1456254000@www.hrnk.org
SUMMARY:North Korean Human Rights and Denuclearization
DESCRIPTION:The college's Ruth K. and Shepard Broad International Lecture Series\, in cooperation with the Center for Global Engagement (CGE) and the Korean Economic Institute of America (KEIA)\, presents a panel discussion\, “Out of Order? Approaching North Korean Human Rights and Denuclearization.” \nThe event will feature: – Roberta Cohen\, Nonresident Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Program at the Brookings Institution – Keith Luse\, Executive Director of the National Committee on North Korea – David Maxwell\, Associate Director of the Center for Security Studies at Georgetown University \nThe panel will be moderated by Kyle Ferrier\, KEIA’s Director of Academic Affairs and Research. \nAccording to United States policy\, nothing can be done about North Korea until the nuclear issue is resolved\, but the rogue country’s fourth nuclear test in January casts doubt on whether denuclearization is a possible first step. Meanwhile\, the U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in North Korea has highlighted numerous human rights abuses that are tied to the ruling Kim family. Can the U.S. move forward on the nuclear issue and human rights? Should one take priority over the other? Is there room for compromise? This panel of experts will bring a range of perspectives on current U.S. policy and offer suggestions on how to balance these two major issues moving forward. \nThe event\, which is free and open to the public\, is being presented as part of CGE’s ongoing Engage Your World Intercultural Dialogue Series. The program meets the requirements for the student Global Citizenship Certificate.
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/north-korean-human-rights-and-denuclearization/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160222T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160222T170000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132338Z
CREATED:20190107T132337Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132338Z
UID:712303-1456149600-1456160400@www.hrnk.org
SUMMARY:ICAS Winter Symposium
DESCRIPTION:  Institute for Corean-American Studies (aka ICAS) was established in 1973. It is a non-profit\, non-partisan\, and private educational and research organization incorporated in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. ICAS is not an agent of any government and/or a foreign principal\, and solely supported by voluntary contributions. Its activities and programs rely on the private donations of the general public\, i.e.\, individuals\, foundations\, and corporations. \n     Its purpose is to engage in wide range of issues and affairs of importance. ICAS promotes pertinent relations and conducts appropriate activities to enhance cooperations and to pursue peace and prosperity in association with people of mutual interests\, with a special emphasis on multilateral relations between the United States and Asia-Pacific rim nations. \n     Its membership includes individuals from varied sectors embracing academic\, corporate\, cultural\, educational\, international and other related fields. Presently\, ICAS maintains a roster of one-hundread twenty-eight Fellows from around the world and cherishes a circle of friends of the institute. All ICAS staff\, officers\, and directors are non-paid volunteers. ICAS strives to provide public services pro bono publico.
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/icas-winter-symposium/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160222T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160222T180000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132329Z
CREATED:20190107T132329Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132329Z
UID:712287-1456131600-1456164000@www.hrnk.org
SUMMARY:Addressing Violence against Women and Girls in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
DESCRIPTION:On February 22nd 2016\, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on North Korea will host its 2016 conference titled ‘Addressing Violence against Women and Girls in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea‘ at the Houses of Parliament in London. \nChaired by the Rt. Hon Fiona Bruce\, MP; the Rt. Hon Prof. the Lord Alton of Liverpool; and the Rt. Hon Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP\, the conference will address the entrenched and extreme violations of women’s rights in the DPRK. \nA 2014 Report of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea laid bare an appalling human rights landscape that shocked the conscience of the world. Evidence of the extraordinarily prevalent sexual and gender-based violence committed against women\, which was largely pursuant to state policy\, is an issue that demands urgent attention. International scrutiny on women’s rights is permanently critical\, but no more so than in the case of the DPRK. \nThe objective of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on North Korea in convening this conference is to assemble a wide range of experts in their respective fields\, including those with little experience or knowledge of the DPRK\, for a dialogue on how North Korea’s women can be better protected by the international community. \nRegistration: If in principle you are able and willing to attend\, please express your interest in an email to James Burt\, Secretariat to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on North Korea (jamesburtappg@gmail.com) by January 27th 2016. We will confirm your attendance via the email provided and supply you with the relevant information for the day in an attendee pack. \nLink: Conference Description
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/addressing-violence-against-women-and-girls-in-the-democratic-peoples-republic-of-korea/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160219T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160219T180000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132332Z
CREATED:20190107T132332Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132332Z
UID:712291-1455899400-1455904800@www.hrnk.org
SUMMARY:Inaugural Fred Iklé Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Featuring: Justice Michael Kirby Former Chair\, UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in North Korea \n Introductory Remarks: HRNK Co-chair Emeritus Roberta Cohen\n Please join HRNK for our first annual lecture celebrating the legacy of the late Dr. Fred C. Iklé\, former HRNK Board member. Fifteen years after its founding\, HRNK continues to be a strong organization with a record of original research and well-received publications on North Korean human rights in no small part because of Dr. Iklé’s ideas\, passion\, and reputation.  \n\nRSVPs are required. Please RSVP to Rosa Park\, HRNK Director of Programs\, ​at rosapark@hrnk.org by Wednesday\, February 17\, 2016.  ​ Buffet and open bar will be provided at the event. 
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/inaugural-fred-ikla-lecture/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160219T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160219T162000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132331Z
CREATED:20190107T132329Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132331Z
UID:712290-1455870600-1455898800@www.hrnk.org
SUMMARY:North Korea: The Human Rights and Security Nexus
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a special gathering of policymakers\, opinion leaders\, and stakeholders on the topic of North Korean human rights and the nexus with security issues. This full-day gathering commemorates the two-year anniversary of the publication of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry report and subsequent UN action to address North Korea's human rights violations. Featured speakers and panelists will discuss accountability for North Korean human rights abuses\, feature new data and research\, examine the link between human and national security\, and investigate policy prospects for 2016 as we seek to deepen understanding of the human condition in North Korea and formulate practical solutions. A distinguished assembly of speakers and panel discussants will gather at CSIS\, including:\n \nMichael Kirby Chair\, United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in North Korea Former Justice of the Australian High Court \n Sonja Biserko President\, Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia Member\, United Nations Committee of Inquiry on Human Rights in North Korea \n Marzuki Darusman (invited) UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation on Human Rights in the DPRK  Member\, United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in North Korea \n Signe Poulsen Head\, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Seoul \n Robert King Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights Issues\, U.S. Department of State\n \nRSVPs are required. Please RSVP to KoreaChair@CSIS.org.
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/north-korea-the-human-rights-and-security-nexus-2/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160218T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160218T140000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132333Z
CREATED:20190107T132332Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132333Z
UID:712293-1455796800-1455804000@www.hrnk.org
SUMMARY:North Korean Human Rights: Two Years beyond the COI Report
DESCRIPTION:The Korea Society marks two years since the release of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry Report (COI) with a message from South Korea’s Ambassador on Human Rights Lee Jung-hoon and in-studio discussion with Greg Scarlatoiu. Executive Director of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK)\, Scarlatoiu speaks to current efforts within the UN\, among governments and by NGOs to halt North Korea’s human rights abuses\, in conversation with the Society’s Stephen Noerper. \n  \nWith the reflections of \nH.E. Lee Jung-hoon ROK Ambassador for Human Rights\, from Seoul \nGreg Scarlatoiu Executive Director of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK)\, in studio \n$10 Members\, $20 Guests YPN and Explorer Level Members can register for free admission. \n12:00 PM | Registration 12:30 PM | Discussion
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/north-korean-human-rights-two-years-beyond-the-coi-report/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160217T174500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160217T194500
DTSTAMP:20190107T132332Z
CREATED:20190107T132332Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132332Z
UID:712292-1455731100-1455738300@www.hrnk.org
SUMMARY:Keith Luse on North Korea
DESCRIPTION:Executive Director Keith Luse will speak at WorldDenver. \n\nEvent Details \n5:45 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. Networking Reception with Hors D'oeuvres and Cash Bar \n6:45 p.m.- 7:45 p.m. Talk and Q+A \n  \nParking \nHGI has a discounted valet rate of $10 per evening; make sure to let the valet staff know you're attending a WorldDenver event! \n  \nAbout Keith Luse \nKeith Luse became Executive Director of the National Committee on North Korea in July 2014. Previously\, Luse was the Senior East Asia Policy Advisor for Chairman and later Ranking Member Senator Richard G. Lugar at the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 2003 until 2013. Luse was also Staff Director for Senator Lugar at the Senate Agriculture Committee from 1999 through 2002\, where the Senator also served as Chairman and later Ranking Member. \nDuring fourteen years of working for Senator Lugar in Washington\, Luse had numerous meetings and interactions with North Korean officials inside North Korea and in the United States. Luse’s first trip to North Korea in 2003 related to the transparency of distribution of U.S. food aid inside the country. On later visits to Pyongyang\, Yongbyon and other parts of North Korea\, topics of focus included the nuclear issue\, food and nutritional assistance\, North Korean human rights\, and American POWs from the Korean War\, among others. In the Senate\, Luse worked on North Korea-related legislation and other action by the Senate regarding these and additional North Korea issues
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/keith-luse-on-north-korea/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160213T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160213T154500
DTSTAMP:20190107T132330Z
CREATED:20190107T132329Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132330Z
UID:712289-1455357600-1455378300@www.hrnk.org
SUMMARY:Change in North Korea: Top Down or Bottom Up?
DESCRIPTION:On February 13th\, Princeton for North Korean Human Rights (PNKHR) will host its 2016 Intercollegiate Conference! The conference will take place in Dodds Auditorium (first floor of Robertson Hall) from 10:00 AM to 3:45 PM.  The topic this year is Change in North Korea: Top Down or Bottom Up?  Many great speakers have been confirmed to speak. Our keynote speaker\, Suzanne Scholte\, is the President of the Defense Forum Foundation. Park Yeon-mi\, a North Korean defector and human rights activist\, Victor Cha (former foreign policy advisor to the White House)\, and Hyungjoon Won ( South Korean violinist who has spearheaded an effort to bring North and South Korean musicians together) will be our featured speakers.   Finally\, we are also excited to have Hannah Song (CEO and President of Liberty in North Korea)\, Nathaniel Kretchun (Senior Associate Director at InterMedia)\, and Koo Byoungsam (Unification Attaché at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Washington\, D.C.) address the conference.  Admission and lunch are free for everyone\, and students from across the country have been invited to attend. This event will be a great opportunity to hear from prominent experts on North Korean human rights and meet other interested students from different colleges. Please click here to RSVP by Thursday\, February 11th at 11:00 PM.
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/change-in-north-korea-top-down-or-bottom-up/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160121T094500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160121T110000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132330Z
CREATED:20190107T132329Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132330Z
UID:712288-1453369500-1453374000@www.hrnk.org
SUMMARY:Asia Policy in 2016
DESCRIPTION:The Council on Asian Affairs would like to invite you to   Asia Policy in 2016\n Happy New Year! We're excited to launch the Council on Asian Affairs into another year with our event Asia Policy in 2016. Come hear from those in the trenches where policy that relates to Asia may be going in 2016. Taiwan has new leadership. The tether between China and North Korea may be unwinding. How are emerging economies developing not just economically but in their ability to address human rights? Will Japan weight-in more on the South China Sea issue? And what role does the U.S. have to play? Please join us Thursday for this off-the-record discussion and  chance to network with other CoAA members. \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n  Featuring Elyse Anderson Deputy Staff Director  Congressional-Executive Commission on China (Leadership Office) \n Eric Sayers Professional Staff Member Senate Armed Services Committee (Majority Staff) \n From 9:45 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Thursday\, January 21\, 2016   At SR-325 (Kennedy Caucus Room) Russell Senate Office Building 2 Constitution Ave NE  Washington\, DC 20002 \n (Please come a bit early to get through security) \n RSVP to councilonasianaffairs@gmail.com \n In the meantime\, please keep us up to date with any work you wish to publish on our website\, www.councilonasianaffairs.com
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/asia-policy-in-2016/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151223T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151223T154000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132329Z
CREATED:20190107T132329Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132329Z
UID:712285-1450875600-1450885200@www.hrnk.org
SUMMARY:The North Korea Outside the North Korean State
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URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/the-north-korea-outside-the-north-korean-state/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151218T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151218T133000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132328Z
CREATED:20190107T132326Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132328Z
UID:712284-1450434600-1450445400@www.hrnk.org
SUMMARY:Playing Frisbee in North Korea
DESCRIPTION:New York City\, December 16\, 2015 – Aardvark Alley Films is pleased to announce the upcoming work-in-progress screening of PLAYING FRISBEE IN NORTH KOREA\, December 18th\, 2015 at 10:30 am at the United Nations. The screening is sponsored by the United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA). A Q&A will follow the 35 minute excerpt of the film with filmmaker Savanna Washington\,  Greg Scarlatoiu\, Executive Director of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK) in Washington\, D.C. and Kim Hyeongsoo\, a high ranking North Korean defector\, who worked for 6 years at the Institute for Health and Longevity\, the government agency that is responsible for Kim Il Sung and Kim Jung Il’s healthcare. 
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/playing-frisbee-in-north-korea-2/
CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151116T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151116T210000
DTSTAMP:20190107T132327Z
CREATED:20190107T132326Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132327Z
UID:712283-1447698600-1447707600@www.hrnk.org
SUMMARY:Korea Club with An Chanil
DESCRIPTION:  \nKorea Club with Dr. Chanil An \n 												Monday | November 16\, 2015 												6:30 pm–9:00 pm \n 												  \n  \nNorth Korea and North Korean Human Rights \nafter the Seventh Workers' Party Congress \n 												  \n  \n  \nGuest Speaker: \n  \nDr. Chanil An \nPresident of the North Korea Research Center \n  \nWoo Lae Oak Korean Restaurant 												8240 Leesburg Pike 												Vienna\, VA 22182 \n  \n 												Dear Colleague: \n 												You are invited to attend a meeting of the Korea Club on Monday\, November 16\, 2015. The event will feature Chanil An who will give a presentation entitled “North Korea and NorthKorean Human Rights after the Seventh Workers' Party Congress.” \n  \n\nDr. Chanil An is President of the North Korea Research Center in Seoul\,Korea. He received his B.A. in Political Science and Diplomacy from KoreaUniveristy. He also graduated with an M.A. in Political Science from KoreaUniversity. Having escaped North Korea in 1979\, he became the first NorthKorean defector ever to receive his Ph.D. from South Korea (political science\, Konkuk University). \n  \nDr. An worked at the National Intelligence Service. He also served as a member of the Political Advisory Committee on the Ministry of National Defense. He is Adjunct Professor in the Department of Political Science at Chung-Ang University\, and has served as President of the World Federation of North KoreanRefugees (WINK). Dr. An has also served as Vice-Chairman of the North Korean Human Rights & Abductees Committee of the Saenuri Party\, South Korea. \n  \nDr. An serves on the Advisory Committee of the National Unification Advisory Council\, as a member of the Advisory Committee on the National Human Rights Commission of Korea\, and as a member of the Advisory Committee of the International Law Enforcement Coalition. \n \n \n  \n  \nPROGRAM DETAILS \n 												Reception 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. \n  \n 												RSVP is required for this program. Seating is limited. To register for this program or for further questions\, please e-mail your confirmation to Linda Butcher\, Director of Media Relations and Public Affairs\, at lb@keia.org. \n 												  \n  \nWOO LAE OAK RESTAURANT IN TYSONS CORNER \n 												The 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 KoreaClub 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 												FOR DRIVERS \n 												Woo 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 \n 												Silver 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 												     Korea Club Directors \n  \n                                 Jim Kelman                             Greg Scarlatoiu                 Linda Butcher \n                Meridian International Center               HRNK                                      KEI        \n                            (703) 568-6987                          (202) 499-7973                 (202) 464-1986 \n 
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CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar
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