BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//HRNK - ECPv6.18.4//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:HRNK X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.hrnk.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for HRNK REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20140309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20141102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20150308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20151101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20160313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20161106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20170312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20171105T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE 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 END:VEVENT 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 END:VEVENT 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 END:VEVENT 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160308T161500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160308T180000 DTSTAMP:20190107T132335Z CREATED:20190107T132335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132335Z UID:712298-1457453700-1457460000@www.hrnk.org 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160306T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160306T170000 DTSTAMP:20190107T132344Z CREATED:20190107T132343Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132344Z UID:712312-1457276400-1457283600@www.hrnk.org 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160303T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160303T193000 DTSTAMP:20190107T132342Z CREATED:20190107T132340Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132342Z UID:712310-1457028000-1457033400@www.hrnk.org 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160303T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160303T183000 DTSTAMP:20190107T132335Z CREATED:20190107T132335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132335Z UID:712297-1457024400-1457029800@www.hrnk.org 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160303T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160303T140000 DTSTAMP:20190107T132343Z CREATED:20190107T132343Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132343Z UID:712311-1457008200-1457013600@www.hrnk.org 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160301T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160301T143000 DTSTAMP:20190107T132346Z CREATED:20190107T132346Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132346Z UID:712316-1456821000-1456842600@www.hrnk.org 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT 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 END:VEVENT 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 END:VEVENT 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 END:VEVENT 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 END:VEVENT 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 END:VEVENT 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 END:VEVENT 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 END:VEVENT 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 END:VEVENT 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 END:VEVENT 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT 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 END:VEVENT 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 END:VEVENT 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 DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/the-north-korea-outside-the-north-korean-state/ CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.hrnk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/1025463_1001245399920996_723921823567938394_o.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT 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 END:VEVENT 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  URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/korea-club-with-an-chanil-2/ CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.hrnk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/An.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151116T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151116T190000 DTSTAMP:20190107T132325Z CREATED:20190107T132323Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132325Z UID:712279-1447689600-1447700400@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:Affective Governance in North Korea: Sexuality and Sensuality in Socialist Feminism DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Suzy Kim\, Rutgers University \nSponsor: Center for Korean Studies (CKS) \n  \nWhile North Korea is often known for its top-down coercive mechanisms that enforce compliance\, such paternalistic order is complemented by maternal affect that elicits love and loyalty for the leaders. In effect\, women proved to be the primary cultural conduits\, and feminine tropes became models for emulation throughout society. Comparing North Korean women with other socialist female icons\, this talk explores how alternative femininities became markers of ideal citizens in the name of state feminism that professed equality for the sexes. Through an analysis of critical differences between various cultural works from films to operas\, the talk seeks to apprehend the diverse strategies to deal with the ‘woman question’ in North Korea and the possibilities opened up by multivariate socialist feminisms as varied ways to address the oppression of women. In doing so\, I deliberately challenge simplistic understandings of not only socialism\, but more importantly\, the socialist woman question\, illustrating the extent to which feminism was indeed part of the socialist agenda. \n About PROFESSOR SUZY KIM \n Professor Kim began teaching Korean Studies at Rutgers in 2010 and has previously taught at Emerson College\, Boston College\, and Oberlin College after receiving her Ph.D. in Modern Korean History at the University of Chicago. Her current research focuses on North Korean social history\, looking at changes in everyday life between 1945 after the end of Japanese colonial rule to 1950 before the start of the Korean War. Her research interests include critical theory\, gender studies\, and oral history. \n She is currently working on a manuscript titled Politics of Empowerment: Everyday Life in North Korea 1945-50\, examining the immediate post-colonial period of North Korean history from 1945 when Korea was liberated from Japanese colonial rule to 1950 before the start of the Korean War. Focusing on the local people's committees and mass organizations that were spontaneously organized and later centralized\, she reconstructs the beginnings of North Korean society through a micro-level study of everyday life\, informing more generally the underlying dynamic of how processes of social change come together with processes of ossification in the dialectic between agency and structure. \n  \nEvent Contact: cksassist@berkeley.edu\, 510-643-9787 URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/affective-governance-in-north-korea-sexuality-and-sensuality-in-socialist-feminism/ CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151030T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151030T110000 DTSTAMP:20190107T132327Z CREATED:20190107T132326Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132327Z UID:712282-1446197400-1446202800@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:North Korean House of Cards: Leadership Dynamics Under Kim Jong-un DESCRIPTION:The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK) â€‹cordially invites you to the launch of our new book:  \n North Korean House of Cards Leadership Dynamics Under Kim Jong-un \n Friday\, October 30\, 2015 9:30a.m. – 11:00a.m.   \nNational Press Club 13th Floor Holeman Lounge 529 14th Street Northwest\, Washington\, DC 20045  \n ​Presenters: Ken E. Gause Author\, North Korean House of Cards: Leadership Change Dynamics Under Kim Jong-un \n Discussants: David Maxwell Board Member\, HRNK Associate Director of the Center for Security Studies and the Security Studies Program\,  ​Georgetown University Colonel\, U.S. Army (Ret.) \n Patrick Cronin Senior Advisor and Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program\, Center for a New American Security (CNAS) \n Moderator: Greg Scarlatoiu  Executive Director\, HRNK ​\n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n​RSVP\n Space is limited. Please RSVP to Rosa Park\, HRNK Director of Programs\, at rosapark@hrnk.org by Wednesday\, October 28\, 2015.   \n \n ​Books Complimentary copies of the book will be available by the registration table.  \n Press The event will be on the record. Please indicate in your RSVP if you are press and if you plan to bring equipment.  ​ Refreshments Beverages and pastries will be available prior to the event.  \n Metro The closest red line metro station is Metro Center. The closest orange/blue/silver line metro station is Federal Triangle. Please refer to the map below.  \n Map\n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n  URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/north-korean-house-of-cards-leadership-dynamics-under-kim-jong-un-2/ CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.hrnk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Screen-Shot-2015-10-14-at-7-11-43-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151029T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151029T193000 DTSTAMP:20190107T132324Z CREATED:20190107T132323Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132324Z UID:712278-1446141600-1446147000@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:North Korea and Information Access DESCRIPTION:Sejun Park and Eun Byul Kown\, former DPRK refugees working for the North Korea Strategy Center\, a Seoul-based NGO founded in 2007\, speak to The Korea Society on the topic of information access for North Koreans and current efforts to share information with the DPRK citizenry on human rights and democracy. \n\nwith \n Sejun Park  CEO of North Korea Strategy Center [U.S. Office] \nEun Byul Kown Founder of LIBERTAS [Korea University] \n$10 Members\, $20 Guests \n5:30 PM | Registration & Light Fare 6:00 PM | Discussion \nIf you have any questions\, please contact Nikita Desai or (212) 759-7525\, ext. 355. \nAbout the Speakers\nSejun Park is the CEO of the U.S. office of North Korea Strategy Center (NKSC). Mr. Park was born in Hamheung\, North Korea. He graduated from Pyongyang Medical College\, Department of Dentistry in 1996 and was a dentist at the Hamheung National Dental Hospital for two years. In 1999\, Mr. Park defected to China but was arrested in 2001 and sent back to North Korea. He was detained in Cheongjin prison camp (Nongpo jipgyulso) for six months and defected again successfully in 2002. Mr. Park arrived in South Korea that year and went on to graduate from Yonsei University with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration in 2006. He worked at E. Land Group\, a South Korean corporation until 2010. Mr. Park is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree at the Yonsei University Graduate School of Public Administration in Political Science.   \nEun Byul Kwon is from Kangwon Province\, North Korea. After graduating from high school in North Korea\, she served as an infantrywoman in the Korean People's Army between 2004 – 2009\, then serving as a civilian in various military support divisions until 2010. Ms. Kwon defected to South Korea in 2010\, and is currently in her senior year of studies at Korea University majoring in Public Administration. Ms. Kwon is the founder and first president of LIBERTAS\, a North Korean human rights students group based at Korea University. In 2013 she spoke at Stanford\, and completed a leadership program in Washington DC the same year. She was an intern at North Korea Strategy Center for six months\, a contributor at NK News for 8 months\, and has won numerous awards for her participation in North Korean human rights and unification-related initiatives. In 2015 Ms. Kwon was the student manager for CNS Language School in the Philippines.  URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/north-korea-and-information-access/ CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151013T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151013T194500 DTSTAMP:20190107T132326Z CREATED:20190107T132326Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132326Z UID:712280-1444761000-1444765500@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:North Korea: Sanctions\, Inducements\, and Transitional Pasts DESCRIPTION:The Seiji Naya Asia-Pacific Lecture Series\nWhere: University of Hawaii at Manoa\, Business Administration (BUSAD) A-102\nWhen: Oct 13 2015 – 6:30pm until Oct 13 2015 – 7:45pm\nWhat: \n  \nThe 2015 Seiji Naya Asia-Pacific Lecture \nMARCUS NOLAND Executive Vice President and Director of Studies Peterson Institute for International Economics Washington\, D.C. \nNorth Korea: Sanctions\, Inducements\, and Transitional Paths \nPoor\, belligerent\, and repressive\, North Korea has confounded predictions of its collapse. Can the regime\, now in the third generation of hereditary leadership\, continue to manage the internal and external stresses that it confronts? What\, if anything\, can the outside world do to promote a trajectory that addresses the country’s manifest humanitarian needs\, and encourages less repressive internal practices and less fraught external relations? \nMarcus Noland has a BA from Swarthmore College and a PhD from Johns Hopkins University. He was previously a senior economist at Council of Economic Advisers in the Executive Office of the President of the United States.  He is currently Executive Vice President and Director of Studies at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and a senior fellow at the East-West Center.  Noland is the author of Korea after Kim Jong-il(2004)\, Avoiding the Apocalypse: The Future of the Two Koreas (2000)\, Witness to Transformation: Refugee Insights into North Korea (2011)\, and Famine in North Korea: Markets\, Aid\, and Reform (2007).  His latest book is Confronting the Curse: The Economics and Geopolitics of Natural Resource Governance (2014). \n  \nThe Seiji Naya Asia-Pacific Lecture Series was established in honor of Seiji Naya\, who is professor emeritus and former chair of the UH-Mānoa Dept. of Economics. He served as chief economist of the Asian Development Bank\, program director at the East-West Center\, and Direc­tor of the Hawaii State Department of Business\, Economic Development\, and Tourism.  Professor Naya is widely recognized for his contributions to understanding development issues in Southeast Asia.  \nSponsored by \nUH-Mānoa Department of Economics \nUH Center for Korean Studies \nEast-West Center URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/north-korea-sanctions-inducements-and-transitional-pasts/ CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151008T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151008T203000 DTSTAMP:20190107T132326Z CREATED:20190107T132326Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132326Z UID:712281-1444329000-1444336200@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:Daily Life in North Korea: A Video Presentation DESCRIPTION:The U.S-Korea Institute at SAIS\, the Sejong Society of Washington\, D.C.\, and the Korean American Sharing Movement present: \nDaily Life in North Korea: A Video Presentation\nFeaturing: Pastor Seung Eun Kim Caleb Mission \n Thursday\, October 8\, 2015 6:30-8:00pm *A light dinner will be available at 6:00pm \nBenjamin T. Rome Auditorium Johns Hopkins SAIS 1619 Massachusetts Ave NW Washington\, D.C.\, 20036 \nThis event will provide a rare opportunity to get a glimpse of daily lives inside North Korea\, particularly in areas far away from Pyongyang. Numerous reports and comments by North Korean watchers have been voiced recently on how quickly daily life inside North Korea has been changing. Pastor Kim will present video clippings recorded from various settings\, especially jangmadangs (open markets)\, taken in locations far away from Pyongyang that will confirm such comments. \nScenes of non-seasonal fruits and other foreign (many South Korean) products on display for sale at open markets will provide a glimpse of changing and improving life for ordinary people in North Korea\, although the difference in average living standards between Pyongyang and other cities may remain deep. This event will foster a deeper understanding of the changes occurring in North Korea and contribute to discussions about the future of the Korean peninsula. \nPlease RSVP below by October 7.  \nPastor Seung Eun Kim began his missionary work aimed at North Koreans in 1998. In 2000\, he helped a group of North Koreans leave China and arrive in South Korea during his first rescue activity. Since then\, Pastor Kim and his organization have rescued countless numbers of North Koreans from China and from inside North Korea for eventual resettlement in South Korea. He founded the Caleb Mission in 2006 (based in the city of Cheon-ahn\, about 60 miles south of Seoul\, South Korea). Pastor Kim is one of the most widely known activists for rescuing North Korean refugees and is particularly well known for his extensive video recordings of daily lives taped inside North Korea over many years. He twice succeeding in rescuing North Korean refugees in international waters\, an extremely rare accomplishment. \nHe has appeared on leading daily newspapers and TV channels in South Korea\, such as KBS\, MBC\, TV Chosun\, Channel A\, and international media such as the BBC World\, NHK (Japan)\, LA Times\, CNN\, HBO\, ZDF and Reuters to give up-to-date news and scenes from inside North Korea. His work was covered extensively in several documentaries that focused on the escapes of North Korean refugees. One of the documentaries was nominated as a finalist for the International Emmy Awards in 2013. His new book\, “The Rescuer\,” was published (in Korean) in January 2015. Pastor Kim graduated from the Hanyeong Theological Seminary and the Baekseok Divinity School in South Korea. URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/daily-life-in-north-korea-a-video-presentation/ CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR