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DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/north-korean-human-rights-is-there-a-way-forward-2/ CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170725T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170725T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T022506 CREATED:20190107T125126Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T125128Z UID:712112-1501005600-1501012800@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:NORTH KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS: IS THERE A WAY FORWARD? DESCRIPTION:  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPROGRAM \nDate: Tuesday\, July 25\, 2017\nVenue: International Conference Hall B2\, Minerva Complex\, HUFS\n  \n  \n1. Opening of Ceremony ————————————— Greg Scarlatoiu \nModerator \nExecutive Director\, HRNK \n2. Keynote Speech ————————————— H.E. Jung-Hoon Lee \n             Ambassador for North Korean Human Rights\, \nMinistry of Foreign Affairs\, Republic of Korea \n“North Korean Human Rights: Past\, Present\, Future” \n  \n  \n3. Speakers ———————————————————–Signe Poulsen \nRepresentative\, UN Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights (Seoul) “The Balance between Accountability and Engagement” \n  \nKwang-Jin Kim \nSenior Researcher\, ROK Institute for National Security Strategy \n“An Update on Kim Regime Dynamics and Overseas Economic Activities” \n  \nKwang-Il Jeong \nPolitical Prison Camp Survivor Director and Founder\, “No Fence for North Korea” “From Political Prison Camp Survivor to Information Warrior \n  \nTim A. Peters \nFounder-Managing Director of Helping Hands Korea “Beyond Conventional Approaches: Asymmetric Border Initiatives Aiding \nNorth Koreans in Crisis” \n  \nAmanda Mortwedt Oh Seoul-based Field Project Officer\, HRNK \n“A View from Above: Using Satellite Imagery to Investigate Crimes against Humanity” \n— \nRaymond Ha HRNK Editorial Consultant/Stanford University Korean-English Interpretation \n  \n  \n4. Q & A Session ——————————————————-Moderator \n  \n  \n5. Closing of Ceremony ———————————————–Moderator \n  \n6. Commemorative Photographing \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe North Korean Human Rights Situation \nFor almost 70 years\, North Korea’s human rights record has been abysmal. Almost thirty years after the collapse of communism in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe\, North Korea’s Kim regime has maintained its absolute grip on power\, while accomplishing two hereditary transmissions of power: from Kim Il-sung to Kim Jong-il in July 1994\, and from Kim Jong-il to Kim Jong-un in December 2011. The primary strategic objective of the Kim regime continues to be its own self-preservation\, regardless of the toll imposed on the North Korean people’s fundamental human rights. \nAlthough North Korea is bound\, as a UN member state\, by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights\, and although it is a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights\, the International Covenant on Economic\, Social\, and Cultural Rights\, the Convention on the Rights of the Child\, the Genocide Convention\, and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women\, each and every conceivable human right continues to be violated in that country. In the year 2017\, North Korea remains the only country on the face of the planet that is running a political prison camp system. Up to 120\,000 men\, women\, and children continue to be brutally persecuted behind the barbed wire fences of North Korea’s political prison camps\, subjected to unrelenting induced malnutrition\, forced labor\, torture\, sexual violence as well as public and secret executions. Those suspected of being disloyal to the regime\, of being\, from the regime’s viewpoint\, wrong-thinkers\, wrong-doers\, of possessing wrong knowledge\, of having engaged in wrong associations\, or of coming from the wrong family background\, are subjected to extrajudicial arrest and detention\, often together with members of three generations of their families. They are held in North Korea’s hidden gulag indefinitely\, in most cases without charge or hope for recourse. \nIn the year 2017\, pursuant to Songbun—a system of social discrimination established in the 1950s—the people of North Korea continue to be divided into three social categories and 51 subcategories\, based on their degree of loyalty to the regime\, and on the perceived allegiance of their parents and grandparents. Their access to food\, jobs\, and any type of opportunity continues to depend on their social classification. In the mid to late 1990s\, as up to 3 million North Koreans starved to death\, the Kim regime continued to invest in the development of its ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs\, and purchased dozens of jet fighters. \nHuman Rights Trends under the Kim Jong-un Regime \nThe human rights situation has deteriorated under the Kim Jong-un regime. Three trends stand out in particular: an aggressive crackdown on attempted defections—the number of North Korean escapees arriving in South Korea declined by almost 50% from 2011 to 2012/2017; an aggressive purge—culminating in the execution of Jang Sung-taek\, the leader’s uncle\, and his associates in December 2013 as well as the assassination of Kim Jong-un’s half-brother Kim Jong-nam with VX nerve gas at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in February 2017\, and more than 340 senior officials reportedly executed since 2012; and the “restructuring” of North Korea’s political prison camp system—facilities near the border with China have been closed\, while other camps have been expanded. \nThe UN Commission of Inquiry (COI) \nOn March 21\, 2013\, the United Nations Human Rights Council—composed of 47 UN member states—adopted by consensus a resolution to establish a “Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (COI).” While NGOs such as HRNK\, tasked to monitor\, research and report on the North Korean human rights situation\, had been aware of the extent of the North Korean human rights violations for many years\, this was the first time that an investigative body was established by the United Nations to determine the extent and gravity of North Korea’s human rights abuses. \nAfter investigating “the systematic\, widespread and grave violations of human rights” in North Korea\, the COI released its report on February 17\, 2014\, one month ahead of the formal submission to the UN Human Rights Council on March 17. The report finds that “in many instances\, the violations found entailed crimes against humanity based on State policies.”[1]  \nIn 2014\, 2015\, 2016 and 2017\, the UN Human Rights Council passed resolutions including strong language on crimes against humanity committed pursuant to policies established at the highest level of the state in North Korea\, and the recommendation that the UN Security Council submit the North Korean case to the International Criminal Court. In 2014\, 2015\, and 2016\, the UN General Assembly passed similar resolutions. In December 2014\, 2015\, and 2016\, the UN Security Council voted to include North Korean human rights in its agenda\, next to North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs. Following up on the recommendations of the UN COI\, in June 2015\, a UN field office was established in Seoul to continue the commission’s investigative work. \nThe COI’s Findings \nThe COI has determined that systematic\, widespread and gross human rights violations have been\, and are being\, committed by North Korea. These include: \n\narbitrary detention\, torture\, executions and enforced disappearance to political prison camps;\nviolations of the freedoms of thought\, expression and religion;\ndiscrimination on the basis of State-assigned social class\, gender\, and disability\nviolations of the freedom of movement and residence\, including the right to leave one’s own country;\nviolations of the right to food and related aspects of the right to life ; and\nenforced disappearance of persons from other countries\, including through international abductions.\n\nIn light of the gravity\, scale and level of organization of these violations\, the COI has concluded that crimes against humanity have been committed by officials of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea\, pursuant to policies established at the highest level of the State. These crimes against humanity involve extermination\, murder\, enslavement\, torture\, imprisonment\, rape\, forced abortions and other sexual violence\, persecution on political\, religious\, racial and gender grounds\, the forcible transfer of populations\, the enforced disappearance of persons and the inhumane act of knowingly causing prolonged starvation. The COI has also established that crimes against humanity continue to be committed in North Korea because the policies\, institutions and patterns of impunity that lie at their heart remain in place. \nOne of the most important determinations made by the COI is that North Korea can be characterized as a totalitarian state that does not content itself with ensuring the authoritarian rule of a small group of people\, but seeks to dominate every aspect of its citizens’ lives and terrorizes them from within. In other words\, the COI has found that crimes against humanity and other abysmal human rights violations are at the very core of the North Korean regime’s modus operandi. The COI has characterized North Korea as “a state that does not have any parallel in the contemporary world\,” due to the “gravity\, scale\, and nature of the violations committed” by the North Korean regime. \nThe Victims of North Korea’s Crimes against Humanity \nThe COI determined that crimes against humanity target anyone viewed as a threat to the political system and leadership of North Korea\, in particular: \n\nthe estimated 80\,000-120\,000 inmates of the DPRK’s political prison camps;\ninmates of other detention facilities\, including political prisoners;\npersons who try to escape North Korea\, in particular those forcibly repatriated by China to conditions of danger;\nreligious believers\, Christians in particular;\npeople considered to introduce “subversive” influences into North Korea\, such as those who smuggle South Korean video material into North Korea\, or those who are suspected of having had contacts with South Koreans;\nthe COI determined that crimes against humanity have been committed by deliberately starving selected segments of the North Korean population\, in particular during the great famine of the 1990s. The purpose of de facto condemning targeted groups to death by starvation was the preservation of North Korea’s leadership and political system;\nthe COI found that crimes against humanity have been\, and are being committed against the citizens of the Republic of Korea\, Japan\, and other countries abducted by agents of the North Korean regime.\n\nThe Way Forward \nAlthough North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missile programs continue to take center stage\, it is essential to continue to investigate and interview witnesses\, and to continue to bring attention to the systematic\, widespread crimes against humanity and egregious human rights violations perpetrated by the North Korean regime\, to protect the victims\, to bring justice to their tormentors\, and\, without further delay\, to seek ways to improve the human rights situation in that country. \n  \nKeynote Speaker \nHis Excellency Lee-Jung Hoon \nAmbassador for North Korean Human Rights\, Ministry of Foreign Affairs\, Republic of Korea \nDirector Yonsei Center for Human Liberty \nJung-Hoon Lee is the ROK government’s inaugural Ambassador for North Korean Human Rights. Before his appointment in September\, he served for three years as Ambassador for Human Rights. He is also a professor of international relations at Yonsei University\, where he is currently Director of the Yonsei Center for Human Liberty\, which he founded in January 2014. The Center has played an active role in raising awareness and providing a venue for collaboration in research\, media outlet\, and NGO/think tank network. His former positions include research and teaching at U.C. Berkeley\, University of Tokyo\, CSIS in Washington\, D.C.\, and Keio University. He is currently a senior member of South Korea’s National Unification Advisory Council and policy advisor at the Ministry of Unification. In the latter case\, he chaired the Advisory Committee for Humanitarian Affairs. Other main commitments include his role as Co-Chair of Save NK\, an NGO dealing mainly with North Korean human rights\, Chairman of the Future Korea Weekly\, a bi-weekly current affairs magazine based on Christian and conservative values\, and Vice-Chair of the Supporter’s Group for ‘House of Sharing’ where several remaining “comfort women” are housed. He is also Chair/CEO of the Board of Tongwon Foundation that houses Tongwon University\, Hanyoung Foreign Language High School\, Hanyoung High School\, Hanyoung Junior High School\, Hanyoung Kindergarten\, and Kukje Haksulwon\, a research think-tank. Ambassador Lee also hosted a weekly TV program on current affairs for five years\, and his writing and commentary frequently appear in local and foreign media. His contributions to over a hundred op-ed articles have been compiled into a book that was recently published entitled Tongbukah Kyŏkrang ui Hanbokpanesŏ [In the Midst of a Northeast Asian Current]. His most recent journal article\, “Drawing the Line: Combating Atrocities in North Korea\,” was published in The Washington Quarterly’s summer 2016 issue. He received his BA from Tufts University\, MALD from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy\, and PhD from the University of Oxford (St. Antony’s College). \n  \nModerator \nGreg Scarlatoiu \nExecutive Director Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK) \nFaculty Member HUFS ISS \nGreg Scarlatoiu is Executive Director of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK) in Washington\, D.C. At HRNK\, he plans\, coordinates\, manages and conducts research and outreach programs aiming to focus world attention on human rights abuses in North Korea\, and to seek creative solutions for improving the human rights situation in that country. A regular guest on CNN and Al Jazeera TV as well as the John Batchelor radio show\, he has authored a weekly radio column broadcast by Radio Free Asia to North Korea for fourteen years. Scarlatoiu has authored numerous journal articles as well as op-eds and letters to the editor in publications including The Washington Post and The New York Times. Scarlatoiu is a member of the board of directors of the International Council of Korean Studies. A returning visiting professor at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS) in Seoul\, Scarlatoiu co-chairs the Korea and Japan class at the U.S. State Department’s Foreign Service Institute. He has testified before the U.S. Congress on several occasions\, and given lectures addressing the Korean peninsula at numerous U.S. academic institutions as well as other venues in Asia\, North and South America\, and Europe. Now a naturalized U.S. citizen\, Scarlatoiu was born and raised in communist Romania under the regime of Nicolae Ceausescu. He  lived in Seoul for 10 years and is fluent in Korean\, French and Romanian. He holds MAs in international relations from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy\, Tufts University\, and Seoul National University\, and a BA in international relations from Seoul National University. In 1999\, Scarlatoiu was conferred the title of Citizen of Honor\, City of Seoul. Scarlatoiu is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Council on Korean Studies (ICKS). \nPrior to joining HRNK\, Scarlatoiu was the Director of Public Affairs and Business Issues of the Korea Economic Institute (KEI) in Washington\, D.C. In that capacity\, he planned\, designed and implemented outreach programs to educate Americans on developments on the Korean peninsula and U.S.-Korea relations both inside and outside of Washington\, DC. Before his work with KEI\, he was Management Associate for the International Science and Technology Institute\, Inc. (ISTI) in Arlington\, Virginia. He was tasked with business development\, project management\, technical assistance implementation\, and liaising with multilateral and bilateral development agencies\, partners\, and clients under USAID\, World Bank and Asian Development Bank projects worldwide. \n  \nSpeakers \nSigne Poulsen \nRepresentative \nOffice of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (Seoul) \nSigne Poulsen has served as the Representative of OHCHR(Seoul) since August 2015. Prior to this\, she served in various capacities for the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights including postings in Liberia\, Timor-Leste\, Kyrgyzstan\, Papua New Guinea. Before joining the United Nations Ms. Poulsen worked in international human rights organizations including Amnesty International. She is a Danish national and holds a MSc. From the London School of Economics and Political Science. \nJeong Kwang-il \nPolitical Prison Camp Survivor \nFounder and Director\, No Chain for North Korea \nMr. Jeong Kwang-il was a prisoner at No.15 Yodeok Political Penal-labor Colony for three years\, from 1999 to 2002. He is currently one of the best-known former North Koreans involved in outreach activities aiming to expose North Korea’s human rights violations and to inform the international public opinion on the human rights situation in that country. Mr. Jeong’s UN testimony was critical in passing a resolution on North Korean human rights by the UN General Assembly in the fall of 2014. He has provided testimony to UN representatives in New York City and Geneva and human rights organizations around the world. He has also been compiling lists of prisoner names in North Korea\, a rare asset in the hands of the North Korean human rights investigator. Such information will prove critical to the accountability and transitional justice process in North Korea. \nTim A. Peters \nFounder-Managing Director \nHelping Hands Korea (HHK)/Catacombs \nTim Peters is a Christian activist and founder of the NGO\, Helping Hands Korea_Catacombs (HHK). In 1996\, HHK undertook a fundamental shift in focus from projects in South Korea to the needs of North Koreans in crisis. In response to news of famine in North Korea\, Peters began by launching a pilot program to provide food aid to the most vulnerable sectors of North Korean society. Through these efforts and frequent innovations over 21 years\, asymmetric avenues of aid delivery have been developed to reach the most vulnerable as well as maximize transparency in distribution\, a chronic challenge for aid groups to North Korea. From 1998\, HHK undertook the additional task of assisting North Koreans in China who had fled famine and oppression in their own country only to find their lives also at risk in China. Emergency aid to North Korean refugees in China in their bid to escape to third countries via the so-called ‘underground railroad’ has included secret shelters\, food\, clothing\, emergency medical treatment\, and logistical support in transportation\, communication\, etc. Melanie Kirkpatrick’s landmark book\, Escape from North Korea\, The Untold Story of Asia’s Underground Railroad\, cites HHK’s aid work repeatedly in her groundbreaking 2012 study of Christian humanitarian assistance provided to escapees who flee DPRK tyranny. Since 2005\, aid by HHK in China to orphaned children of forcibly repatriated North Korean refugee women has also grown into a significant aspect of HHK’s work. \nMr. Peters’ has given U.S. Congressional testimony on three occasions between 2002 and 2005 and twice (2012 and 2014) to the U.K. Parliament’s All Party Parliamentary Group on North Korea. Peters’ written submission to the 4/28/2004 hearing of the U.S. House of Representatives  International Relations Committee\,“Korean Pathetique: A Symphony of Refugee Tears Unheeded” contains the essence of his analysis and policy recommendations as requested by the World Economic Forum later in 2004. Peters formalized this study as a chapter in the collaborative volume\, Korea Confronts the Future (2005). In 2015 Peters authored “Beset from Within; Beleaguered from Without: The North Korean Catacombs in an Era of Extermination\,” a case study chapter dealing with the history and current persecution of Christians on the Korean Peninsula in the book\, Freedom of Belief and Christian Mission\, Vol. 28 of the Regnum Edinburgh Centenary Series (Oxford). \nPeters’ Christian activism was profiled in a cover story of TIME magazine (Asia) on May 1st of 2006 and HHK has received periodic attention in the international media. In 2007 The Wall Street Journal recommended Peters for the Nobel Peace Prize. HHK’s founder was the recipient of the 2008 St. Stephen’s Prize in Oslo\, presented by Norway’s former Prime Minister\, Kjell Bondevik\, on behalf of the human rights organization\, Stefanus Alliance International. \nKim Kwang-jin \nSenior Researcher \nROK Institute for National Security Strategy (INSS)/HRNK \nAs non-resident fellow at the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea\, Mr. Kim Kwang-jin is an invaluable\, experienced resource shedding light into the darkest corners of the North Korean regime‘s secret and illegal international financial operations. His revelations have saved re-insurance companies tens of millions of dollars and brought an end to an important method the corrupt regime purloined from foreign sources the funds it needed to maintain its internal oppression. \nIn September 2003\, Kim Kwang-jin and his family rushed to an airport in Southeast Asia to fly to freedom in Seoul\, South Korea. Months earlier\, Mr. Kim lived a privileged life working for the government’s overseas banking operations in Singapore. Then\, Mr. Kim fell out of favor after he was suspected of leaking information about the regime to foreign nationals. Before being summoned back to North Korea to face severe punishment\, Kim made the decision to defect with his family. During his banking career\, Mr. Kim helped earn millions of dollars for what he calls North Korea's “Royal Court Economy\,” i.e.\, the enterprises and often illegal schemes that financially supported the country’s totalitarian regime. \nSince arriving in South Korea\, Mr. Kim has served as an analyst at the ROK Institute for National Security Strategy.  A household name on TV and radio programs addressing North Korea\, he has worked as a consultant for the ROK Unification Ministry as well as media organizations including KBS\, MBC\, and RFA. He is a standing member of the ROK National Unification Advisory Council (NUAC). His educational background includes completion of Ph.D. course work and an MBA in Finance and Insurance from Kookmin University (Seoul\, 2014\, 2012)\, a Master’s in Economics/IT of North Korea at the University of North Korean Studies (Seoul\, 2008)\, and a BA in British Literature from Kim Il Sung University (Pyongyang\, 1989). Working for the North Korean regime\, Mr. Kim served as Singapore Representative of North East Asia Bank (2002-2003); an agent of the Korean Foreign Insurance Company and North East Asia Bank\, Pyongyang\, (1998-2002)\, and Professor of the Pyongyang Computer College (1991-1997).  He has published numerous papers and articles on the North Korean economy and the current power transition in North Korea\, including: “Gulag\, Inc.—The Use of Forced Labor in North Korea’s Export Industries” (HRNK\, 2016); “After Kim Jong-il: Can We Hope for Better Human Rights Protection?” (HRNK\, 2009\, 2011); “Financial Institutions in North Korea and Their Role”(2016); “North Korea's Provocations after Presidential Elections in South Korea”(2012); “On KWP's Role and Its Prospect in Power Transition to Kim Jong-eun” (2011); “The Defector's Tale\, Inside North Korea's Secret Economy”\, World Affairs Journal (2011); “Kim Jong Il’s Royal Court Economy and Destruction of the People’s Economy” (2008); “The Change of North Korea’s Foreign Exchange Control System and its Increasing Dependence on Foreign Currency” (2008); “The Dollarization of North Korea Economy and Kim Jong Il’s Royal Court Economy” (2007); “The Korea Foreign Trade Bank and North Korea’s Foreign Exchange Control System” (2007); and “The US Financial Sanctions Regime on North Korea and Its Prospect” (2006) \nAmanda Mortwedt Oh \nProject Officer \nHRNK \nAmanda Mortwedt Oh is a project officer at HRNK in charge of a series of more than 30 studies monitoring and investigating North Korea’s political prison camps through satellite imagery and escapee testimony. Her research focuses on human rights\, international criminal law\, and North Korea’s prison camps. Amanda authored a report that was submitted to the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in North Korea (COI) on behalf of HRNK and co-authored a Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights study calling for a “Rights Up Front” policy toward North Korea. She holds a Master of Laws in International Law (LLM) degree from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University\, where she studied “North Korean State and Society” and wrote her thesis on North Korea and transitional justice. Amanda also serves as an attorney in the U.S. Army Reserve Judge Advocate General's Corps. \n  \nKorean-English Interpretation \nRaymond Ha \nEditorial Consultant \nHRNK \nStanford University \nRaymond Ha is an editorial consultant for HRNK\, and was the Office Manager & Outreach Coordinator from 2014 to 2016. He has participated in editorial work on publications including North Korean House of Cards: Leadership Dynamics Under Kim Jong-un; Arsenal of Terror: North Korea\, State Sponsor of Terrorism; Pyongyang Republic: North Korea's Capital of Human Rights Denial; and Gulag\, Inc.: The Use of Forced Labor in North Korea's Export Industries. He has a B.A. in Politics from Princeton University and is currently a Ph.D. student in Political Science at Stanford University. \n  \n\n\n[1] Human Rights Council\, A.HRC.25.63\, Report of the commission of inquiry on human rights in the Democratic Republic of Korea\, February 17\, 2014\, http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/CoIDPRK/Pages/ReportoftheCommissionofInquiryDPRK.aspx.  URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/north-korean-human-rights-is-there-a-way-forward/ CATEGORIES:Events,HRNK Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.hrnk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2017-07-18-at-5_34_00-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170720T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170720T180000 DTSTAMP:20260410T022506 CREATED:20190107T132538Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132538Z UID:712474-1500555600-1500573600@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:Bridging Borders: Lessons from Cuba and Myanmar for North Korea's underground media DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/bridging-borders-lessons-from-cuba-and-myanmar-for-north-koreas-underground-media/ CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170718T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170718T140000 DTSTAMP:20260410T022506 CREATED:20190107T132538Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132539Z UID:712476-1500372000-1500386400@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:International Forum for ONE KOREA by Global Peace Foundation DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/international-forum-for-one-korea-by-global-peace-foundation/ CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170626T091500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170626T170000 DTSTAMP:20260410T022506 CREATED:20190107T132538Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132539Z UID:712475-1498468500-1498496400@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:Leadership Dynamics: The Korean Peninsula in the Moon and Trump Era JoongAng Ilbo-CSIS Forum 2017 DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/leadership-dynamics-the-korean-peninsula-in-the-moon-and-trump-era-joongang-ilbo-csis-forum-2017/ CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170624T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170624T160000 DTSTAMP:20260410T022506 CREATED:20190107T132538Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132540Z UID:712477-1498312800-1498320000@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:Dear Leader: Q&A with a former North Korean poet propagandist DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/dear-leader-qa-with-a-former-north-korean-poet-propagandist/ CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170622T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170622T180000 DTSTAMP:20260410T022506 CREATED:20190107T125126Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T125126Z UID:712109-1498118400-1498154400@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:The Annual Conference of ICKS: THE CHANGING SITUATION ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA: CHALLENGES FOR NEW PRESIDENTS IN 2017 DESCRIPTION:  \nTHE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF \nTHE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON KOREAN STUDIES \njointly with \nCOMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN NORTH KOREA AND \nKOREA ECONOMIC INSTITUTE OF AMERICA \n  \nTHE CHANGING SITUATION ON\nTHE KOREAN PENINSULA:\nCHALLENGES FOR NEW PRESIDENTS IN 2017\n  \nJune 22\, 2017\, Thursday \nKorea Economic Institute of America \n1800 K Street\, NW Suite 1010\, Washington\, DC 20006 \n  \nClick here to RSVP \n Conference Schedule: 8:00 AM \n Registration \n 8:45–9:00 AM \n Opening Remarks Dr. Bruce E. Bechtol\, Jr.\, President International Council of Korean Studies and Angelo State University   Honorable Donald Manzullo\, President Korea Economic Institute of America Mr. Greg Scarlatoiu\, Executive Director Committee for Human Rights in North Korea 9:00–11:45 AM \n Panel I: Human Rights in North Korea Moderator: Mr. Christopher J. Griffin Executive Director\, Foreign Policy Initiative Papers: “The North Korean Gulag Humanitarian Crisis: A Military Perspective” Mr. Robert Collins\, Committee for Human Rights in North Korea “The North Korean Gulag and International Humanitarian Action: A Human Rights Perspective” Ms. Roberta Cohen\, Committee for Human Rights in North Korea  “Overseas North Korean Laborers” Mr. Greg Scarlatoiu\, Committee for Human Rights in North Korea Discussants: Dr. Steve Noerper\, Korea Society and Columbia University Mr. David Chulwoo Lee\, Korean-American Public Affairs Committee Dr. Bruce E. Bechtol Jr.\, Angelo State University   12:00–1:45 PM \n Luncheon and Luncheon Speech Sponsored by the Korea Economic Institute of America “Topic to be announced” General John H. Tilelli\, Jr.\, USA (Retired)\, Co-Chairman Council on U.S.-Korean Security Studies (U.S. Council)  Introduced by Dr. Bruce E. Bechtol Jr. 2:00 – 3:45 PM \n Panel II: Prospects for Korea’s Economy  Moderator: Dr. Anthony Bartl\, Angelo State University  Papers: “Population Prospects for the ROK to 2040: Impending Changes and Their Implications” Dr. Nicholas Eberstadt\, American Enterprise Institute “THAAD and Economic Relations with China” Mr. Troy Stangarone\, Korea Economic Institute of America “The Strategic Case for Korea to Join the ‘TPP 11” Mr. Kyle Ferrier\, Korea Economic Institute of America Discussants: Mr. William Brown\, Korea Economic Institute of America Mr. David Maxwell\, Georgetown University Mr. William Newcomb\, Former UN Security Council Panel\, DPRK\, Panel of Experts 3:45–4:00 PM \n Coffee Break  \n 4:00–5:45 PM \n Panel III: Korea and Major Powers: The Quest for Peace and Security   Moderator: Dr. Jai Poong Ryu\, Professor Emeritus\, Loyola University Maryland and President\, One Korea Foundation Papers: “China and the Korean Peninsula” Mr. Gordon G. Chang\, Forbes.com “Japan’s Role in North Korean Security Issues” Mr. James Durand\, International Council of Korean Studies  “The United States and the Korean Peninsula” Mr. James Kendall\, Sasakawa Peace Foundation Discussants: Dr. Andrew Scobell\, Rand Dr. Douglass Streusand\, Marine Corps University Mr. George Hutchinson\, George Mason University  5:45–6:00 PM \n Closing Remarks  Dr. Bruce E. Bechtol\, Jr.\, President International Council of Korean Studies and Angelo State University Honorable Donald Manzullo\, President Korea Economic Institute of America Mr. Greg Scarlatoiu\, Executive Director Committee for Human Rights in North Korea 6:00 PM   \n End of the Conference URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/the-annual-conference-of-icks-the-changing-situation-on-the-korean-peninsula-challenges-for-new-presidents-in-2017/ CATEGORIES:Events,HRNK Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.hrnk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/icks_composite_image_2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170607T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170607T210000 DTSTAMP:20260410T022506 CREATED:20190107T132538Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132538Z UID:712473-1496860200-1496869200@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:Korea Club with the U.S. Department of State DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/korea-club-with-the-u-s-department-of-state-2/ CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170607T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170607T210000 DTSTAMP:20260410T022506 CREATED:20190107T125126Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T125127Z UID:712111-1496860200-1496869200@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:Korea Club with the U.S. Department of State DESCRIPTION:  \nKorea Club  \nWednesday |  June 7\, 2017 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm \n U.S. Korea Policy: Issues\, Priorities\, Prospects \nGuest Speakers:  \nJames Applegate Chief of DPRK Unit in the Office of Korean Affairs U.S. Department of State & Will Cobb Chief of ROK Unit in the Office of Korean Affairs  U.S. Department of State \n Woo Lae Oak Korean Restaurant 8240 Leesburg Pike Vienna\, VA 22182   \nDear Colleague: \nYou are invited to attend a meeting of the Korea Club on Wednesday\, June 7\, 2017. The event will feature Mr. James Applegate\, Chief of DPRK Unit and Mr. Will Cobb\, Chief of ROK Unit at the Office of Korean Affairs in the U.S. Department of State\, who will give a presentation entitled\, “U.S. Korea Policy: Issues\, Priorities\, Prospects.” \n James ApplegateJames Applegate is the Chief of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Unit in the Office of Korean Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.  Prior to taking this assignment\, Mr. Applegate served as Deputy Counselor for United Nations Affairs at the U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Vienna\, Austria (UNVIE) (2013-2016).  His other overseas assignments include Kabul\, Afghanistan (2012-2013); Canberra\, Australia (2009-2011); and Guangzhou\, China (2007-2009).  He also served as a Watch Officer and Senior Watch Officer in the Department’s 24-hour Operations Center\, which monitors developing crises around the world.  A graduate of Michigan State University\, Mr. Applegate spent two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Armenia before joining the Foreign Service.  \nWill CobbWill Cobb is the Chief of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Unit in the Office of Korean Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.  Prior to taking this assignment\, Mr. Cobb served as a Special Assistant to Secretary of State John Kerry.  His overseas assignments include Mexico (2008-2010)\, Nicaragua (2010-2012) and Colombia (2013-2015.  In addition to working for the former Secretary\, his Washington assignments include the Operations Center as a Watch Officer and his current assignment.  Mr. Cobb also spent seven years as a business consultant with Deloitte and Booz Allen Hamilton.  He attended the United States Coast Guard Academy and obtained his MBA at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  Mr. Cobb is married to Pam Cobb who is also a Foreign Service officer.  \n  \nPlease note\, this EVENT WILL BE OFF THE RECORD.   \nPROGRAM DETAILS \nThe reception will begin at 6:30 pm\, followed by dinner at 7:00 pm\, and the speaker’s presentation and Q & A session. The program will conclude at 9:00 pm. The cost of the dinner is $25.00\, payable at the door by either check or cash. \nRSVP is required for this program. Seating is limited. To register for this program or for further questions\, please e-mail your confirmation to Sang Kim\, Director of Public Affairs\, at sk@keia.org. \n WOO LAE OAK RESTAURANT IN TYSONS CORNER \nThe evening program will be held at Woo Lae Oak Korean restaurant in Tysons Corner—see address above. The program will start at 6:30 pm with a cash bar\, set up inside the Korea Club conference room on the 1st floor of the restaurant. For more information on Woo Lae Oak\, please take a few minutes to visit the restaurant’s website:  http://www.woolaeoak.com. \n FOR DRIVERS \nWoo Lae Oak is conveniently located in the heart of Tysons Corner. If you need assistance locating the restaurant\, please call the restaurant (703-827-7300). Ample free parking is available in the restaurant’s multi-story parking garage. \n FOR METRO RIDERS \nSilver Line stop at Greensboro Metro Station. The restaurant is located just south of Greensboro Metro Station. Upon arriving at Greensboro Metro Station\, please exit using the West Entrance Exit. For step-by-step directions\, please use  http://wmata.com. URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/korea-club-with-the-u-s-department-of-state/ CATEGORIES:Events,HRNK Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.hrnk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-3_33_58-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170602T171500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170602T190000 DTSTAMP:20260410T022506 CREATED:20190107T132528Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132530Z UID:712462-1496423700-1496430000@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:The Birth of Materialism in the DPRK (SOAS Centre of Korean Studies) DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/the-birth-of-materialism-in-the-dprk-soas-centre-of-korean-studies/ CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170525T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170525T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T022506 CREATED:20190107T132534Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132536Z UID:712471-1495731600-1495742400@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:Voices from North Korea: Defectors' Stories DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/voices-from-north-korea-defectors-stories/ CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170524T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170524T213000 DTSTAMP:20260410T022506 CREATED:20190107T132534Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132535Z UID:712470-1495650600-1495661400@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:North Korea: a different perspective (public lecture) DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/north-korea-a-different-perspective-public-lecture/ CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170524T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170524T153000 DTSTAMP:20260410T022506 CREATED:20190107T132534Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132536Z UID:712472-1495618200-1495639800@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:ICC Capitol Hill Policy Day DESCRIPTION:Capitol Hill Policy Day: Human Rights and Religious Freedom in North Korea \n\n\nMay 24\, 2017 Rayburn House Office Building – Room 2200 Agenda \n9:00 am – 9:30 am – Registration 9:30 am – 10:50 am – Introduction and Opening Remarks \n\n\n  Jeff King\, International Christian Concern\, President \n\n\n  Joseph Kim\, North Korean Defector and Ted Talk Speaker \n\n\n  Bruce Klingner\, Heritage Foundation\, Senior Fellow \n\n\n  Melanie Kirkpatrick\, Hudson Institute\, Senior Fellow \n\n\n  Congressman Chris Smith\, House Subcommittee on Africa\, Global Health\, Global Human \nRights & International Organizations\, Chairman \n\n\n  Senator Ted Cruz\, Senate Committee on Armed Services\, Member \n\n\n10:50 am – 11:00 am – Morning Break 11:00 am – 11:30 pm – Individual Remarks \n\n\n  Congressman Ed Royce\, House Committee on Foreign Affairs\, Chairman \n\n\n  Dr. Mark Rutland\, Global Servants\, President and New York Times Bestselling Author \n11:30 pm – 12:00 pm – Lunch 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm- Panel: Human Rights in North Korea: Challenges & Solutions \n\n\n  Suzanne Scholte\, North Korea Freedom Coalition\, Chairman \n\n\n  Greg Scarlatoui\, Committee for Human Rights in North Korea\, Executive Director \n\n\n  Joshua Stanton\, One Free Korea\, Founder \n\n\n  T. Kumar\, Amnesty International USA\, International Advocacy Director \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n1:00 pm – 1:15 pm  Afternoon Break (Move to Rayburn Courtyard) \n1:15 pm – 1:30 pm  Briefing Capitol Hill Literature Drop (In Rayburn Courtyard) \n1:30 pm – 1:40 pm  Question and Answer on Literature Drop (In Rayburn Courtyard) \n1:40 pm – 3:30 pm  Literature Drop and Capitol Hill Office Meetings URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/icc-capitol-hill-policy-day/ CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170518T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170518T180000 DTSTAMP:20260410T022506 CREATED:20190107T132532Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132533Z UID:712466-1495101600-1495130400@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:International Symposium on North Korean Human Rights DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/international-symposium-on-north-korean-human-rights/ CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170517T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170517T140000 DTSTAMP:20260410T022506 CREATED:20190107T132534Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132535Z UID:712469-1495026000-1495029600@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:Post-Election Political and Security Dynamics on the Korean Peninsula DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/post-election-political-and-security-dynamics-on-the-korean-peninsula/ CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170514T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170514T160000 DTSTAMP:20260410T022506 CREATED:20190107T132532Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132533Z UID:712467-1494770400-1494777600@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:"A Woman is a Flower" (The Lives of North Korean Women) DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/a-woman-is-a-flower-the-lives-of-north-korean-women/ CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170513T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170513T130000 DTSTAMP:20260410T022506 CREATED:20190107T132534Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132534Z UID:712468-1494671400-1494680400@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:Axis of Evil or Axis of Opportunity? : A Panel on North Korea and Foreign Policy Options DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/axis-of-evil-or-axis-of-opportunity-a-panel-on-north-korea-and-foreign-policy-options/ CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170510T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170510T210000 DTSTAMP:20260410T022506 CREATED:20190107T125126Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T125127Z UID:712110-1494441000-1494450000@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:Korea Club with South Korean Ambassador Ahn Ho-young DESCRIPTION:Korea Club  Tuesday |  May 10\, 2017 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm   South Korea-U.S. Relations: Past\, Present\, Future   Guest Speaker:  His Excellency Ahn Ho-young Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the United States   Woo Lae Oak Korean Restaurant 8240 Leesburg Pike Vienna\, VA 22182 \nDear Colleague:\n You are invited to attend a meeting of the Korea Club on Wednesday\, May 10\, 2017. The event will feature His Excellency Ahn Ho-young\, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the United States\, who will give a presentation entitled\, “South Korea-U.S. Relations: Past\, Present\, Future.”\n \nAmbassador Ho-young Ahn is the Republic of Korea’s Ambassador to the United States. He began his posting in June of 2013. Ambassador Ahn is a career diplomat who has served as the Ambassador to Belgium and the European Union\, and as First Vice Foreign Minister. ​ Ambassador Ahn has a strong background in trade. Previously\, Ambassador Ahn worked as Deputy Minister for Trade\, the Director-General of the Multilateral Trade Bureau\, Director of the International Trade Law Division in the Office of the Minister for Trade\, as well as a Counselor at the Republic of Korea’s permanent mission to the United Nations. In 2008\, Ambassador Ahn served as the President’s Sherpa for the G-20 and G-8 outreach meetings. \n Please note\, this EVENT WILL BE OFF THE RECORD.   PROGRAM DETAILS The reception will begin at 6:30 pm\, 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. ​ RSVP is required for this program. Seating is limited. To register for this program or for further questions\, please e-mail your confirmation to Sang Kim\, Director of Public Affairs\, at sk@keia.org. \n WOO LAE OAK RESTAURANT IN TYSONS CORNER The evening program will be held at Woo Lae Oak Korean restaurant in Tysons Corner—see address above. The program will start at6:30 pm with a cash bar\, set up inside the Korea Club conference room on the 1st floor of the restaurant. For more information on Woo Lae Oak\, please take a few minutes to visit the restaurant’s website:  http://www.woolaeoak.com.   FOR DRIVERS 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 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 \nKorea Club Directors Greg Scarlatoiu HRNK  (202) 499-7973 James Kelman Meridian International Center (703) 568-6987 Sang Kim KEI (202) 464-1985 ​ URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/korea-club-with-south-korean-ambassador-ahn-ho-young/ CATEGORIES:Events,HRNK Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.hrnk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Korea-Club.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170508T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170508T213000 DTSTAMP:20260410T022506 CREATED:20190107T132532Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132532Z UID:712464-1494271800-1494279000@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:An Evening with Song Byeok\, North Korean Artist in Exile. DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/an-evening-with-song-byeok-north-korean-artist-in-exile/ CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170508T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170508T213000 DTSTAMP:20260410T022506 CREATED:20190107T132532Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132532Z UID:712465-1494271800-1494279000@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:An Evening with Song Byeok\, North Korean Artist in Exile. DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/an-evening-with-song-byeok-north-korean-artist-in-exile-2/ CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170508T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170512T160000 DTSTAMP:20260410T022506 CREATED:20190107T132532Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132532Z UID:712463-1494237600-1494604800@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:Song Byeok's Debut UK Exhibition DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/song-byeoks-debut-uk-exhibition/ CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170424T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170424T160000 DTSTAMP:20260410T022506 CREATED:20190107T125123Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T125125Z UID:712107-1493038800-1493049600@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:North Korea's Gulag: Addressing an Ongoing Humanitarian Emergency DESCRIPTION:On the first day of North Korea Freedom Week\, The George Washington University Truth and Human Rights in North Korea (THiNK) cordially invites you to: \nNorth Korea’s Gulag: Addressing an Ongoing Humanitarian Emergency\nMonday\, April 24\, 2017 | 1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. \n GWU Betts Theater Marvin Center 800 21st Street\, NW  Washington\, DC 20052 \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1:00–1:05 p.m. | Welcoming Remarks Greg Scarlatoiu\, Executive Director\, HRNK Jason West\, Graduate President\, GW THiNK \n 1:05–1:15 p.m. | Opening Remarks Suzanne Scholte\, Chair\, NKFC and Co-Vice-Chair\, HRNK \n 1:15–2:25 p.m. | Witness Panel  Moderator: Suzanne Scholte\, Chair\, NKFC and Co-Vice-Chair\, HRNK North Korean escapee delegation \n 2:25–2:45 p.m. | Satellite Imagery Update Greg Scarlatoiu\, Executive Director\, HRNK Rosa Park\, Director of Programs and Editor\, HRNK \n 2:45–4:00 p.m. | Expert Panel  Moderator: Greg Scarlatoiu\, Executive Director\, HRNK Roberta Cohen\, Co-Chair Emeritus\, HRNK Nicholas Eberstadt\, Henry Wendt Chair\, AEI and Board Member\, HRNK Anthony Ruggiero\, Senior Fellow\, Foundation for Defense of Democracies\n   \nThe event will be on the record. \n   \nTo RSVP for this event\, please RSVP to Rosa Park\, HRNK Director of Programs at rosapark@hrnk.org.  URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/north-koreas-gulag-addressing-an-ongoing-humanitarian-emergency/ CATEGORIES:Events,HRNK Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.hrnk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Invitation_Banner_v2.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR