BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//HRNK - ECPv6.16.4//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:20120311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20121104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20130310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20131103T060000 END:STANDARD 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 END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131107T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131107T220000 DTSTAMP:20260617T164127 CREATED:20190107T125034Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T125035Z UID:712028-1383849000-1383861600@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:Korea Club with Shin Dong-hyuk DESCRIPTION:  \n\n\n\n\nThe Korea Club meton Thursday\, November 7\, 2013 and featured Shin Dong-hyuk\, who gave a presentation entitled “Born in the Hidden Gulag“.  \n  \nShin Dong-hyuk was born in 1982 in Camp Number 14\, a notorious “total control zone” political prison camp located in Kaechon north of Pyongyang\, the capital of North Korea. Like all other prisoners Shin Dong-hyuk wasexpected to serve a life sentence and die in the camp. His only crime was that he was born as the child of prisoners. He lived in the camp until he was 24 years old. Within the camp\, he was constantly fell victim to torture\, forced labor\, induced malnutrition and complete lack of medical care. Years of hard labor have left scars as well. At the age of 14\, he witnessed the execution of his mother and brother\, who had tried to escape. \n  \nShin Dong-hyuk escaped in 2005 at the age of 23 after hearing stories about the outside world from another prisoner and made his way to the Sino-North Korean border in one month. He lived in hiding in China until he resettled in South Korea in 2006. His father remains in the camp\, his fate unknown. Since Shin Dong-hyuk's defection to South Korea he has become involved with human rights groups to increase awareness of the atrocities occurring in North Korea. A book about his life\, authored by Blaine Harden—former Washington Post correspondent in Seoul for 10 years— was published in March 2012: Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West. The book has been translated in more than 25 languages. \n  \n  \n  \n Korea Club Directors \n  \nJim Kelman (KUSCO)         Greg Scarlatoiu (HRNK)             Linda Butcher (KEI) (703) 568-6987                      (202) 499-7973                             (857) 373-9110 \n  \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/korea-club-with-shin-dong-hyuk/ CATEGORIES:Events,HRNK Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.hrnk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2013-11-22-at-1_06_34-AM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131114T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131114T000000 DTSTAMP:20260617T164127 CREATED:20190107T125031Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T125033Z UID:712023-1384387200-1384387200@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:Panel talks North Korea's instability By Candace Cooksey Fulton Special to the Standard-Times DESCRIPTION:The tenuously but long divided Korean peninsula poses a problem of huge proportions for the people of North and South Korea. But the ramifications of what will happen if the North Korean government falls\, or if civil war erupts between the North and South affect much of the world\, particularly the United States. \nThursday\, Angelo State University’s Center for Security Studies hosted a lecture series\, featuring three of the nation’s leading scholars on North Korea. Titled “Preparing for Collapse in North Korea: Challenges and Issues\,” the expert panel “explored the varied issues the world will have to face with a collapsing North Korea\,” said Bruce Bechtol\, a political scientist and Korean Peninsula expert on ASU’s security studies faculty. \nIn introducing the panel\, Bechtol said: “We should all care about this because the North Koreans proliferate weapons of mass destruction to rogue states like Syria. “They threaten U.S. forces in Asia with missiles and nuclear weapons\, and yet the government is so unstable that it could collapse at any time. Because of this\, we may see in the near future more U.S. troops deploying to the Korean Peninsula to conduct stabilization operations.” \nSeated on the panel were David S. Maxwell\, Greg Scarlatoiu and Richard C. Bush III. \nMaxwell\, associate director of the Center for Security Studies and the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University\, who as a retiring Special Forces colonel in 1999 authored the first contingency plan for the fall of North Korea’s government\, spoke on the fragile situation of the “unnaturally divided Korean peninsula.” \n“The war between North and South Korea has not officially ended\,” Maxwell reminded the audience filling one of the largest classrooms in the Rassman building. The armistice signed at the end of the Korean conflict\, or “forgotten war\,” set the goal or reuniting the north and south peacefully. \nMaxwell said that has not happened\, nor does it seem like it will. \n Internal conditions \nBush\, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and director of its Center for East Asia Policy Studies\, focused his remarks on China\, “the elephant in the room.” It is considered an ally of North Korea\, but decidedly unpredictable in how it would react in any of three scenarios: collapse of the North Korean government\, a North Korea attack on South Korea or\, at least possible for another decade or so\, the continuation of “muddling through.” \nScarlatoiu\, executive director of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea\, discussed the human rights situation for much of the population of North Korea. Conditions are more horrible than can be described\, Scarlatoiu said. Because of the tyrannical “mafia-like-culture crime family” in power for 60 years\, the majority of the population is malnourished\, existing in extreme poverty. \n“Most likely millions have perished and are near death in the five political concentration camps we know exist in North Korea\,” Scarlatoiu said. \nBut such a population cannot be freed easily. And freed\, the people would need extreme medical care\, far beyond the basics of food and shelter\, which they also don’t have. In the fallout of a failed North Korean government\, Scarlatoiu said coming to the aid of the people would “likely be the greatest humanitarian relief effort of the world.” Scarlatoiu said: “They can’t go back to their families; their families are most likely dead. They can’t go back to their land; they have no land.” \nIs China prepared for an influx of 30 million refugees? Hardly\, Bush said. \n Potential for war \nMaxwell said the best advice would be to “prepare\, prepare\, prepare\,” but with so many variables it’s hard to know how to prepare. \n“What must be done is plan for the worst-case scenario. We know reasons for failure in war is failure to learn\, failure to adapt and failure to anticipate\,” Maxwell said. “Resistance of North Korea will be far more complicated than with Iraq or Afghanistan. North Korea has a large special operations force in place\, a chemical and biological weapons program\, delivery systems for those weapons and numerous global networks.” \nMaxwell predicts if the North Korean regime collapses\, there is a danger Kim Jong Un could make a decision to go to war\, and there should also be the assumption China would intervene. \n“There is great potential for major powers to go to war\,” Maxwell said. “China has not fought a major war in over 30 years\, and then did not have overwhelming success.” Bush added: “A war between the U.S. and China would be the first war between two countries with nuclear weapons.” \n  \n© 2013 San Angelo Standard Times. All rights reserved. This material may not be published\, broadcast\, rewritten or redistributed.  URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/panel-talks-north-koreas-instability-by-candace-cooksey-fulton-special-to-the-standard-times/ CATEGORIES:Events,HRNK Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140220T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140220T210000 DTSTAMP:20260617T164127 CREATED:20190107T125038Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T125039Z UID:712051-1392921000-1392930000@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:Korea Club with Ambassador James A. Kelly DESCRIPTION:  \nKorea Club with Ambassador James A. Kelly \n Thursday\, February 20\, 2014 6:30 pm–9:00 pm   \nKorea and Its Neighbors: Comments from an American Friend \n  \nGuest Speaker: \n  \nJames A. Kelly Former Assistant Secretary of State  for East Asian and Pacific Affairs \n   \nWoo Lae Oak Korean Restaurant 8240 Leesburg Pike Vienna\, VA 22182 \n  \n The Korea Club met on Thursday\, February 20\, 2014 and featured the Honorable James A. Kelly\, who gave a presentation entitled “Korea and Its Neighbors: Comments from an American Friend”. \n  \nThe Honorable James A. Kelly  is a former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. He is currently a Senior Advisor for the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). From 1994 to 2001\, Ambassador Kelly was President of Pacific Forum CSIS in Honolulu. He was previously President of EAP Associates\, Inc.\, of Honolulu\, which provided international business consulting services with an Asia/Pacific focus to private clients. Earlier\, he served at the White House as special assistant for national security affairs to President Ronald Reagan and as senior director for Asian affairs for the National Security Council from 1986 to 1989 under Presidents Reagan and George H.W. Bush. From 1983 to 1986\, Mr. Kelly was at the Pentagon as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (East Asia and Pacific). \n He earned an M.B.A. from the Harvard School of Business Administration 1968. He is also a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy (B.S.\, 1959) and the National War College (1977). He served in the U.S. Navy from 1959 to 1982\, concluding his active duty as a captain in the Supply Corps. \n  \n  \n Korea Club Directors \n  \nJim Kelman (KUSCO)         Greg Scarlatoiu (HRNK)          Linda Butcher (KEI)        (703) 568-6987                      (202) 499-7973                      (857) 373-9110 \n  \n  URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/korea-club-with-ambassador-james-a-kelly/ CATEGORIES:Events,HRNK Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.hrnk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2014-02-20-at-12_34_05-AM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140324T144500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140324T164500 DTSTAMP:20260617T164127 CREATED:20190107T125038Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T125040Z UID:712053-1395672300-1395679500@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:North Korea's Human Rights Violations - What Next After the U.N. Report? DESCRIPTION:Please click on this link to view the program.  \nTo view the event\, please click the following links:  \nPart 1 \nPart 2 URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/north-koreas-human-rights-violations-what-next-after-the-u-n-report/ CATEGORIES:Events,HRNK Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.hrnk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/HRNK-FPI.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140326T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140326T160000 DTSTAMP:20260617T164127 CREATED:20140327T013810Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230109T202036Z UID:700776-1395842400-1395849600@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:The Shocking Truth about North Korean Tyranny DESCRIPTION:HRNK Executive Director Greg Scarlatoiu testifies on Capitol Hill: “The Shocking Truth about North Korean Tyranny.” URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/the-shocking-truth-about-north-korean-tyranny/ LOCATION:2172 Rayburn House Office Building Washington\, DC 20515 CATEGORIES:Congressional Hearings END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140414T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140417T000000 DTSTAMP:20260617T164127 CREATED:20190107T125042Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T125042Z UID:712057-1397433600-1397692800@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:HRNK North Korea Human Rights Week DESCRIPTION:Please click on this link to view the itinerary and to RSVP.  URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/hrnk-north-korea-human-rights-week/ CATEGORIES:Events,HRNK Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.hrnk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2014-04-08-at-11_25_38-AM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140414T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140414T163000 DTSTAMP:20260617T164127 CREATED:20190107T125042Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T125042Z UID:712056-1397487600-1397493000@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:Human Rights in North Korea: An Address by Michael Kirby DESCRIPTION:In March 2013\, the 47 member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council unanimously adopted a resolution to establish a commission of inquiry on human rights in North Korea. With a mandate to investigate “the systematic\, widespread and grave violations of human rights” in North Korea\, the commission conducted public hearings and private interviews\, and collected information from U.N. member states and entities. The commission submitted its report to the U.N. Human Rights Council in March 2014\, finding that “in many instances\, the violations found entailed crimes against humanity based on state policies.”  On April 14\, the Center for East Asia Policy Studies at Brookings and the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK) will host an address by Michael Kirby\, chair of the U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in North Korea (COI)\, to present its findings and recommendations. Following the keynote address\, Marcus Noland of the Peterson Institute for International Economics and an HRNK board member\, will comment on the COI report and discuss policy implications for the United Nations and its member states\, and possible impact on North Korea and its people.  After the panel\, the speakers will take audience questions. \nTo register for this event\, please click on this link.  URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/human-rights-in-north-korea-an-address-by-michael-kirby/ CATEGORIES:Events,HRNK Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140415T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140415T153000 DTSTAMP:20260617T164127 CREATED:20190107T125042Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T125046Z UID:712060-1397570400-1397575800@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:Illicit Economic Activities of the North Korean Government DESCRIPTION:Excluded from most international economic activities by numerous sanctions and its own policies\, the North Korean regime has enabled–and sometimes directly participated in–illicit economic activities to earn hard currency that it needs for regime survival. These activities include the production and distribution of narcotics and counterfeit currency\, the smuggling of a range of illicit goods\, and other unconventional revenue-generating activities. Such operations have been critical in preserving the North Korean regime. \nOn April 15\, the Center for East Asia Policy Studies at Brookings will host the release of a report from the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK)\, entitled “Illicit: North Korea's Evolving Operations to Earn Hard Currency.” The report\, authored by Brookings Nonresident Senior Fellow Sheena Chestnut Greitens\, analyzes the history and current status of North Korea's foreign currency earning operations\, focusing on illicit activities. It discusses how these activities have changed in recent years and the implications for U.S. and international policies toward North Korea. Nicholas Eberstadt of the American Enterprise Institute and Marcus Noland of the Peterson Institute for International Economics\, both HRNK board members\, will comment on the presentation. \nAfter the panel\, the speakers will take audience questions. \nPlease click on this link to RSVP.  URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/illicit-economic-activities-of-the-north-korean-government/ CATEGORIES:Events,HRNK Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140415T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140415T220000 DTSTAMP:20260617T164127 CREATED:20190107T125038Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T125041Z UID:712055-1397586600-1397599200@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:Korea Club with Hye-Won Ko DESCRIPTION:  \nKorea Club with Hye-Won Ko \n  \nTuesday\, April 15\, 2014 6:30 pm–9:00 pm \n  \nWoo Lae Oak Korean Restaurant 8240 Leesburg Pike Vienna\, VA 22182 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHye-Won Ko is the Senior Research Fellow (former Director of Center for the Evaluation of Skills Development Policy ) in the Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training (KRIVET) under the Korean Prime Minister’s Office. Prior to joining KRIVET\, Dr. Ko worked as a Specialist for Vocational Training in the Korean Ministry of Labor (1995-1997). She has served as a member of the advisory panel to the Korean Presidential Commission and member of the Evaluation and Advisory panel to the Korean Ministry of Strategy and Finance\, Ministry of Gender Equality and Family\, Ministry of Defense\, Ministry of Unification\, and Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs (2006-now). She earned her Ph. D. in Public Policy from Ewha Womans University in Korea. \nDr. Ko will address the relationship between lifelong vocational education and training (VET) and social cohesion  of North Korean defectors in South Korea. Lifelong VET develops human and social capital. In turn developed human and social capital leads to economic and non-economic achievements. The point that Dr. Ko has made in studies she authored is that greater economic and non-economic achievements would result in a higher level of social cohesion. \nIn terms of the effect of North Korean defectors' participation in VET on social capital\, Dr. Ko’s research found that they possessed a higher level of trust than others in South Korea. Her studies also found that North Korean defectors who took part in VET programs had high levels of networking and participation\, but that level was still low\, compared to others in South Korea. \n  \n Korea Club Directors \n  \nJim Kelman (KUSCO)         Greg Scarlatoiu (HRNK)          Linda Butcher (KEI)        (703) 568-6987                      (202) 499-7973                      (857) 373-9110 URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/korea-club-with-hye-won-ko/ CATEGORIES:Events,HRNK Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.hrnk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2014-04-05-at-10_39_35-AM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140417T084500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140417T180000 DTSTAMP:20260617T164127 CREATED:20190107T125038Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T125040Z UID:712054-1397724300-1397757600@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:2014 Annual Conference of the International Council on Korean Studies DESCRIPTION:On April 17\, 2014\, from 8:45 am to 6:00 pm\, HRNK\, KEI\, and the International Council on Korean Studies (ICKS) will co-host the 2014 Annual Conference of the International Council on Korean Studies. The human rights panel discussion\, held from 9:00 to 11:45 am\, will be moderated by Greg Scarlatoiu\, HRNK executive director. The panelists will include: Roberta Cohen (HRNK co-chair and senior non-resident fellow\, The Brookings Institution)\, who will address the forcible repatriation of North Korean refugees by China; Robert Collins (author of HRNK’s report “Songbun\, North Korea’s Social Classification System”)\, who will address the human rights implications of the succession process in North Korea;  and Bruce Bechtol (Angelo State University)\, who will address the impact of proliferation and illicit activities on the North Korean human rights situation. The discussants will be Amanda Mortwedt Oh (HRNK) and Soon Paik (U.S. Department of Labor and ICKS). \nTo register for this event\, please click on this link.  URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/2014-annual-conference-of-the-international-council-on-korean-studies/ CATEGORIES:Events,HRNK Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.hrnk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2016-04-07-at-10_14_11-AM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140507T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140507T210000 DTSTAMP:20260617T164127 CREATED:20190107T125042Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T125043Z UID:712058-1399487400-1399496400@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:Korea Club with Dr. Nicholas Eberstadt DESCRIPTION:  \nKorea Club with Dr. Nicholas Eberstadt \n Wednesday | May 7\, 2014 6:30 pm–9:00 pm   \nIs the DPRK A 'Special Case?' North Korean Economic Performance in International Perspective \n Guest Speaker: \n  \nDr. Nicholas Eberstadt Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy \nAmerican Enterprise Institute (AEI) \n   \nWoo Lae Oak Korean Restaurant 8240 Leesburg Pike Vienna\, VA 22182 \n  \n The Korea Club met on Wednesday\, May 7\, 2014 and featured Dr. Nicholas Eberstadt\, who gave a presentation entitled “Is the DPRK A 'Special Case?' North Korean Economic Performance in International Perspective“. \n  \nNicholas Eberstadt is the Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). A political economist and a demographer by training\, he is also a senior adviser to the National Bureau of Asian Research\, a member of the visiting committee at the Harvard School of Public Health\, and a member of the Global Leadership Council at the World Economic Forum. He researches and writes extensively on economic development\, foreign aid\, global health\, demographics\, and poverty. He is the author of numerous monographs and articles on North and South Korea\, East Asia\, and countries of the former Soviet Union. His books range from The End of North Korea (AEI Press\, 1999) to The Poverty of the Poverty Rate (AEI Press\, 2008). Dr. Eberstadt received his Ph.D and MPA from Harvard University\, his MSc from the London School of Economics and his AB from Harvard University. \n  \n  \n Korea Club Directors \n  \nJim Kelman (KUSCO)         Greg Scarlatoiu (HRNK)          Linda Butcher (KEI)        (703) 568-6987                      (202) 499-7973                      (857) 373-9110 URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/korea-club-with-dr-nicholas-eberstadt/ CATEGORIES:Events,HRNK Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.hrnk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2014-04-23-at-10_39_04-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140618 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140619 DTSTAMP:20260617T164127 CREATED:20140619T013810Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230109T201727Z UID:700777-1403049600-1403135999@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:Subcommittee Briefing and Hearing: Human Rights Abuses and Crimes Against Humanity in North Korea: Testimony of Andrew Natsios DESCRIPTION:While the Committee asked me to focus my remarks on US government policy on human rights abuses in North Korea\, I should begin with a description of those abuses and the totalitarian nature of the Pyongyang regime. (My views described here are my own and do not necessarily represent the views of Texas A&M or of the Bush School or of the Committee on Human Rights in North Korea). North Korea remains one of the few surviving Communist states in the world\, and the only one of these which continues to resist any serious political or economic reform. Cuba\, Vietnam\, China\, and Laos have all taken steps to privatize sectors of their economy and given individual citizens small amounts of choice in their private lives\, even if they remain authoritarian states.  North Korea is thus in a unique category of its own\, a single totalitarian dinosaur remaining of an otherwise virtually extinct species. \nSee more. URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/subcommittee-briefing-and-hearing-human-rights-abuses-and-crimes-against-humanity-in-north-korea-testimony-of-andrew-natsios/ LOCATION:House Committee on Foreign Affairs CATEGORIES:Congressional Hearings END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140624T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140624T210000 DTSTAMP:20260617T164127 CREATED:20190107T125048Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T125048Z UID:712061-1403634600-1403643600@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:Korea Club with Jérome Sauvage: Working with North Korea - Experiences and Perspectives DESCRIPTION:You are invited to attend a meeting of the Korea Club on Tuesday\, June 24\, 2014. The event will feature Jérome Sauvage who will give a presentation entitled “Working with North Korea: Experiences and Perspectives”. \n  \n \nJérome Sauvage is Deputy Director of the UNDP Representation Office in Washington\, DC. He was formerly the UN Resident Coordinator in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea  \n(DPRK). His current role is to develop and maintain partnerships for UNDP programmes with the US Government and other partners from the non-profit and for-profit sectors in the United States. \n  \nWith postings in Cambodia\, DPRK\, India\, Pakistan and Viet Nam\, in Asia\, Madagascar in Africa\, and at Headquarters\, Mr. Sauvage has developed an extensive experience in field coordination\, democratic governance\, disaster preparedness and response and in human resource management. \n  \nAs UN Coordinator in DPRK\, Mr. Sauvage led the UN in providing emergency and humanitarian support to the population; represented the UN at bilateral and multilateral levels; negotiated with the Government on UN operations in the country and led fund-raising efforts in support of humanitarian activities. He opened the UNDP office there\, negotiating its country programme\, ensuring that all projects met UNDP's mandate as well as monitoring and evaluation requirements; he was also the designated official for security. \n  \nMr. Sauvage\, a French national\, holds a Master’s degree in International Relations from the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)\, Johns Hopkins University and a Maitrise in Administrative Law from Paris Sorbonne University. \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 $20.00\,payable at the door by either check or cash. RSVP is required for this program. WHEN YOU SEND YOUR RSVP\, PLEASE SPECIFY WHETHER YOU WILL NEED SHUTTLE SERVICE FROM AND TO DUNN LORING METRO WITH YOUR ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL AND MOBILE NUMBER. \n To register for this program or for further questions\, please e-mail your confirmation to Linda Butcher\, KEI’s Director of Media Relations and Public Affairs (lb@keia.org).  \n WOO 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 Korea Club conference room on the 2nd 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 Orange Line stop at Dunn Loring-Merrifield. The restaurant is 3 miles north of Dunn Loring Metro. Between 6 pm and 7 pm\, an HRNK intern holding a Korea Club sign will be greeting Korea Club members at the ground level of Dunn Loring Metro Station—there is only one exit. A shuttle service provided by the Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI) will be on stand-by in front of Dunn Loring Metro between 6 pm and 7 pm\, to drive metro riders to the restaurant. Shuttle service back to Dunn Loring Metro will also be provided after the conclusion of the program at 9 pm. \n Korea Club Directors \n  \nJim Kelman (KUSCO)         Greg Scarlatoiu (HRNK)          Linda Butcher (KEI)        (703) 568-6987                      (202) 499-7973                      (857) 373-9110 URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/korea-club-with-jerome-sauvage-working-with-north-korea-experiences-and-perspectives/ CATEGORIES:Events,HRNK Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.hrnk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2014-06-06-at-11_52_52-AM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140730T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140730T190000 DTSTAMP:20260617T164127 CREATED:20190107T125034Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T125037Z UID:712048-1406739600-1406746800@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:The North Korean Human Rights Conundrum: Is There a Way Forward? DESCRIPTION:You are cordially invited to a special lecture organized by2014 International Summer Session at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies called “The North Korean Human Rights Conundrum: Is There a Way Forward?” This event is being held at the Main Conference Hall at Cyber Building\, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (located at the left side of university main gate) on July 30\, 2014 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. The lecture will be hosted by HRNK Executive Director Greg Scarlatoiu with the keynote speech by ROK government’s Ambassador for Human Rights Jung-Hoon Lee. Speakers will include:  \n\nYoung-Soon Kim\, Choreographer\, Political Prison Camp Survivor\nDong-Hyuk Shin\, Political Prison Camp Survivor and Executive Director\, Inside North Korea\nTim A. Peters\, Founder-Managing Director\, Helping Hands Korea (HHK)\nKwang-Jin Kim\, Senior Researcher\, ROK Institute for National Security Strategy (INSS)/HRNK URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/the-north-korean-human-rights-conundrum-is-there-a-way-forward/ CATEGORIES:Events,HRNK Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.hrnk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2014-07-25-at-9_57_59-AM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140929T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140929T160000 DTSTAMP:20260617T164127 CREATED:20190107T132058Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132102Z UID:712163-1411999200-1412006400@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:Tailored Engagement: Making Inter-Korean Relations Effective and Sustainable DESCRIPTION:The Center for East Asia Policy Studies at Brookings will host a discussion by Gi-Wook Shin and David Straub of Stanford University’s Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC) as they unveil their study on a new South Korean approach to engage North Korea. The authors will articulate a path for implementing “tailored engagement\,” which requires increasing South Korea’s domestic consensus on North Korea and reorganizing South Korea’s official apparatus for dealing with Pyongyang. They also lay out basic principles that must be followed to ensure the policy’s sustainability in South Korea and with North Korea. John Merrill\, former chief of the Northeast Asia Division of Bureau of Intelligence and Research at the U.S. Department of State\, will comment on the presentations\, and Katharine Moon\, senior fellow and SK-Korea Foundation chair in Korea studies at Brookings\, will moderate the discussion. URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/tailored-engagement-making-inter-korean-relations-effective-and-sustainable/ CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141003T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141003T143000 DTSTAMP:20260617T164127 CREATED:20190107T132104Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132104Z UID:712164-1412325000-1412346600@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:Asian Architecture DESCRIPTION:The second annual Asian Architecture @ CSIS conference will bring together key thought leaders\, business executives\, and policymakers from the United States and Asia for a discussion of some of the most important issues ahead of the East Asia Summit (EAS) and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forums in November. The conference will feature panelist discussions on economic\, energy security and security issues in East Asia. URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/asian-architecture/ CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141003T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141003T131500 DTSTAMP:20260617T164127 CREATED:20190107T132104Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132105Z UID:712165-1412337600-1412342100@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:Change in North Korea: Pyongyang Facade DESCRIPTION:Mike Cowin\, the deputy head of mission at the British Embassy in Pyongyang\, will speak at Stanford's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. \nSince Kim Jong Un came to power\, interest in North Korea (DPRK) has increased but it is difficult to judge whether the growing range of media reports and the commentaries based on them are accurate or not. Spending almost 30 months in the DPRK from March 2012\, mainly in Pyongyang but also making visits outside\, offered an opportunity to collect up-to-date materials\, especially photographs\, which may offer an insight into the changes taking place. These might offer a new angle to be considered and hopefully stimulate further discussion about what is really happening in the DPRK now. URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/change-in-north-korea-pyongyang-facade/ CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141006T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141006T133000 DTSTAMP:20260617T164127 CREATED:20190107T132104Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132105Z UID:712166-1412596800-1412602200@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:Science Fiction in South and North Korea: Images of Science and Technology in 20th Century Korea DESCRIPTION:Harvard University \nCosponsored by the History of Science and Technology Department URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/science-fiction-in-south-and-north-korea-images-of-science-and-technology-in-20th-century-korea/ CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141009T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141009T153000 DTSTAMP:20260617T164127 CREATED:20190107T132104Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132106Z UID:712167-1412863200-1412868600@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:The US Alliance System in Asia with a focus on Korea with Victor Cha DESCRIPTION:Victor Cha will present at the University of Southern California on the US Alliance System in Asia\, specifically focused on Korea. \nProfessor Victor D. Cha (Ph.D. Columbia\, MA Oxford\, BA Columbia) is director of Asian Studies and holds the D.S. Song Chair in the Department of Government and School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. In 2009\, he was named as Senior Adviser and the inaugural holder of the new Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington\, DC. URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/the-us-alliance-system-in-asia-with-a-focus-on-korea-with-victor-cha/ CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141017T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141017T180000 DTSTAMP:20260617T164127 CREATED:20190107T132107Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132109Z UID:712172-1413536400-1413568800@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:Rethinking our Approach to Media Reporting\, Human Rights\, and Engagement with North Korea DESCRIPTION:Register for free by visiting: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rethinking-our-approach-to-media-reporting-human-rights-and-engagement-with-north-korea-tickets-12195929353 URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/rethinking-our-approach-to-media-reporting-human-rights-and-engagement-with-north-korea/ CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141017T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141017T133000 DTSTAMP:20260617T164127 CREATED:20190107T125038Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T125038Z UID:712049-1413538200-1413552600@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:The North Korea Human Rights Act: A Decade Later DESCRIPTION:The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea and the Korea Economic Institute of America Present: \n \n  \nThe North Korea Human Rights Act: A Decade Later \n  \n Friday | October 17\, 2014 9:30 am – 1:30 pm \nKEI Conference Facility   \nWhile much of the attention on North Korea relates to its nuclear weapons program\, the regime has a long record of human rights violations. In the fall of 2004\, the United States Congress took up this issue with the intent of finding ways to improve the human rights situation in North Korea. The culmination of those efforts were the North Korea Human Rights Act\, which was signed into law on October 18\, 2004 by President George W. Bush. As the recent UN Commission of Inquiry report indicates\, the issue of human rights in North Korea remains one of grave importance. \n  \nA light lunch will be provided. \n  \n____________________________________________________________ \n  \n  \nRegistration \n9:30 am – 9:45 am \n  \n  \nOpening Remarks \n9:45 am – 10:00 am \n  \nDonald A. Manzullo \n\nPresident & CEO Korea Economic Institute of America \n  \n  \nGreg Scarlatoiu \nExecutive Director Committee for Human Rights in North Korea \n \n \n  \nPanel I | The North Korea Human Rights Act of 2004 \n10:00 am – 11:15 am \n  \n \nRobert King \nAn Update on International Efforts to Address North Korean Human Rights Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights Issues U.S. Department of State \n  \n  \nDoug Anderson \nThe Creation of the North Korea Human Rights Act of 2004 General Counsel to the Committee on Foreign Affairs U.S. House of Representatives \n  \n  \nJo Jinhye  \nNorth Koreans in the USA: In Search of Their American Dream \nNorth Korean Escapee and U.S. Citizen Executive Director of NKUSA \n  \n  \nModerator: \n  \nTroy Stangarone \nSenior Director of Congressional Affairs and Trade \nKorea Economic Institute of America \n  \n  \nPanel II | Looking Forward \n11:15 am – 12:30 am \n  \n  \nRoberta Cohen \nProtecting North Korean Refugees Nonresident Senior Fellow\, Foreign Policy The Brookings Institution \n  \n  \nNathaniel Kretchun \nBringing Down North Korea's Information Firewall \nAssociate Director InterMedia \n  \n  \nGreg Scarlatoiu \n\nU.S. North Korean Human Rights Act: The Next Decade Executive Director Committee for Human Rights in North Korea \n \n \n  \nModerator: \n  \nLinda Butcher \nDirector of Media Relations & Public Affairs \nKorea Economic Institute of America \n  \n  \nLunch | “Exodus out of North Korea” \n12:30 pm – 1:30 pm \n  \n  \nA Channel A (South Korea) Production \nRemi Winner \n47th Annual Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival \n \n  \n_____________________________________________________________ \n  \nAs we approach the 10th anniversary of the North Korea Human Rights Act\, please join KEI and the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK) for an important discussion on the original intent behind the Act\, its impact on the human rights situation in North Korea\, and the challenges ahead for improving the human rights situation for all North Koreans.  \n  \n  \nSeating is limited\, RSVPs are required. \nTo RSVP\, please click here. URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/the-north-korea-human-rights-act-a-decade-later/ CATEGORIES:Events,HRNK Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.hrnk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2014-10-08-at-10_15_57-AM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141017T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141017T133000 DTSTAMP:20260617T164127 CREATED:20190107T132111Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132111Z UID:712175-1413538200-1413552600@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:The North Korea Human Rights Act: A Decade Later DESCRIPTION:While much of the attention on North Korea relates to its nuclear weapons program\, the regime has a long record of human rights violations. In the fall of 2004\, the United States Congress took up this issue with the intent of finding ways to improve the human rights situation in North Korea. The culmination of those efforts were the North Korea Human Rights Act\, which was signed into law on October 18\, 2004 by President George W. Bush. As the recent UN Commission of Inquiry report indicates\, the issue of human rights in North Korea remains one of grave importance. URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/the-north-korea-human-rights-act-a-decade-later-2/ CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141022T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141022T120000 DTSTAMP:20260617T164127 CREATED:20190107T132111Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132111Z UID:712174-1413973800-1413979200@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:Japan-North Korea Rapprochement: Dare to Dream or Doomed to Fail? DESCRIPTION:North Korea agreed in May to reopen an investigation into the abductions of Japanese nationals in the 1970s and ‘80s in exchange for sanctions relief from Tokyo. Some thought this step could lead to a breakthrough in Japan-North Korea ties\, but there has been little progress. Is this another North Korean deal gone bad\, or is there still potential in this process? \nFollowing a trip to North Korea\, Junya Nishino will discuss recent developments in Japan-North Korea relations and near-term prospects\, looking at motivations in both capitals for improving ties\, as well as the impact of these events on Japan's relations with Washington and Seoul. Scott Snyder will provide commentary and James L. Schoff will moderate. \nJunya Nishino\nJunya Nishino is an associate professor at Keio University and a specialist on Korea and Japan-Korea relations. Previously\, he was a visiting scholar at the Harvard-Yenching Institute and the Woodrow Wilson Center in addition to serving as a consultant for Japan's Foreign Ministry. \nScott Snyder\nScott Snyder is senior fellow for Korea studies and director of the program on U.S.-Korea policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. His research focuses on South Korea's efforts to contribute on the international stage\, its potential influence and contributions in East Asia\, and implications of North Korean instability. \nJames L. Schoff\nJames L. Schoff is a senior associate in Carnegie's Asia Program. His research focuses on U.S.-Japan relations and regional engagement\, Japanese politics and security\, and the private sector's role in Japanese policymaking. URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/japan-north-korea-rapprochement-dare-to-dream-or-doomed-to-fail/ CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141022T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141022T200000 DTSTAMP:20260617T164127 CREATED:20190107T132111Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132111Z UID:712176-1414002600-1414008000@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:Outpost-Life on the Frontlines of American Diplomacy: A Memoir DESCRIPTION:Many Americans believe that working as an ambassador comes with a lavish and extravagant lifestyle. There is still much confusion about the work that ambassadors do. “Outpost- Life on the Frontlines of American Diplomacy: A Memoir” by Ambassador Christopher Hill provides a vivid description of Hill’s life and work as an ambassador. The memoir touches on his involvement in the Balkan and Iraq wars\, to his role as chief disarmament negotiator in North Korea\, and gives personal insight about what he took away from it all.  \nAmbassador Christopher Hill is a four time ambassador who served his last tour from 2009 to 2010 in Iraq. He is currently the Dean of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver.   \nJoin the World Affairs Council – Washington\, DC as we host Ambassador Christopher Hill\, author of “Outpost- Life on the Frontlines of American Diplomacy: A Memoir\,” which discusses the highs and lows of serving the country as an ambassador.  \nThis event is free and open to the public. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing. Following the event\, there will be a wine and cheese reception. URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/outpost-life-on-the-frontlines-of-american-diplomacy-a-memoir/ CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141028T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141028T140000 DTSTAMP:20260617T164127 CREATED:20190107T132104Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132106Z UID:712168-1414499400-1414504800@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:Negotiating with North Korea: Proliferation\, Peninsular Stability\, Power Consolidation DESCRIPTION:John Park\, Adjunct Lecturer at Harvard Kennedy School will speak at a lecture co-sponsored by the Korea Institute and Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs \nModerator: Susan Pharr\, Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics\, and Director\, WCFIA Program on U.S.-Japan Relations\, Harvard University URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/negotiating-with-north-korea-proliferation-peninsular-stability-power-consolidation/ CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141029T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141029T190000 DTSTAMP:20260617T164127 CREATED:20190107T132107Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132109Z UID:712173-1414602000-1414609200@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:North Korean Memoirs: Discussion with Yeonmi Park and Jihyun Park DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/north-korean-memoirs-discussion-with-yeonmi-park-and-jihyun-park/ CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141031T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141031T131500 DTSTAMP:20260617T164127 CREATED:20190107T132107Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132107Z UID:712169-1414756800-1414761300@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:Countering Sanctions: The Unequal Geographic Impact of Economic Sanctions in North Korea DESCRIPTION:Recently\, economic sanctions have not been effective in changing the behavior of a sanctioned country. Yong Suk Lee will speak at Stanford to examine how an autocratic regime domestically counters the impact of economic sanctions\, specifically\, how the easing and tightening of sanctions impact the urban areas relative to the hinterlands in North Korea. Using the satellite luminosity data\, he argues sanctions that fail to change the autocrat's behavior increase inequality at a cost to the already marginalized hinterlands. Economist Yong Suk Lee has been appointed the SK Center Fellow at Stanford's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI)\, effective Sept. 1\, 2014. Lee will join the Korea Program at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC). URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/countering-sanctions-the-unequal-geographic-impact-of-economic-sanctions-in-north-korea/ CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141106T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141106T173000 DTSTAMP:20260617T164127 CREATED:20190107T132107Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132108Z UID:712170-1415289600-1415295000@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:The North Korean Human Rights Conundrum DESCRIPTION:Greg Scarlatoiu\, Executive Director of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea \nNo registration required. \nCo-sponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures and the Weatherhead East Asian Institute URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/the-north-korean-human-rights-conundrum/ CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141107T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141107T114500 DTSTAMP:20260617T164127 CREATED:20190107T132114Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132115Z UID:712180-1415354400-1415360700@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:Combating Illegal Nuclear Trade DESCRIPTION:The Center for Nonproliferation Studies will feature Leonard Spector and Egle Murauskaite\, who will present their report titled “Countering Nuclear Commodity Smuggling: A System of Systems.” The report calls on the United States and other concerned countries to adopt tighter controls to stem the flow of nuclear-related goods to Iran\, North Korea\, and other states of proliferation concern. Even modest improvements across the spectrum of today’s nuclear technology controls could greatly strengthen overall international efforts to constrain illicit nuclear procurement networks\, the study found. \n\nThe study calls for: \n\nPeer reviews of national export controls within the 48-member Nuclear Suppliers Group and within the European Union\nHigher penalties and heightened publicity when export control violators are brought to justice\nGreatly expanded post-export inspections to confirm compliance with license conditions\n\nThe researchers identify and analyze eight specific systems of technology control measures\, each distinct and complex in its own right: \n\nMeasures against originating parties\nExport licensing and control lists\nCustoms controls and inspections\nPrivate sector internal compliance programs\nFinancial measures\nEnforcement measures\nInternational outreach and capacity building\nTransportation and interdictions\n\nHighlighted in the study is that each system has international\, multi-state\, and national components\, which\, in toto\, create a system of systems working to halt illicit nuclear commodity transfers. \nA key development highlighted in the study is the growing role of private entity compliance programs in banking\, manufacturing\, and other sectors\, where the wholesale screening of transactions against lists of suspect end-users has placed multiple obstacles in the path of nuclear commodity smuggling networks\, forcing them to adopt increasingly complex and costly evasive measures. \nIn several instances\, the study urges the export control community to adopt the more robust measures used in the financial sphere to combat the financing of proliferation transactions\, including peer reviews\, with publication of findings and identification of countries that are underperforming or uncooperative. In addition\, the report highlights the overarching roles of diplomacy and intelligence sharing among foreign governments\, and notes that better mechanisms are needed for using intelligence information to defend sanctions designations when challenged in court. URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/combating-illegal-nuclear-trade/ CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141107T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141107T130000 DTSTAMP:20260617T164127 CREATED:20190107T132114Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T132115Z UID:712181-1415359800-1415365200@www.hrnk.org SUMMARY:Rights and Wrongs: The Analysts DESCRIPTION:Diplomacy's Kim Koo-Korea Foundation\, Professor Lee will address developments in the half-year since the release of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry’s historic report on human rights abuses in North Korea. Lee\, who has appeared frequently in the The New York Times and on PBS\, argues for an uptick in ROK and international commitment to counter rights abuses and explores the issue of accountability for Korean unification. \n\n11:30 AM – Registration and Light-Fare \n12:00 PM – Discussion \n$10 Members | $20 Guests \n  URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/rights-and-wrongs-the-analysts/ CATEGORIES:Events,North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR