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Seminar on the North Korean Abductions Issue
2019-05-03 08:45 - 10:45 (America/New_York) | Hudson Institute, Stern Policy Center, 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC, 20004, United States
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Hudson Institute, the Government of Japan, and the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK) will host a seminar addressing the abduction of Japanese, South Korean, American and nationals of other countries by North Korea. This two-part seminar will feature families of abductees who will discuss the process of seeking to learn the fate of loved ones held in North Korea. The seminar will also explore international cooperation toward the comprehensive resolution of outstanding issues of concern such as abductions, nuclear, and missile issues.
For part one, we have speakers from Japan, the Republic of Korea and the United States, including abductee family members, to talk about their agony. For part two, Japanese and U.S. officials will give remarks regarding their work on the abductions issue and will include a question and answer session with the audience.
This event will include simultaneous translations.
NOTE: This event is open to the press. All members of the media should RSVP to press@hudson.org.

SPEAKERS
Nick Eberstadt (Moderator)
Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy
American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
Keiji Furuya
Chairman
Committee of Congressional Members to Act for the Early Rescue of Japanese Victims Abducted by North Korea
Luci Arveseth Griffiths
Senior Legislative Assistant
Office of Congressman Chris Stewart
Koichiro Iizuka
Vice Secretary-General
Association of Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea
Hwang Incheol
Leader
Association for Family Members of the 1969 KAL Kidnapping Victims
Melanie Kirkpatrick
Senior Fellow
Hudson Institute
Lewis “Scooter” Libby (Moderator)
Senior Vice President
Hudson Institute
Tsutomu Nishioka
Chairman
National Association for the Rescue of Japanese Kidnapped by North Korea (NARKN)
Tom Rose
Senior Advisor to the Vice President
Akira Sato
State Minister of Cabinet Office
Government of Japan
Greg Scarlatoiu
Executive Director
Committee for Human Rights in North Korea
Michael Schiffer
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Michael Sneddon
Brother of David Sneddon who was allegedly abducted by North Korea in 2004
Cindy Warmbier
Mother of Otto Warmbier who was tortured & imprisoned in North Korea
Ken Weinstein
President and CEO
Hudson Institute
Takuya Yokota
Secretary-General
Association of Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea
PROGRAM
Registration
8:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Introductory Remarks
9:00 a.m. – 9:20 a.m.
Part 1
9:20 a.m. – 9:55 a.m.
Part 2
9:55 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Audience Q & A
10:30 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.

Korea Club with Gwang-il Jung: Documenting the North Korean Gulag: The Yoduk List
2019-05-01 18:30 - 21:00 | Woo Lae Oak Korean Restaurant, 8240 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, VA, 22182, United States
Dear Colleague:
You are invited to the Korea Club event on Wednesday, May 1, 2019. The event will feature Mr. Jung Gwang-il, Founder and Director of “No Chain” and survivor of Political Prison Camp No. 15 in North Korea. He will share his memories of detention and his current work to keep the North Korean human rights situation in focus. Mr. Jung will share complimentary copies of his organization’s report “Yoduk List” with the participants. The report comprises a list of 180 victims of enforced disappearances whom he met while being detained at Camp No. 15.
Jung Gwang-il was a prisoner at No.15 Yodok 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. Jung’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.

PROGRAM DETAILS
The dinner will start at 7:00 pm, followed by 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 check, cash or credit card.
RSVP is required for this program. Seating is limited. To register for this program or for further questions, please email HRNK.
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 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.
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.
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.
Korea Club Directors

Jim Kelman

Greg Scarlatoiu

Sang Kim

Meridian International Center

HRNK

KEI

(703) 568-6987

(202) 499-7973

(202) 464-1985

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An Update on the Human Rights Situation in North Korea
2019-03-05 10:00 - 12:00 | European Parliament Brussels, ASP A3E2, United States
Lea PEREKRESTS, Human Rights Without Frontiers. Presentation title: Defending Human Rights in North Korea at the United Nations: a year in review
As the Deputy Director of HRWF, Lea Perekrests has worked on North Korean human rights issues for the past three years. She has specifically looked at the issue of North Korean overseas workers around the globe, presenting her research at Leiden University, the United Nations in Geneva, as well as in Brussels. Her knowledge expands regionally, as she has developed research regarding religious communities in China, South Korea, and South-east Asia. Created in Brussels in 2001, Human Rights Without Frontiers International (HRWF Int’l) is a non-profit association that seeks to shape European and international policy in ways that strengthen democracy, uphold the rule of law and protect human rights globally.
Greg SCARLATOIU, Executive Director of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK) Washington, D.C.
Greg Scarlatoiu is a visiting professor at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul as well as instructor and coordinator of the Korean Peninsula and Japan class at the U.S. State Department’s Foreign Service Institute (FSI). Scarlatoiu is vice president of the executive board of the International Council on Korean Studies (ICKS). He has over six years of experience in international development, on projects funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, the World Bank, and the Asian Development Bank. For sixteen years, Scarlatoiu has authored and broadcast the weekly Korean language ‘Scarlatoiu Column’ to North Korea for Radio Free Asia. A seasoned lecturer on Korean issues, Scarlatoiu is a frequent commentator for CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera, i24News Israel, Voice of America, Radio Free Asia and other media organizations. He has published op-eds and letters to the editor in newspapers including The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. Scarlatoiu holds a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School, Tufts University, and a Master of Arts and Bachelor of Arts from Seoul National University’s Department of International Relations. He graduated from the MIT XXI Seminar for U.S. national security leaders in 2016-2017. He is fluent in Korean, French, and Romanian. A native of Romania born and raised under that country’s communist regime, Scarlatoiu is a naturalized U.S. citizen.
Amanda MORTWEDT OH, JD, LLM, human rights attorney at HRNK
Amanda Mortwedt Oh is desk officer for the series of satellite imagery reports on North Korean prisons and prison camps published by HRNK and DigitalGlobe Analysis Center, and subsequently AllSource Analysis. Her research focuses on human rights, international criminal law, and North Korea’s prison camps. In 2017, Amanda co-authored “From Cradle to Grave: The Path of North Korean Innocents” with Robert Collins (HRNK, 2017) and “The Parallel Gulag: North Korea’s ‘An-jeon-bu’ Prison Camps with David Hawk. She currently conducts human rights research and interviews with North Korean escapees in South Korea for HRNK. She holds a Master of Laws in International Law (LL.M) degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, where she wrote her thesis on North Korea and transitional justice.
KIM Tae-Hoon, President, PSCORE and Lawyers for human rights and unification for Korea
Kim Tae-Hoon previously served as a chief judge of Seoul District Court, a chief of the Special Committee on North Korea within National Human Rights Committee of Korea. Additionally, he was a member of the committee during the Korean war abduction from the Prime Minister’s office, the Deputy Chairman of the North Korean Human Rights Committee, and the Chairman of the Research Committee for Reunification at the Korean Bar Association. He also received the Human Rights Award at the 2013 Korea National Assembly Human Rights Forum.
NAM Bada, Secretary-General, PSCORE
Working for North Korean human rights and peacebuilding in the Korean peninsula since 2010. He also oversaw the production of multiple research reports including child labor within North Korea (2017), North Korean education system (2016), and overseas North Korean laborers (2015)
HWANG In-Cheol
Representative, 1969 Korean Air Abductees’ Families Association
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FEARPOLITIK: Kim Jong-un's Great Purge
2019-02-22 12:30 - 14:30 | National Press Club Holeman Lounge 13th Floor Main Level, 529 14th St., NW, Washington, DC, 20045, United States
The Committee For Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK) & the North Korea Strategy Center (NKSC) cordially invite you to:
FEARPOLITIK:
Kim Jong-un’s Great Purge
The event will feature a new NKSC report, including a list of names and backgrounds of senior officials purged under the Kim Jong-un regime.
AGENDA
Speakers:
KANG CHOL-HWAN
Chairman, North Korea Strategy Center
PETER LEE
CEO, North Korea Strategy Center U.S., Inc.
DAVID MAXWELL
Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Board Member, HRNK
Moderator:
GREG SCARLATOIU
Executive Director, HRNK
Lunch will be provided.
The event will be on the record.
RSVP
Please email Rosa Park, HRNK Director of Programs, at rosapark@hrnk.org with any questions or concerns.

Korea Club with Yonho Kim: North Korea's Mobile Telecommunications and Private Transportation Services in the Kim Jong-un Era
2019-01-30 18:30 - 21:00 | Woo Lae Oak Korean Restaurant, 8240 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, VA, 22182, United States
Dear Colleague:
You are invited to the Korea Club event on Wednesday, January 30, 2019. The event will feature Mr. Yonho Kim, who will give a presentation entitled, “North Korea’s Mobile Telecommunications and Private Transportation Services in the Kim Jong-un Era.” The presentation is based on a paper recently published under the same title on HRNK Insider, available through the following link: http://www.hrnkinsider.org/2019/01/north-koreas-mobile-telecommunications.html.
Yonho Kim is a Non-Resident Fellow at the Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI). He is a former Senior Researcher of the US-Korea Institute (USKI) at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and the former editor of the USKI Washington Review, a bi-weekly Korean report on current foreign policy developments in Washington with regards to the Korean Peninsula. Mr. Kim also manages projects on the North Korean political economy and is the author of “Cell Phones in North Korea: Has North Korea Entered the Telecommunications Revolution?”
Prior to joining USKI, he was a Senior Reporter for Voice of America’s Korean Service, where he covered the North Korean economy, North Korea’s illicit activities, and economic sanctions against North Korea. From 2003 to 2008, Mr. Kim was a broadcaster for Radio Free Asia’s Korean Service, focusing on developments in and around North Korea and US-ROK alliance issues. From 2001 to 2003, he was the Assistant Director of the Atlantic Council’s Program on Korea in Transition, where he conducted in-depth research on South Korean domestic politics.
Mr. Kim holds a B.A. and M.A. in International Relations from Seoul National University, and an M.A. in International Relations and International Economics from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University.
PROGRAM DETAILS
The dinner will start at 7:00 pm, followed by 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 check, cash or credit card.
RSVP is required for this program. Seating is limited. To register for this program or for further questions, please visit KEI’s website.
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 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.
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.
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.
Korea Club Directors
Jim Kelman Greg Scarlatoiu Sang Kim
Meridian International Center HRNK KEI
(703) 568-6987 (202) 499-7973 (202) 464-1985

DENIED FROM THE START: Human Rights at the Local Level in North Korea by Robert Collins
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AGENDA
Author:
ROBERT COLLINS
Discussants:
DAVID MAXWELL
Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Board Member, HRNK
JUNG PAK
Senior Fellow and SK-Korea Foundation Chair in Korea Studies, The Brookings Institution
Moderator:
GREG SCARLATOIU
Executive Director, HRNK
The event will be on the record.
RSVP
Please email Rosa Park, HRNK Director of Programs, at rosapark@hrnk.org with any questions or concerns.

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2018-07-24 18:30 - 21:00
Korea Club with Andrei Lankov TUESDAY | July 24, 2018 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Kim Jong-un's Survival Strategy, Why It Might Work Guest Speaker: Andrei Lankov Director of Korea Risk Group Professor at Kookmin University Woo Lae Oak Korean Restaurant 8240 Leesburg Pike Vienna, VA 22182
Dear Colleague:
You are invited to a special summer meeting of the Korea Club on Tuesday, July 24, 2018. The event will feature Dr. Andrei Lankov who will give a presentation entitled, “Kim Jong-un’s Survival Strategy, Why It Might Work.”
Andrei Lankov is a Russian scholar of Asia and a specialist in Korean studies. He completed his undergraduate and graduate studies at Leningrad State University in 1986 and 1989, respectively; He also attended Pyongyang’s Kim Il-sung University in 1985. Following his graduate studies, he taught Korean history and language at his alma mater, and in 1992 went to South Korea for work; he moved to Australia in 1996 to take up a post at the Australian National University and moved back to Seoul to teach at Kookmin University in 2004. Dr. Lankov has a DPRK-themed Livejournal blog in Russian with occasional English posts, where he documents aspects of life in North (and South) Korea, together with his musings and links to his publications. He also writes columns for The Korea Times. Dr. Lankov is a Director of Korea Risk Group, a specialist information and analysis firm committed to delivering qualified research and analysis on North Korea.
PROGRAM DETAILS
The dinner will start at 7:00 pm, followed by 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 check, cash or credit card.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
Korea Club Directors
Jim Kelman Greg Scarlatoiu Sang Kim
Meridian International Center HRNK KEI
(703) 568-6987 (202) 499-7973 (202) 464-1985

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