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, […]
Korea Club with Hye-Won Ko Tuesday, April 15, 2014 6:30 pm–9:00 pm Woo Lae Oak Korean Restaurant 8240 Leesburg Pike Vienna, VA 22182 Hye-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) […]
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 […]
Korea Club with Dr. Nicholas Eberstadt Wednesday | May 7, 2014 6:30 pm–9:00 pm Is the DPRK A 'Special Case?' North Korean Economic Performance in International Perspective Guest Speaker: Dr. Nicholas Eberstadt Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy American Enterprise Institute (AEI) Woo Lae Oak Korean Restaurant 8240 Leesburg Pike Vienna, […]
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 […]
