Monthly Archive: November, 2003

No, not really, but it fits nicely into an exchange I’ve had with The Marmot over which of us has the goofier conspiracy theory (his, mine) or links to the more dubious stories about what’s going on in North Korea these days. I say we both lose, but I think I’m having more fun. Me, I’m not worthy of journalistic angst. I don’t link stuff I think is crap, I just link stuff I think will interest the readers and...

북한인권 왜 중요한가? 의미가 무엇인가? 어떻게 북한 인권상황을 개선할수 있을것인가 북한 인권에 관한 êµ­ì œ 심포지엄 11ì›”27일 (토) 9:30- 16:30 연세대학교 새천년관(국제학대학원)대강당 참가신청 및 문의 linkseoul@gmail.com 02-732-6710 알림 링크LiNK (Liberation in North Korea)와 남북자유민주청년회는 “˜ë¶í•œ 인권에 관한국제 심포지엄’을주최하며, 한국의시민단체와대학생들을초청합니다. 이번 행사는 27일하루동안에 북한문제를 전문적으로연구하는 전문가들,북한의 상황에 관심이있는 운동가, 그리고북한 정치범 수용소출신 탈북자들과북한, 남한, 미국, 중국유학생 등을초청하여 발표와토론의 형식으로진행됩니다. 이번 행사의참여단체로는세계시민기구,정토회, 좋은벗들,북한인권시민연합,북한인권정보센터,북한민주화운동본부와 “˜í‰í™”포럼’ 등이있습니다. 세부계획 10:30 기조 연설: 곽영훈평화 운동가/수석건축가- 서울 올림픽공원, 올림픽 경기장,올림픽 평화의 불, DMZ 통일평화시 설계 Part I: 북한...

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(continued from here) The event, held at the Dirksen Senate Office Building, was modestly attended by about fifty people, mostly NGO representatives, activists, and Korean media types. It began with a screening of Seoul Train, which documents the efforts of North Korean refugees to escape to South Korea through China, despite the constant risk of being caught and sent back to the North Korean gulags, where they could face starvation, torture, forced abortion, infanticide, or even summary execution. The WG...

On Friday, November 12th at 2:00 pm EST leading human rights groups for North Korea will rally in New York City and Los Angeles in front of the permanent Chinese mission to the UN and the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles, at the second rally in two weeks organized by Liberation in North Korea (LiNK). They will be protesting China’s arrest and repatriation of 70 North Korean refugees, 62 who were arrested on October 26 at safe houses near Beijing,...