(seminar info updated below)

NKnet is hosting a North Korean Human Rights International Film Festival in Seoul on November 10-11, 2011.  Let this also serve as the official OFK announcement that NKnet has a new English-language website ready for your consumption.

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The US-Korea Institute at SAIS and the Database Center for North Korean Human Rights are joining forces again for a seminar in Washington, DC, soon:

Building a Strategy on North Korean Human Rights: International Perspectives

with Keynote Address by Dr. Kim Moon-soo,
Governor, Gyeonggi Province, Republic of Korea

November 15, 2011
9 AM – 2:30 PM
Kenney Auditorium
1740 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

The US-Korea Institute at SAIS and the Database Center for North Korean Human Rights will convene a seminar on November 15, 2011 that will explore both the status of the human rights and humanitarian challenges in North Korea and international efforts to address them. Featuring a keynote address by Dr. Kim Moon-soo, Governor of Gyeonggi Province in South Korea.

Agenda coming soon.

See link to RSVP.

Update:

Wow, looks like they will have an A-List of speakers. The page for the event now has a link to a PDF with the following:

AGENDA

8:30–9:00 Registration

9:00–9:15 Welcoming Remarks

9:15–9:30 Opening Address
Han Duk-soo, Ambassador to the United States, Republic of Korea

9:30–10:00 Keynote Address
Kim Moon-soo, Governor, Gyeonggi Province, Republic of Korea

10:15–12:00 Session I: Status of Human Rights and Humanitarian Efforts in North Korea
Chair: Suzanne Scholte, Executive Director, North Korea Freedom Coalition

Panelists:
•  Lee Ja-eun, Researcher, Database Center for North Korean Human Rights
•  Lee Won-woong, Professor, Kwandong University
•  Randall Spadoni, Country Program Manager (North Korea), International Programs, World Vision

12:00–12:30 Lunch

12:30 – 14:00  Session II: Developing a Human Rights Strategy
Chair: Jae H. Ku, Director, US-Korea Institute at SAIS, Johns Hopkins University

Panelists:
•  Gisella Gori, Senior Political Advisor, Political, Security and Development Section, European Union External Action
•  Greg Scarlatoiu, Executive Director, U.S. Committee on North Korean Human Rights
•  Ben Rogers, East Asia Team Leader, Christian Solidarity Worldwide
•  Kang Cheol-hwan, President, North Korean Strategy Center

14:00 – 14:15  Closing Remarks
Kim Sang-hun, Chairman, Board of Directors, Database Center for North Korean Human Rights