Author: Jieun Baek

Divided Families Film Project

Divided Families Film Online Launch — Conversation with Directors on Google Hangout on Air! [Tuesday, 11/25, Noon EST]

We’re launching the film online! Please join the Divided Families Film directors Dr. Jason Ahn and Eugene Chung in a conversation about the making of

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Register your Korean Divided Families with the National Coalition on Divided Families

Thank you to everyone who came out to our Harvard screening last night! We got a lot of questions about you can get more involved. One

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North Korea public policy

10 Year Anniversary of the North Korea Human Rights Act, passed by the U.S. Congress in 2004

I’m sharing this press release for those who are interested in this message from Mr. Chol Park, Executive Director, Free North Korean Association United States, in honor

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North Korea public policy

Join “Save North Korea Refugees Day” MONDAY, Sept 22nd. Washington DC

Suzanne Scholte and her North Korea Freedom Coalition are leading up Save North Korea Refugees Day this Monday. If you’re in DC, please consider showing up

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Screening of Documentary Film “Divided Families” at Harvard University’s Korea Institute [ November 13, 4:30 – 6:00PM ]

The Korea Institute at Harvard University is screening our finished documentary, Divided Families, in November! If you are in Boston, please come for the film screening on

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North Korea Project

Voice of America’s Coverage on the Korean Edition of “From Dictatorships to Democracy”

Upon it's public release, Voice of America wrote up an article and broadcast this story directly into North Korea to its listeners. If you can

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Media to Share Project Writings on North Korea

From Dictatorship to Democracy by Dr. Gene Sharp [Free Korean edition now available!]

I’ve been working on this project for some time now, and cannot emphasize enough how inspirational and effective the Albert Einstein Institute is. If you

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North Korea Hackathon in Silicon Valley (Behind the Scenes!)

This past weekend, a North Korea Hackathon took place in Silicon Valley, hopefully the first of many. The New York City-based Human Rights Foundation organized this

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North Korea

“북한을 해킹하라” – Hack North Korea

보도자료 2014. 8.6  미 샌프란시스코 “북한을  해킹하라”  – Hack North Korea   8월 2일과 3일 양일간 미국 뉴욕의 인권재단( Human Rights Foundation, HRF)은  ‘북한을 해킹하라’

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10 North Korean Millennials in New York City, July 17, 2014

  For those of you in New York City who are interested in learning about North Korean youth's identity in South Korea, please register for this

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public policy Travel Writings on North Korea

Lessons from our visit to the Citizens’ Alliance for North Korean Human Rights

As part of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Asia Leadership Trek, my 40 classmates and I visited the Citizens’ Alliance for North Korean Human Rights in

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Yangon, a Cursory Introduction to Myanmar

With any visit to a new place, fully knowing a country is impossible, much less with a brief visit to one city, especially if that

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Travel

“Come with Me. I have to show you something.” My Conversation with a Burmese Monk

Walking barefoot on wet marbled floors of the Shwedagon Pagoda, I tried to serenely be present and absorb the glittering beauty that is the Shwedagon

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public policy Travel

Myanmar: A Long Arduous Journey towards Democracy

  “Minglaba!” The kind faces of several women wearing beautiful longyis greeted the trekkers and welcomed us into the headquarter office of the National League

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Opportunities to share Travel

6 Destinations in Asia, 40 Students, 30 Days: The HKS Asia Leadership Trek

Days after my graduation, I took off with a bunch of my classmates and friends for the HKS Asia Leadership Trek, which is a “unique,

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Extraordinary people public policy

Leaders on Leadership: A Conversation with former Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf

On May 15, my classmate Amandla Ooko-Ombaka and I moderated the opening panel for HKS Ideasphere with the former Mexican President Felipe Calderon (HKS Class 2000,

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Media to Share Writings on North Korea

My NPR Interview in light of the UN’s recent REPORT on North Korea’s human rights violations

I was asked to give an NPR interview in light of the UN’s recent release of a report on North Korea’s unspeakable human rights violations.

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Opportunities to share public policy Travel

Research trip to Lebanon

Happy New Year everyone! I returned from Lebanon a week ago to conduct interviews with my classmate Laila Matar to work on our Policy Analysis

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Divided Families Film Project Media to Share

Invitation: Come to the Divided Families Film Screening in New York City, Jan 22, 2014!

  If you're in New York City, I'd love to have you come to a screening of our final edit of the Divided Families Film

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“1/7 of the world’s population is disabled, but comprise an invisible community: Sara Minkara, on “Empowerment Through Integration”

Sara Minkara, a close friend from HKS, is an extraordinary person. She’s created this NGO called “Empowerment through Integration” that works to empower young people

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