Watch an important discussion featuring Mr. Ri Jong-Ho and Hyun Seung Lee — they speak about their assessments on the implications of Covid-19 on North Korea’s security, human rights, and humanitarian landscape. And be sure to listen to Mr. Ri’s statement made… Continue Reading →
Join me on International Human Rights (Dec 10) for a Belfer Center event, “North Korea During Covid-19: Implications on Security, Human Rights, and Foreign Policy” with Mr. Ri Jong-Ho and Hyunseung Lee. RSVP on the link below! https://www.belfercenter.org/event/north-korea-during-covid-19-implications-security-human-rights-and-foreign-policy I’ll be… Continue Reading →
Lumen’s promo video is finally out! Check out this video that interviews a number of North Korean escapees about how consuming foreign information impacted them while they were living in North Korea. This was co-produced by one of our team… Continue Reading →
I convened an all-star working group of 9 people who volunteered countless hours to meet over several months and provide insights to craft this policy recommendation to the Biden Administration. The working group members were: Guy Arrigoni, Markus Garlauskas, Hyun-Seung… Continue Reading →
As a complement to the event I organized on April 20 with a panel of 7 North Korean-escapees, Sylvia Kim and I co-authored this piece “Innovating our Approach to Human Rights in North Korea” through the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer… Continue Reading →
Amazing at Harvard Business School set up a one-on-one internship program with North Korean-born entrepreneurs. If you are interested, check out the flyers (English and Korean), and *apply on this google form*. Let me know if you have any questions!
I had a the pleasure of organizing and moderating an event titled “Innovating our Approach to Human Rights in North Korea,” featuring an all North Korean-escapee panel. This event was co-sponsored by Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and… Continue Reading →
I know it sometimes seems like an impossible subject to practically address, but we have to keep on discussing NK’s human rights abuses and keep the subject salient as we collectively think of new ways to bring human rights to… Continue Reading →
I am so excited to be moderating an all-star panel of women who have been crafting their careers that have been driven by their mission to promote change in our world with a focus on North Korea. Be sure to… Continue Reading →
I had the pleasure of moderating an online event with Hyun-Seung and Seo-Hyun yesterday, sponsored by the Harvard Kennedy School’s North Korea Study Group. This is part of a monthly conversation series with North Korean escapees I will moderate. Not… Continue Reading →
My latest Foreign Affairs article joins the chorus of voices who are critical of the legislation recently passed by the South Korean Parliament that criminalizes the dissemination of information into North Korea. Don’t Leave North Koreans in the Dark: South… Continue Reading →
Join me, Dr. John Park, Markus Garlauskas, Martyn Williams, Nat Kretchun and Geum-Hyok Kim at an online event titled “North Korea’s Information and Technology: The Inflow of Foreign Content and the Regime’s Countermeasures.” The event will be moderated by North… Continue Reading →
Lumen has launched our second annual Open Call for Ideas! If you have a great idea — a practical idea or a moonshot idea — that can enhance access to information for North Koreans, check out Lumen’s Open Call for… Continue Reading →
Join me at the Human Rights Foundation’s Online OSLO FREEDOM FORUM 2020 next week (Sept 24-25 EST). As always, there will be incredibly inspirational and accomplished activists, journalists, philanthropists and advocates who will speak about the issues we all must… Continue Reading →
I have been following this organization run by Mr. Kim Seong-Min and Suzanne Scholte. “Since 2006, Free North Korea Radio has broadcasted into North Korea. Voiced and produced by North Korean defectors now living in South Korea, we broadcast news, information, and… Continue Reading →
I just re-watched Liberty in North Korea’s documentary titled “Jangmadang Generation” and was reminded of just how much work we as civilians can do to bring positive changes to the people of North Korea. If you are an engineer, researcher,… Continue Reading →
Earlier this year, I had dinner with a new friend named April Kang. Over several hours of homemade Korean food, we got to know each other a bit and she shared with me her frightening story of escaping North Korea,… Continue Reading →
This image that Lebron James posted recently captured the power and meaning of Colin Kaepernick’s protest. I embarrassingly know nothing about the game of football or basketball. But protest, I get. Some critics of Colin Kaepernick’s protesting police brutality against… Continue Reading →
This past week’s nationwide protests triggered by the unjust and senseless death of George Floyd refocused our attention here in America to the ongoing, structural injustices that inflict our nation today, 244 years after our nation’s founding. The blatant —… Continue Reading →
I came across Kang Chun-Hyuk’s artwork recently, and noted how much information and heartbreak a young artist could expose about the brutality of the North Korean regime through his drawings and ‘live paintings.’ His talented work captures and showcases the… Continue Reading →