Charlie Kwak is a Korean American high school student who has made several trips to his extended family’s home in Korea, all the while participating in leadership programs and events pertaining to the ongoing campaign for peaceful reunification on the Korean...
Dr. Alexander Zhebin, Director, Center for Korean Studies, Institute of Far Eastern Studies Moscow International Forum on One Korea 2017: Solutions to the Korean Peninsula Crisis Washington, D.C. November 14-15, 2017 Abstract Experience of dealing with the DPRK...
Dr. Jai Ryu was born in North Korea. He was still a boy when his father left North Korea. His son, Marcus Ryu sometimes wonders how different life would be if were born in North Korea. Today Dr. Ryu, a professor emeritus at Loyola University and his son Marcus Ryu,...
Lee Hyeoseo, was only seven when she first witnessed a public execution in North Korea. It was only a few years later when famine would sweep through North Korea, and Hyeoseo would also see children searching for any small morsel of food and starving mothers cradling...
Joseph Kim appeared on Ted Talks to tell his story of coming to the United States. In 2003 a famine in North Korea claimed his father’s life. His mother and sister left in search of food and income but never returned. Joseph recalls, “Suddenly I became an orphan...
In 2014 Yeonmi Park told her story to the world at the One Young World conference. Since then, she has used various opportunities to shed light on the situation of the people in North Korea. “I have to do this because this is now, I’m speaking for people who want to...
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