PSCORE’s Kim Young Il: One-on-One Classes Improve Refugees’ English Skills and Confidence
Read in Korean Beginning in October 2006, PSCORE (People for Successful Corean Unification, 성공적인 통일을 만들어가는 사람들, 성통만사) has run a customized one-on-one educational support program for North Korean refugees now residing in South Korea. Many of them had their … Continue reading
Ha Tae Kyoung Interview on the Growing Cyber-Terrorism Threat from North Korea and the South’s Response
Below is a summarized version of an interview with National Assembly member Ha Tae Kyoung that appeared on pages 26-29 of NK Vision’s May 2013 issue. Arrangement by Robert Lauler. Read in Korean A major cyber-attack on March 20 of … Continue reading
Understanding the Pro-North Faction – I Was a Follower of Juche (3): “Overthrow the U.S. Imperialists and Liberate our Colonized Nation!”
Read in Korean Below is the third installment of our NK Vision column, “Understanding the Pro-North Faction – I was a Follower of Juche” (종북주의 해부하기 – 나는 주사파였다) by Lee Kwang Baek, the head of Radio Free Chosun. As … Continue reading
Kim Hee Sang: U.S. and South Korean Dialogue Proposals Undermine “Strategic Patience” Policy
Below is a summarized version of an interview with Kim Hee Sang, Chairman of the Korea Institute for National Security Affairs, that appeared on pages 41-43 of NK Vision’s May 2013 issue. Arrangement by Robert Lauler. Read in Korean Recently, … Continue reading
North Korea Freedom Week 2013, Open Radio Event, Etc.
The 10th annual North Korea Freedom Week will be held in Seoul, Busan, Washington DC, and cities around the world from April 28 to May 4, 2013. Worldwide Awareness Day for North Korean Refugees will be May 2. The schedule … Continue reading
Song Byeok Exhibition: A Message of Peace and Hope
Song Byeok was a propaganda artist in North Korea before fleeing the country several years ago. After US exhibitions of his work last year, Song is holding a small exhibition in Seoul until April 23 (update: the show has been … Continue reading
Looking Back on Kim Jong Un’s First Year: North Korea Has Grown Even More Grim
Read in Korean NKnet released the following statement today. During an April 15th parade commemorating Kim Il Sung’s 100th birthday last year, Kim Jong Un promised that he would “make sure the people will never have to tighten their belts … Continue reading
NKnet and ICNK Welcome Passage of UN Commission of Inquiry (COI)
On Monday morning, March 25, 2013, NKnet and other ICNK members held a press conference about the recent passage of a one-year UN Commission of Inquiry (COI) into crimes against humanity in North Korea. NKnet is a founding member of … Continue reading
Round-Table on Government & Civic Cooperation in a Time of National Security Crisis
To mark the third anniversary of the sinking of the Cheonan on March 26, NKnet and publisher Zeitgeist held a round-table discussion on the topic of “Government & Civic Cooperation in a Time of National Security Crisis” on Monday, March … Continue reading
Repatriated Female North Korean Refugees Suffer From Torture and Sexual Violence
Below is a translation of an article that appeared in NK Vision magazine’s April 2012 issue, which featured a series of articles on the grassroots movement that quickly came to be known as “Save My Friend.” Translation courtesy of NKnet … Continue reading




