Writings
A combined list of the various types of writings that appear on this site.
Chinese Government Should Release Forcibly Incarcerated South Korean Activists
Read in Korean [Press Release] Committee for the Release of North Korean Human Rights Activist Kim Young Hwan Contact: 02-723-6711, 010-8004-4849 “Chinese Government Should Release Forcibly Incarcerated South Korean Activists” •Four North Korean human rights activists, including Mr. Kim Young … Continue reading
B.R. Myers Interview, Part II: Focus on North Korea’s Ideology & Propaganda, Not Personalities
Read in Korean The following is the second half of an interview with B.R. Myers that appeared on pages 56-59 in the February 2012 issue of NK Vision magazine. Transcription courtesy of NKnet volunteers Arnaud Minne and Leanna Ross. Part … Continue reading
B.R. Myers Interview, Part I: “Big Challenges for the Propaganda Artists”
Read in Korean The following is the first half of an interview with B.R. Myers that appeared on pages 56-59 in the February 2012 issue of NK Vision magazine. Transcription courtesy of NKnet intern Dahyeon Lee and editing by volunteer … Continue reading
Lim Il: North Korean Defector Writes of His Home Country and Settling in South Korea
Read in Korean “Of course South Korean people don’t read the reports that catalogue the horrendous human rights abuses in the North. Only through personal anecdotes, making the reader smile and feel touched, can we inform. Anyone can just read … Continue reading
Campus Talk: University Students’ Bike Tour for North Korean Human Rights & Security
Read in Korean When looking at the Kim Jong Il regime’s provocations, I defined them as a country that does not even recognize its own brothers. However, in this tour defectors also joined in. In talking with them, I realized … Continue reading
The Democratization of North Korea — An Unavoidable Task of Our Time
Read in Korean The following appeared on pages 8-9 as the Publisher’s Column in the January 2012 issue of NK Vision magazine. In your life, you have to let both those you love and those you hate go. You should … Continue reading
A Mini-Interview with Dr. Oh Kil Nam
The following interview appeared on page 11 in the November 2011 issue of NK Vision. Translation courtesy of NKnet volunteer Natalie Grant. You don’t appear to be in good health. How are you these days? I go back and forth … Continue reading
The Surprisingly Long History of the Campaign to Rescue the “Daughter of Tongyeong” Shin Suk Ja and Her Daughters
Read in Korean The following article appeared on pages 8-11 in the November 2011 issue of NK Vision. Translation courtesy of NKnet volunteer Ryan Hamilton. The “Daughter of Tongyeong” campaign that started in Tongyeong is spreading to every place throughout … Continue reading
On the South Korean Government Sending Condolences to North Korea
Read in Korean. Ryu Woo Ik, Minster of Unification, said in a statement on Tuesday that, “The South Korean government will not send an envoy of condolence,” but “will allow the family members of the late president Kim Dae Jung … Continue reading
North Korean Political Prison Camps Drawn by Defectors
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