Tag Archives: human rights
Looking Back on More Than a Year With TNK
I’ve been involved with Think North Korea for well over a year. I got involved in October of 2013, with some planning sessions and meetings, and a couple of email chains. I was a freshman, with a little bit of public speaking experience. I just walked up to the then-seniors who were running TNK at […]
Some Thoughts on The Interview (Movie)
A lot of people have been talking about The Interview lately. It’s a particularly controversial movie, and not in the “oh-hey-that’s-a-topic-no-one-talks-about” kind of way. It’s more of a… “LET’S-LAMPOON-DEATH-AND-DESTRUCTION-AND-OH-BY-THE-WAY-THERE-ARE-HUMAN-RIGHTS-AND-SECRET-AGENTS-AND-WHAT-IS-THIS-MOVIE-EVEN-ABOUT-ANYWAY” kind of way. The moviemakers claim to discuss human rights in the film, and that they spread awareness. Having watched it, I think that they actually […]
The UN’s Agenda Finally Includes the North Korean Prison Camps
Yesterday, two North Korean defectors, Park Yeon-Mi, and Joseph Kim, went in front of the UN alongside two members of the State Department’s special envoy for North Korean human rights issues, Robert King and Tom Malinowski. They did this under very specific instructions from the US Secretary of State to put North Korean human rights […]
A Lot Has Happened in North Korea, Including Some Good News
So, North Korea has been in the news more than usual lately, and for (mostly) valid reason. But the media tends to really emphasize some details that are perhaps not so helpful when it comes to human rights crises. So what has actually been happening? Well, North Korea has been in the news more than […]
Why North Korea?
In your everyday life, you will encounter many people who yell your way and try to persuade you to support their service project. Starving children in Africa, LGBT rights, autistic kids, human trafficking, education; anything you can think of, you know because you’ve read or heard about somehow. At least, that’s been my experience. Of […]
Workshop at Coke Headquarters: Thursday, February 20
On Thursday, Michael and I went to a branding workshop. At the Coke headquarters on GA Tech campus, this workshop was one that I’d looked forward to the entire year. Coca-Cola, the most recognized brand in the world, has tremendous experience with tailoring ads and campaigns to compel customers to 1. buy their products and […]
Presentation at Pace Academy
Woo, that was a close one. The traffic at Pace was very tight, due to some construction that was occurring on campus. The cars were inching along at a snail’s pace, and I was deeply concerned that we would not make it on time to our own presentation. But we made it (although barely) and […]
Presentation at Westminster!
Today was a good day. Woke up with butterflies in my stomach, tired to my core. But I tried to suppress it all when I walked onto the stage to present in front of the entire high school, close to 1000 students. And…I saw faces. Many faces, contrasted with bright colors of polos and khakis. […]
Presentation at a School in our Area! – May 24, 2013
Last Friday, my friends Dillon and Michael joined me in visiting a local high school to spread awareness about Liberty in North Korea. For security purposes, the name of the school will have to be omitted, but I can definitely say with confidence that it was a great deal of fun. The faculty coordinator was […]
GivingPoint Sparks Event – March 20, 2013
On March 20th, Michael and I attended the GivingPoint Sparks Event! It was at this building with a long hallway, which was filled with about 14 teams of about 1-3 people each. The hallway eventually led to a colorful room filled with wines for adults to sample. When I first walked in, I was caught […]
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