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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 […]
Enter Pyongyang: A 3-minute Glimpse Into the North Korean Capital
<p><a href=”http://vimeo.com/102051605″>Enter Pyongyang</a> from <a href=”http://vimeo.com/jtsingh”>JT Singh</a> on <a href=”https://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a>.</p> It seems as though it is no longer accurate to simply characterize North Korea as a country completed isolated from the outside world and the technological advancements of the 21st century. “Enter Pyongyang” is a three-minute film using time-lapse, speed control, and animation to portray […]
Think North Korea 