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The refugee situation is one that is "shameful and inhuman," said Peter Jeong '11. The march was preceded by a series of speeches and poetry readings honoring the refugees while attempting to spur ...
Seoul said six fishermen from the North were returned after they drifted into South Korean territorial waters earlier this ...
In the United States, there are 99 North Korean refugees, the State Department said. More North Korean immigrants have received visas to come to the United States, but their ranks are still sparse ...
TOKYO, Nov. 27 -- Activists involved in several highly publicized attempts by North Korean refugees to storm into foreign diplomatic missions in China for protection say a Chinese police crackdown ...
LOS ANGELES, March 8 (UPI) --The organs of North Korean refugees are being harvested in China, and the lucrative human organ trade involve Chinese hospitals, private citizens and bounty hunters, a ...
The number of North Korean refugees running their own YouTube channels has surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, as opportunities and income have waned from speeches, lectures or performances.
To assist the international organization LiNK (Liberty in North Korea), which spreads awareness about the atrocious human rights abuses in North Korea, a Smith chapter of the group will host a ...
Years later, most North Korean refugees still refer to the famine by its Pyongyang-mandated euphemism. "Even in the Arduous March we didn't suffer much," Choi says, shrugging.
WASHINGTON DC, March 7, 2011 - Directed by Kim Tae-Gyun, Crossing is loosely based on a real story about the life of a North Korean defector and his family. Actor Cha In-Pyo stars as a North Korean ...
Reporters, researchers and curious minds often ask me about my long-term plans, goals and mission with North Korean refugees. I started to anticipate that question being asked at the end of ...
North Korean refugees admitted to the U.S. number around 200 over the last two decades. ... In March of this year, Elizabeth Salmón, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in North Korea, told the ...