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Interview: In conversation with a North Korean refugee in America
A North Korean refugee in America works to raise awareness about her home country North Korean defectors often say that the most arduous part of leaving is the fear of repatriation. We meet a women who...
View ArticleInterview: In conversation with North Korea’s highest-ranking military defector
Choe Ju-hwal is North Korea’s highest-ranking military defector in South Korea. Choe served as Vice Director for Section 1 of the People’s Armed Forces (PAF) Foreign Relations Bureau, which is a...
View ArticleInterview: Unprecedented insights into North Korea’s military structure
(Here is our first installment.) Choe Ju-hwal is North Korea’s highest-ranking military defector in South Korea. Choe served as Vice Director for Section 1 of the People’s Armed Forces (PAF) Foreign...
View ArticleInterview: Meet Ko Young-hwan, the first diplomat who escaped N.Korea
The first meeting of the Unification Preparatory Committee was held on August 7, 2014. Launched by South Korean president Park Geun-hye in February of this year, the committee was established to offer...
View ArticleInterview: with Mr. Nobody
Hwagyo is the Korean term for Chinese citizens or their descendants who live outside of China. ‘Mr. A,’ who defected from North Korea in 2007, lived under a hwagyo status in North Korea. Upon arrival...
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Interview: Shin Dong-hyuk, human rights advocate
Momentum is gathering in the international community to demand human rights in North Korea. Seven months after the United Nations established the Commission of Inquiry on human rights in North Korea,...
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Interview: Artist Song Byeok’s journey out of North Korea
Artist Song Byeok was born in 1969 in North Korea. After working as a propaganda poster artist at a steel factory in Hwanghae province, he attempted to cross the Tumen River to find food in China...
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Interview: Super Featherweight World Champion, Boxer Choi Hyon-Mi
Hyon-Mi Choi holds the title of ‘first North Korean women boxer’ Super Featherweight World Champion. She says that more than becoming the champion, the difficult task is to maintain this title. On May...
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[Interview] Refugees say ‘Thank You’ to TNKR
“TNKR” earns the biggest gratitude from North Korean refugees. There is one organization most revered by the North Korean refugee community in South Korea. This organization is especially popular among...
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Unification, in marriage: An interview with ‘Heeyon’
“Because North Korea is a very patriarchal society, I heard that the wives are very devoted to their husbands. Is that true?” South Korean men are taking an interest in North Korean women as potential...
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