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(English translation of Tim’s Op-Ed below) MENSCHENRECHTE IN NORDKOREA Das wahre Problem ist die Situation der Menschen Tim Peters Helping Hands Korea_Catacombs 26. Mai 2017 Wir dürfen unsere Forderungen gegenüber Nordkorea nicht nur auf das Atomprogramm beziehen. Wichtig ist, dass wir auch an …
Seoul to quadruple cash for Pyongyang secrets Seoul (CNN) South Korea is quadrupling its reward fee for defectors from North Korea who are willing to hand over classified information on the reclusive country’s military secrets.The Ministry of Unification announced Sunday that it would pay up to 1 billion won ($860,000) — eclipsing the previous …
Why HHK does what it does along the Asian Underground Railroad…….. PBS: North Korean defectors create new lives in South Korea
Most North Korean Defectors Avoid Seeking Asylum in China FILE – Flags of China and North Korea hang outside the closed Ryugyong Korean Restaurant in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China, April 12, 2016. www.voanews.com/content/most-north-korean-defectors-avoid-asylum-seeking-in-china/3445300.html Brian Padden August 02, 2016 7:06 AM SEOUL—The South Korean Foreign Ministry, during its weekly press briefing on Tuesday, did not address …
[Shim Jae-hong] Beginning of an activist http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20160511000989 Few who read this will have had the experience of living in fear. But the same cannot be said of North Korean defectors in China. “There are many North Korean defectors in China who are living under the fear of arrest. Many women end up being the victims …
UN North Korea Probe Should Initially Focus on Defectors – Advocacy Group © AFP 2016/ JUNG YEON-JE ASIA & PACIFIC 03:01 25.03.2016Get short URL 0 276 1 0 UN investigators looking into possible crimes against humanity in North Korea should begin by interviewing some of the tens of thousands of defectors who can provide a wealth of evidence, Christian activist and Asia-based humanitarian aid worker …
Life and death on margins of North Korea society –AFP (Korea Herald 8-25-2013) North Korea’s famine in the 1990s unleashed a Darwinian struggle for survival that swiftly eliminated many of the most vulnerable in an already sharply stratified society, a U.N. panel heard Thursday. “People are treated without dignity in North Korea ― and in …
Escape from Camp 14, Shin Dong-hyuk in a North Korean prison for 23 years “Born in a prison camp, Shin Dong-hyuk describes how three generations of a family are incarcerated if one family member is considered disloyal. Anderson Cooper reports.”(quoted from the CBS News 60 Minutes website) ***Note: HHK’s director was part of an activist …
North Korean prisoner escaped after 23 brutal years: CBS 60 Minutes Read More »
All Party ParliamentaryGroup on North Korea ‘China’s Policy of Forced Repatriation of North Korean Refugees and Implications for International Law’ Tim Peters Founder, Helping Hands Korea 5 – 6pm, Tuesday 19th June 2012 Room U, Portcullis House, London, SW1A 2LW To attend please RSVP to: jake.calvert@henryjacksonsociety.org China has a policy of forcibly repatriating North Korean refugees, …
