October 25, 2010 South Korea Sends Food Aid to North By MARK McDONALD SEOUL, South Korea — Freighters carrying aid shipments of rice and instant noodles left for North Korea on Monday in what analysts said could be an important step in the easing of tensions between the two Koreas. It was the first food …
On The Listening Post this week we look at the photo that spoke a thousand words about the power dynamics in North Korea…..
“Their (North Korean refugees’) plight is one of the lesser-known modern tragedies, says Rev Tim Peters, the founder of the Seoul-based humanitarian group Helping Hands Korea. “They’re traumatised from escaping the North and living in China.” Many have been refugees for months or years. They have no rights. Some have been caught and sent back …
Independent (UK):What is Disneyland? Out of North Korea, into the real world Read More »
Tim Peters is interviewed by Journeyman Pictures, London’s leading independent distributor of topical news features, documentaries and footage about the dangerous situation of North Korean refugees in China. North Korean Refugees–Journeyman Pictures
London-based filmmaker Mike Webb of RI was granted unique access to a refugee shelter in China by Helping Hands Korea(HHK). His “Flight from North Korea” paints in stark colors the fate of most North Koreans today as they face famine and tyranny in their own homeland as well as the twin specters of exploitation & …
