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HHK Media Commentary:How Pyongyang Will Likely Sidestep New US/UN Sanctions

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North Korea to Offset US Sanctions by Exporting More Workers Abroad © AP Photo/ Wong Maye-E POLITICS 06:58 21.02.2016(updated 11:25 21.02.2016) Get short URL North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will likely send more citizens to work abroad to offset financial losses inflicted by the new US economic sanctions, Christian activist and Asia-based humanitarian aid worker Tim Peters told Sputnik. WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — On Thursday, US …

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“Two Nations Persecute North Korean Christians”Remarks by Tim Peters

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The following remarks were given at the Seoul Press Center by HHK_Catacombs’ founder, Tim Peters on the occasion of the book release, entitled Persecution, co-authored by Pastor Peter Jung and Christian Activist, H.T. Kim on Thursday, July 25, 2013 “Two Nations Persecute North Korean Christians” Today I am pleased to congratulate fellow Christian activist, H.T. …

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Forced Repatriation of NK Refugees discussed by Tim Peters at the invitation of the Henry Jackson Society, All Party Parliamentary Group on North Korea and CSW in London

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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, …

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Only Living Escapee of N.Korea’s Maximum Security Camp #14 Speaks Out: International MetroNews

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“……In fact, the regime may not survive much longer. “News is increasingly leaking into the North through short-wave radio broadcasts and illegal international phone calls,” explains Tim Peters, a Seoul-based pastor who helps North Koreans escape. “Coming from a society in which it is virtual suicide to speak out, brave defectors like Song and Shin …

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L.A.Times:American Missionary has his eyes trained on North Korea

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Reporting from Seoul: It’s well after dark and Tim Peters leans forward to tell a story about poverty and North Korea. He’s surrounded by a dozen people at a gathering with the cozy atmosphere of a community college night class, the students engrossed by a mentor’s tales.  READ MORE about the Catacombs movement to help North …

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Demonstrators against forcible repatriation of NK refugees in China (Associated Press photo)

South Koreans protest China’s repatriation of North Korean refugees:Washington Times

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SEOUL — A new kind of high-profile demonstrator gathered in Seoul on Tuesday to protest China’s forced repatriation of North Korean defectors: South Korean film, TV and music stars who enjoy massive popularity in China. ………”There is fear in South Korea that those returned to North Korea will face severe punishment……… “We cannot say with absolute certainty …

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Tim Peters on the Coerced Mourning for the Death of Kim Jong-il

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“It is a painful thing to watch this outpouring of emotion for someone who has been one of the most terrible despots of the 20th and 21st centuries,” said Tim Peters, a Seoul-based American missionary who assists North Korean defectors in China and South Korea. “It is completely incongruous with reality.”         …

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Hungarian Daily quotes HHK director on the Likelihood of a Revolt in North Korea

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(Although a full translation of the Hungarian is not available, the following is the full answer Director Tim Peters gave the Metro journalist in English responding to “Will the North Korean people revolt following the death of Kim Jong-il?”  Peters:” I believe it’s highly unlikely that the North Korean people will revolt, at least in …

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Hope and uncertainty for N.K. charities after Kim’s death (Korea Herald)

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Journalist Kirsty Taylor surveys NGO leaders related to North Korean humanitarian aid and human rights advocacy for their views on the impact of Kim Jong-il’s death on conditions for the average North Korean citizen.              Quotes from HHK’s founder/director: “Tim Peters, who founded Helping Hands Korea which aids North Korean …

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