North Korea is Added onto Trump’s ‘Travel Ban’ List

On Sept. 24, President Donald Trump announced a new travel-ban replacement, adding North Korea to the list of seven other countries banned from United States entry. Following the first travel ban, the administration’s proclamation is planned for enactment on Oct. 18.

The new travel ban encompasses eight supposedly ‘threatening’ countries to the United States, including Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen.

Donald Trump announced the plan for the new law, claiming the purpose was for the safety of American citizenry.

“Making America Safe is my number one priority. We will not admit those into our country we cannot safely vet," Trump tweeted.

When asked about the administration’s motives for suddenly adding North Korea to the travel ban list, no clear answer was given.
“North Korea, quite bluntly, does not cooperate whatsoever,” one official said.

Others extrinsic groups have sparked outrage that the Trump administration has denied the abused North Korean refugees travel access to the United States.

“It is senseless and cruel to ban whole nationalities of people who are often fleeing the very same violence that the U.S. government wishes to keep out. This must not be normalized,” the Rights group Amnesty International USA stated.

North Korean visa-holders will not have their current visas nullified, however, the act will ban future North Korean immigrants from entering the country altogether. Despite the current net migration rate of North Koreans to the USA being zero, the ban will force embassies to adjust policies and will impact international immigration actions.

Immigration and refuge for North Koreans will become exponentially more difficult with a lack of cooperation on behalf of the Trump administration. The United States can no longer be considered a viable immigration location for North Korean refugees, making hopes for legal escape and safety grim.

A non-profit organization has sent to North Korea 1000 USBs in a balloon

 A non-profit organization has sent to North Korea 1000 USBs in a balloon to inform North Koreans of the outside world and problems of North Korean regime. The main purpose of sending USBs to North Korea is enlightening their mind to see the truth about North Korean regime.





 Mr. Mark Sleet, a volunteer of NKinUSA (North Korean Refugees in the United States) participated in sending USBs to North Korea. He is a volunteer writer in the blog (usandnorth.blogspot.com) for North Korean refugees.



 The USBs will be used to shut up Kim Jong Un's mouth and let North Korean people speak for freedom.

http://www.rfa.org/korean/in_focus/human_rights_defector/ne-my-09192017090356.html

Can communist countries exist with freedom of religion?

A conference was held in South Korea to discuss about if communist countries can exist with freedom of religion?
Panelists insisted that North Korean regime believes they will be destroyed by religion.

http://www.rfa.org/korean/weekly_program/baa9c694-b300b2f4/fe-hk-09052017161016.html

I saw some pictures of Bongsu Chuarch in Pyongyang

This church was founded in 1988 and reformed in 20016 with financial support from a South Korean church organization.

About 200 Christians participated in a worship.

This is the beginning of Christianity in North Korea?

http://www.koreadaily.com/news/read.asp?art_id=777502

The first meeting of South Korea's Adviser Committee for North Korea Human Rights Improvement was held.

The first meeting of South Korea's Adviser Committee for North Korea Human Rights Improvement was held.
I hope they work in close cooperation with non-profit organizations founded by former North Korean refugees, because they are well aware of the true story of severe human rights crisis in North Korea.

http://news.kbs.co.kr/news/view.do?ncd=3551880&ref=A

Chance of Change in North Korea

  Who can change North Korea?   How to change?

Recently there has been many sanctions carried out by many countries in the world toward DPR Korea, as a "punishment" for the regime's ongoing military threat.
However, this only worsens the peoples' lives, and has no effect of moving the world toward peace.

Some scholars have pointed out, that the most crucial way for North Korea (DPRK) to change, is to "Let the People Know about Outside World".
As some countries start to limit or ban workers from DPRK, the scholars state that this is a wrong decision, and urges foreign countries to welcome more people from DPRK, so that they can know more the outside world, and spread the "truth" to others.

Usually the wages of workers from DPRK is sent back for the government and they hardly get any money, but at least they can enjoy better life abroad and tell some "different real stories" of foreign lands unlike the description from the central government.

Hopefully, one day the nations wake up to the truth that they are not the happiest nation in the world, and abandon the "illusion" that has lasted for decades. Who can change North Korea? Only North Korean themselves. How to change? To know the world better.
 

A Letter to Kim Jong Un of North Korea from Jin Hye Jo, President of NKinUSA (North Korean Refugees in the United States)

A Letter to Kim Jong Un of North Korea from Jin Hye Jo, President of NKinUSA (North Korean Refugees in the United States)

Mr. Kim Jong Un!

You may not read this letter.
This letter will not be able to reach to you.
I am writing this letter with hope that you read this letter someday.

I want to think at this moment that you are not the worst dictator nor the leader of North Korea, but just an ordinary man.

I can write a true and honest letter to you after I consider you an ordinary man.

Mr. Kim Jong Un! You can do anything you want to do in North Korea.
You can order people in North Korea to song for you even though they do not want to.
You can order North Koreans to watch movies about you even though they do not want to.
You can order anyone North Koreans not to go to where they want to go.
You can order people in North Korea to work only for you without paying any money to them.
You can let North Korean people die of hunger or order them to eat whatever you want to provide.
You can send North Korean people to labor prisons or execute them if you want to.
You can start a war and threat the world peace by attacking them with nuclear weapons.

But there is one thing you can not do no matter how you try to.
You cannot change the mind of those who hate you.

You want to keep your hundreds of statues, fake historic spots and documents remain to hide your horrible crimes forever.

But you have to remember this.

You will be remembered as the most horrible and cruel criminals in the world history, because it is true that you committed such crimes.

Mr. Kim Jong Un! You can make a decision.
You can stop committing crimes and you have the key to make the divided Korea into one unified country.
You can step down from the power and ask forgiveness for what you have done to North Koreans.

I understand you are afraid of this decision.
You may regret to make such a decision.

But be courageous and abandon regret.
You will be saved from falling into hell.

This is the last chance for you to repent all the crimes that your families have committed.

September 9th, 2017
From Jin-Hye Jo, President of NKinUSA (North Korean refugees in the United States)
www.nkinusa.org

Original Letter from NKinUSA (North Korean refugees in the United States) in Korean language

북한 김정은에게 보내는 편지

김정은씨!

당신은 이 편지를 읽지 않겠죠?

당신에게 이 편지는 갈 수가 없겠죠?

그래도 언젠가는 당신이 이 편지를 읽을 수 있는 날을 기대하며 이 편지를 쓰게 되네요.

당신에게 편지를 쓰고 있는 이 순간 만큼은 당신은 지구상 최악의 독재자도 아니고, 북조선의 위대한 수령도 아닌 지극히 평범한 인간으로 생각하고 싶군요.

그래야만 당신과 진실되고 솔직한 대화를 나눌 수 있을테니까요.

김정은씨! 당신은 한반도의 북쪽 땅에서 무엇이든 할 수 있겠죠.

당신은 사람들이 부르고 싶지 않은 당신의 노래를 부르도록 할 수 있죠.

당신은 사람들이 보고 싶지 않은 당신에 대한 영화를 보도록 할 수 있죠.

당신은 사람들이 배우고 싶지 않은 당신의 사상을 배우도록 할 수 있죠.

당신은 사람들이 가고 싶은 곳을 마음대로 갈 수 없도록 할 수 있죠.

당신은 사람들이 그 어떤 대가도 없이 당신만을 위해서 일하도록 할 수 있죠.

당신은 사람들을 굶어 죽일 수도 있고, 당신이 주는 것만 먹도록 할 수 있죠.

당신은 누구든지 수용소에 보낼 수 있고, 누구든지 처형할 수 있죠.

당신은 마음만 먹으면 전쟁도 할 수 있고, 전세계 어디든지 핵무기로 공격할 수 있죠.

그러나 당신이 절대로 할 수 없는 가장 중요한 것이 있죠.

당신이 아무리 노력을 해도 당신을 증오하는 사람들의 마음까지 바꿀 수는 없죠.

당신은 당신이 저지른 끔찍한 범죄를 후손 만대에까지 감추기 위하여 당신을 칭송하는 수 많은 동상들과 혁명사적지, 혁명기록물을 남기겠죠.

그러나 당신을 이 것을 알아야 해요.

당신이 아무리 노력을 해도 당신은 인류 역사상 가장 끔찍하고 가장 잔인한 범죄 리스트의 챔피언 자리에 영원히 기록될 거라는 것을!

왜냐하면 당신이 저지른 수 많은 범죄와 만행들은 사실이니까요. 그리고 진실이니까요.

김정은씨! 당신은 선택할 수 있죠.

당신의 백성들에게 자유를 주고 반세기 동안 이어진 분단의 비극을 끝장낼 수 있죠.

당신이 스스로 권력의 자리에서 물러나고 당신과 선대 수령들이 저지른 끔찍한 범죄에 대하여 참회하고 용서를 구할 수 있죠.

당신은 당신의 이러한 선택에 대하여 두려워하겠죠?

당신은 당신의 이러한 선택에 대하여 아쉬워하겠죠?

그러나 용기를 가지세요.

그리고 미련을 버리세요.

그 것이 당신을 파멸로부터 구원할 수 있을테니까요.

그 것이 당신 가문의 범죄를 속죄할 수 있는 마지막 기회이니까요.

2017년 9월 9일

조진혜

NKinUSA 회장

Introduction about NKinUSA (North Korean Refugees in the United States)

Translated by Susie Han (Susie Maria Han)

Woodbridge High School, Irvine, California

How can the U.S. Directly Help North Korean Refugees?

Refugees sur place

     are people who, regardless of the original reason for fleeing their native country, are in danger if they return to it. Threats of repatriation and persecution loom over the heads of North Koreans living in China, despite international treaties agreeing to protect them. 
     The United States, especially during the Obama administration's term, has accused and passed measures against the North Korea regime for its human rights abuses. Thousands upon thousands of North Koreans are forced into labor and refugees who are returned to the state are punished by torture and slavery.
     The United Nations organization, the U.N., has been recently warning North Korea of crossing the nuclear threat line. Missile tests are picking up, but war isn't the only problem the U.S.A. and the U.N. committee should be concerned with. The millions of people seeking safety and the thousands of refugees sur place hiding in China face the precarious state of their futures every day.
     So how can current governments help? 
     Over a million people are granted visas to the U.S., for a wide variety of reasons, every year. If the government allots a small percentage of these visas exclusively for Korean refugees, both the nation itself and the refugees would benefit: the U.S. could help with a dire humanitarian crisis and those who fled North Korea could find safety. 
     Now if multiple nations, especially European countries in addition to the U.S., set aside various percentages of their granted visas a year, according to population size and available living room, as well as records of how many refugees come from other nations, we could provide hundreds of opportunities for safety. 
     This measure would admit refugees legally and give precedence to the people who are under immense threat from their native nations and even the surrounding countries who initially posed as safe places, even giving refugees a chance to become citizens and obtain protection by the national government. 

"Admitting North Korean Refugees to the United States: Obstacles and Opportunities."
             Brookings, www.brookings.edu/opinions. 
"Green-Card Holders and Legal Immigration to the United States." Migrationpolicy.org.
"North Korean Refugees Trapped by China's Expanding Dragnet." Human Rights Watch.
"What The United States Can Do To Address North Korea's Human Rights Crisis." The Heritage Foundation.

World musn't be silent in front of execution "show"

  This morning, when I turned on the news, I heard about something shocking.
The news always reports something shocking, to make it a "news", but seldom like this one which shakes our hearts so shockingly.

  A refugee aged 26 (anonym Hee Yoen Lim) who escaped from North Korea in 2015 describes how the supreme leader Kim Jong-Un executed people in public.
One day, when she was still studying at school, she was called out, along with her family, to watch a  "show" of execution taken place in a stadium. There were 11 musicians there waiting to be executed, because they produced "illegal" contents.

  Ways of execution includes being shot into pieces and later being run over by tanks.
  Kim's totalitarian regime forces people, including children to watch those execution "shows", to show them the consequences of "crossing over the line". Lim said she could not eat for 3 days after watching the "show".

  I think when talking about the North Korea (DPRK), the Human Rights issue has to be prioritized. UN also advocates Human Rights as top priorities, but the governors in the world as well as mass media only focuses on the political part and their own interests.

 Compared with the politicians, individuals may not have the fame, luxurious properties and such "big fists", but they also feel the pain, the sadness and despair. It's not because they are not famous so their existence is less worthy. We are all born equal, not? The voices of the people in the world cannot be left unheard, since each individual of us is a precious existence.

North Korea is not only about Kim Jong-Un and Nukes

  Most people living outside of North Korea may associate with the supreme leader and military development when mentioned about this country, because of the stereotyping caused by mass media and news feeds.

  However, like many parts in the world, North Korea has beautiful nature and culture, and like many of us, North Koreans embrace peaceful lifestyles. Although we may not contact with the people directly at the moment, they have same dreams and same concerns like we all have.

  The picture below is Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea I captured from Google map.
In your spare time, you can "travel" to many places by Google map and capture some pictures!

A conference about human rights crisis in North Korea was held at Kakushuin University in Japan.

A conference about human rights crisis in North Korea was held at Kakushuin University in Japan.

Japanese students asked if North Korean people can watch movies through Smart Phone.
Young North Korean students who were former North Korean refugees asked how much Japanese students are interested in problems in human rights in North Korea.
It is natural that both of them do not know each other.

I think communication is the best to understand each other.
I hope more conferences about human rights of North Korean people are held in Japan and in Korea.

Are there any conference between former North Korean students and American students?

http://www.dailian.co.kr/news/view/649116/?sc=naver

How to Start a NKinUSA Club at your school (Volunteer service for North Korean refugees)

How to Start a NKinUSA Club at your school (Volunteer service for North Korean refugees)

North Korea will soon be fallen down by the awakened North Korean people. You can be a part of the contributions for raising human rights of North Korean refugees and advancing the collapse of North Korean regime.

How?

NKinUSA (www.nkinusa.org) in a non-profit organization, based in Washington, DC, which aims to help North Korean refugees escape safely from North Korea through China, assist with the resettlement of refugees currently living in the United States, and spread awareness about the persecution and severe human rights crisis of the North Korean people.

NKinUSA (North Korean refugees in the United States) welcomes High School Clubs or College Clubs.
Your Club activities will have a great influence on improving human rights and the stable resettlement of North Korean refugees in the USA.

Are you interested in leading a Club at your school for North Korean refugees?

1. Decide what you can do for NKinUSA

You can choose what to do for NKinUSA and North Korean refugees.

• Blog activities (Optional)

Make a Club Blog to let the world know more about the problems of North Korea, the pain and mistreatment of North Korean refugees, and the role of NKinUSA.

I recommend you to use www.blogspot.com to make a blog because you can invite unlimited authors to the blog while "Wordpress" can invite only 10 writers.

      

You can design your own stylish blog.

• Or Translation (Chinese-English or Korean-English) (Optional)

If you can translate from Chinese to English or Korean to English, you can participate as a volunteer translator.

• Or Fundraising (Optional)

North Korean refugees need your strong support. You can raise a fund to rescue North Korean refugees or support their successful and stable resettlement in the USA.

2. Recruit a Few “Start-Up” students

Recruit a vice-president, treasurer, and secretary to help you get the Club up-and-running.



3. Find a Sponsor/Adviser at School

Find an adviser. Your ideal candidate is likely to be a teacher or member of the staff at your school.



4. Get Approval from NKinUSA

Contact NKinUSA at info@nkinusa.org.
Send a message about you and your club

• The name of Club
• Your name
• Your contact phone number
• Your email address
• Your address
• Your school name

5. Get Approval from Your School

Find out your school requirements to start a club.
This is important, for example, in order to reserve meeting rooms or obtain permission to hold events on campus.
You may also be required to have a Club constitution or a Club budget or agreement.

  Do you need a sample of a Club constitution or a club budget?

  Please do not hesitate to contact me at usandnorth@gmail.com.

6. Hold the First Club Meeting

Invite new members to join in the meeting.



7. Keep in Touch with NKinUSA 

The Club President should make sure that he or she keeps in touch with NKinUSA.
Keeping in touch regularly will ensure a smooth working relationship and continued support from NKinUSA.



Submit your Volunteer Service Hour Form or Club Activity Form after every Club activity and/or service project for North Korean refugees.
Track and submit the hours that your Club members spend volunteering for activities.

If you need further information, please do not hesitate to contact NKinUSA at info@nkinusa.org or usandnorth@gmail.com.

8. NKinUSA will issue Volunteer Certificates to you and your club members.

Who is NKinUSA

15 North Korean Immigrants on the Brink of Deportation from China

Since August 8, 15 North Korean immigrants have been held at a Chinese detention center, where deportation to their home country is imminent. Deportation would not only involve being forcefully removed from their new country, but it would also mean a lifetime of punishment for the immigrants, and possibly even death. The Human Rights Watch has even considered North Korean immigrants as refugees, escaping from the restrictive government and fearing forceful deportation.

Since 2010, leaving North Korea without permission from the government has been considered “treachery against the nation,” which is met with punishments as severe as death. The North Korean Ministry of People’s Security adopted the new law and have since implemented it.

The 2014 UN Commission of Inquiry on human rights in North Korea reported crimes such as rape, execution, forced labor, and torture against the North Korean prisoners deported from China. In an effort to curb torture and other inhumane punishments for escaping the country, the United Nations has required China to allow North Koreans at risk for torture in North Korea to stay illegally. The Chinese are allowed to punish the illegal immigrants with forced labor in camps called “kyohwasos” rather than deporting them.

The deputy Asia director, Phil Robertson, has suggested that China should recognize the danger that the 15 North Koreans face if their deportation is pursued and should therefore take extreme efforts to ensure the immigrants' safety.

Returning home for these 15 North Koreans could mean extreme punishment, which is why China’s future actions are so important. The fate of these immigrants lies in China’s decision to grant the North Koreans asylum or turn them over to their home country coupled with years of prosecution.

North Korea will suffer from shortage in foods even in 2027.

North Korea will suffer from shortage in foods even in 2027.
Many North Koreans are lack in foods while North Korean regime spends money to develop nuclear weapons and missiles.
North Korean regime is responsible for the growing pains of hunger.

Some South Korean non-profit organizations including churches want to provide North Koreans with foods from the humanity points of view.

https://www.voakorea.com/a/3989892.html

North Korea is not a communist country any more but a kingdom of Middle Ages.

North Korea is not a communist country any more but a horrible kingdom of Middle Ages.

North Korean regime do not supply foods to its people any more.
Corruption is everywhere in North Korea. Bribes talk in North Korea. North Korean people can be a member of communist party by bribes.

How long will North Korean regime last?
I hope North Korean regime will collapse in the near future.

http://news.bookdb.co.kr/bdb/Interview.do?_method=InterviewDetail&sc.mreviewTp=1207&sc.mreviewNo=80483&Nnews

North Korea will particpate in 2018 Winter Olympic Games.

North Korea will particpate in 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyungchang, South Korea.

It is a good piece of news, because Olympic is a good event for all nations to be in harmony and peace.

I hope North Korean participants can see what South Korea is like with their own eyes.
I hope Olympic will be held again after the unification of Korea.

http://www.hankookilbo.com/v/7f521a0c4ea842d9a3362ce9ef6067c6

BBC will start to send out broadcasting for North Korean people every day 30 minutes in the night.

From October, 2017 BBC will start to send out broadcasting for North Korean people every day 30 minutes in the night. even though North Korean regime stands against the broadcasting.

The night is better than the day because it is prohibited to listen to foreign broadcasting in North Korea. The main goal of the broadcasting is to let North Korean people know the objective truth about the world. Many North Koreans decided to escape from North Korea after they got access to outside the world including South Korean television dramas.

Two announcers will read the news about the world. One of the two announcers is a former North Korean refugee.  North Korean refugees are very useful resources to change North Korea.

http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2017/08/21/2017082101238.html

A special dinner in honor of Jinhye Jo's 30th birthday will be held at Sorak Garden, Virginia.

A special dinner in honor of Jinhye Jo's 30th birthday will be held at Sorak Garden, Virginia.

Jinhye Jo is the former North Korean refugee. She is the founder of NKinUSA.

You can join this event to raise money to help North Korean refugees.
There will be remarks by special guests, an update on recent refugee rescue and resettlement efforts, and a special encore performance by Park Seong Jin.

On Sunday, September 10th a musical performance by the renowned North Korean Sohaegeum player Seongjin Park.

On Sunday, September 10th a musical performance by the renowned North Korean Sohaegeum player Seongjin Park.

A Sohaegeum is a four-stringed version of the traditional two-stringed haegeum, invented by North Korea in the 1960s and currently in use only in North Korea.

General admission is $30.00 with proceeds going to fund NKinUSA’s programs. VIP packages available.

Location: Pilgrim Community Church, 4925 Twinbrook Road, Burke, VA 22015
Time and date: 6:00 PM, Sunday, September 10, 2017.

NKinUSA (www.nkinusa.org) organizes some musical performances to help North Korean refugees.

https://www.nkinusa.org/updates/2017/09/september-10-sohaegeum-performance-with-seongjin-park/

A conference was held to discuss about how to solve the difficulties of rescuing North Korean refugees.

A conference was held to discuss about how to solve the difficulties of rescuing North Korean refugees.

In China it is prohibited to rescue North Korean refugees because North Korean refugees are not considered "refugees" but "illegal economic immigrants".

I think Korean diplomatic power is not strong enough to stand up against Chinese government, because Korean Embassy in China is not active in rescuing North Korean refugees.

All the North Korean refugees have to go to Thailand via China, Vietnam, and Laos, because Thai government is cooperative with Korean Embassy regarding North Korean refugees.

http://news1.kr/photos/details/?2692014

George Bush, former President of the USA, will make a speech and raise a fund for North Korean refugees in the USA.

George Bush, former President of the USA, will make a speech for Korean community on the 28th of September and raise a fund for North Korean refugees in the USA.

George Bush has given scholarship to students from North Korea.

https://www.voakorea.com/a/3996326.html