Charity Happy Hour for NKinUSA, North Korean Refugees in the USA will be hosted on the 30th of May at 6:00

NKinUSA's Charity Happy Hour will be held on May 30th at 6 p.m.

You are welcome to join Charity Happy Hour for NKinUSA, North Korean Refugees in the United States. We'll also be watching Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs between DC's very own Washington Capitals and the Las Vegas Golden Knights.

Happy Hour starts at 6:00, game starts at 8:00. There will be happy hour specials all night, raffle prizes, and the first $500 of Happy Hour sales go to NKinUSA.

The event will be hosted by NKinUSA President and Founder Jinhye Jo who escaped from North Korea and now works as a human rights activist. NKinUSA works to help North Korean refugees and is a 501(c)(3) based here in the DC area that focuses on refugee rescues, resettlement assistance, and raising awareness about the human rights situation in North Korea.
Come learn more, support this cause, and network with other people!

The event starts at 6:00 PM, but feel free to arrive as early or late as you please and stay as long as you like. Free parking is available behind the restaurant in the building garage. It is also a short bus ride from the Rosslyn Metro (4A) or the Courthouse Metro (4B). Both buses are towards Seven Corners. Better yet, for those coming from DC, take the 16Y from McPherson, Farragut, or Foggy Bottom.

DPRK not ready to give up its nukes after what the trump administration did with Iran

after seeing what the united states has done with the Iran nuclear deal, it's no wonder Kim is not ready to give up its nukes.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/north-korea-casts-doubt-trump-summit-suspends-talks-023240833.html

add to the fact that trump appointed the low life pictured below, it's no wonder the NK regime wont trust anything the united states says.
here is a bit of info in regards to john bolton.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/03/23/trumps-pick-war-criminal-john-bolton-just-super-charged-threat-attack-iran

here is a good explanation by James Corbett regarding the flimsy excuse the trump administration made to renege on the Iran nuclear deal.
the point being is that it is a reminder to the Kim regime that you cant trust the word of the united states corporation.

President Trump will meet Kim Jong Un at Singapore

President Trump will meet Kim Jong Un at Singapore on the 12th of June to discuss about the peace in Korean Peninsula without nuclear weapons.
I hope North Korea will focus on the economic development after the meeting.

http://www.newsrep.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=50436

Kim Jong Un wants to adopt the Vietnamese economic policy to the world

Kim Jong Un wants to adopt the Vietnamese economic policy to the world.
Kim Jong Un wants to open the door to the world.
How?
He is inspired by the present economy in Vietnam.

http://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0101_201805041915552845

North Korea frees 3 US citizens

  News reveal that North Korea authorities has released 3 US prisoners ahead of historic Trump summit. The 3 US citizens were released from years-long detentions in a suspected labor camp, and given medical treatment as well as "ideological education". News source is from Choi Sung-ryong, a human right advocate.

  The 3 prisoners are Kim Dong-cheol (South Korea-born American pastor), Kim Sang-deok and Kim Hak-seong. North Korea now knows that the world is watching, thus being more careful to its decisions.

Picture: USA's Pompeo and NK's Kim Jong Un

North Korean refugees can visit North Korea to meet their families?

President Moon and Kim Jong Un will arrange the family reunion between North Korean and South Korean families.

Is it possible for North Korean refugees to meet their families?
I hope North Korean refugees also join the family reunion event.

http://imnews.imbc.com/replay/2018/nwdesk/article/4589246_22663.html

Kim Jong Un promised to close the place for nuclear weapons.

Kim Jong Un promised to close the place for nuclear weapons.
It is a good piece of news.
Kim Jong Un shows his willingness to the peace in Korean Peninsula.
Nuclear weapons in North Korea was the biggest obstacle toward the peace in Korean Peninsula .

http://news.naver.com/main/hotissue/read.nhn?mid=hot&sid1=100&cid=1049580&iid=49757936&oid=003&aid=0008555980&ptype=052

President Jinhye Jo of NKinUSA (North Korean Refugees in the United States) will speak at Emory University

President Jinhye Jo of NKinUSA (North Korean Refugees in the United States) will speak at Emory University in Atlanta on April 22nd, 4:00 pm (Sunday).

Further details, including exact location, will be posted on the website of NKinUSA (www.nkinusa.org) as they become available.

Please remember to check the website of NKinUSA regularly, www.nkinusa.org, for the latest news including information about how to donate.

North Korean Refugees in the United States (NKinUSA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in September 2011 by a group of North Korean refugees re-settled in the U.S. and other individuals concerned about the human rights crisis in North Korea. NKinUSA is the first human rights organization established by North Korean defectors in the U.S.

NKinUSA’s mission is three-fold: to raise awareness of the human rights crisis in North Korea, to help facilitate escape and safe passage for North Korean refugees, and to provide them with resettlement assistance in a third country, such as the United States. NKinUSA is committed to improving the human rights situation in North Korea and to bringing other North Koreans to freedom.

GW Truth and Human Rights in North Korea (THiNK) hosts Grace Jo of NKinUSA to discuss the current issues surrounding North Korea

GW Truth and Human Rights in North Korea (THiNK) is a student organization dedicated to raising awareness about the situation in North Korea on the GW campus. GW Truth and Human Rights in N orth Korea (THiNK) hosts regular events featuring experts, witnesses, and activists.

GW THiNK hosts North Korean refugee and Grace Jo, the Vice-President of NKinUSA (North Korean refugees in the United States) for dinner and a discussion about the many current events surrounding North Korea.

FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 7:00 PM
Location:  District House, 2121 H Street Northwest, Room B118, Washington DC 20052

Opportunity to ask questions, especially about human rights and life in North Korea.
Dinner is catered by Bonchon Chicken.

Grace Jo, Vice-President of NKinUSA spoke about her experience in North Korea at Harvard Yenching Auditorium, Harvard University on April 9th.

Grace Jo, Vice-President of NKinUSA spoke about her experience in North Korea at Harvard Yenching Auditorium, Harvard University on April 9th.

Grace Jo, North Korean defector and current Vice-President of NKinUSA, spoke about her experiences in a discussion moderated by Dr. Peter Kwon, Soon Young Kim Postdoctoral Fellow in Korean Studies.

Following her talk, there was a Q&A session and a group dinner in the Common Room.
Before the event, there was the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra performing a short musical tribute.
This event was sponsored by Harvard Human Rights in North Korea.

6 teens sentenced for listening to Korean songs

  In late March, 6 teenagers aging 16 ~ 17 were sentenced for listening to Korean melodies from ROK. After listening to 50 of them, they decided to share with others by USB, but were caught during the process. They probably end up being in labor camps.

  Meanwhile, Kim Jong Un and his wife said they have 'pretty much enjoyed' the performances brought by South Korean artist group who arrived recently. This reveals the double standard and paradox of NK's policies and system.

  In North Korea, not only South Korean and American entertainments are strictly banned. Those who watch Russian and Indian movies (Bollywood) will be jailed for 3 years.  
According to "North Korea Intellectuals Solidarity", an organization composed of NK defectors, there are currently around 1200 North Koreans jailed in Kaechon prison in north-western part. Their crime was solely watching South Korean TV shows.

Bottled Food From South Korea to North Korea

People of South Korea are taking advantage of ocean currents in order to send food and information into North Korea. Volunteers of humanitarian groups from Ganghwa Island ship aid packages which contains substances such as rice, medicine, currency, and other resourceful information. The idea is for these bottled packages to wash ashore in cities and towns along the west coast of North Korea.

Previously, informations with goods were sent through a balloon system. However they found the bottle system to be much more effective. This week, 500kg and 400 computer USBs (containing South Korean movies and other international news) were sent. This type of operation has been executed 53 times, and officials are forecasting another one to take place within 15 days. Around 40% of the North Korean population is under-nurtritioned, and humanitarian groups are trying to reduce this percentage through bottled food.

More detailed information regarding this operation and program can be found below by following the link.

Article Link: https://www.voanews.com/a/south-korea-supplies-north-korea-with-food/4333527.html

Photos speak louder - Meet the Children of world's last Communist Empire

  Children, often associated with angels and sometimes regarded as deities in Asia, are visual manifestation of all young and positive elements such as joy, naivety, peace and hope.
Yet, children are among the most vulnerable group to suffer from abuse and deception.
The saddest picture on earth is probably tears on a child's face.
Let's meet North Korea's children:

 

Chidren help their families with agricultural activities.

Schools probably never teach them that child labor is prohibited globally.

 

Soldiers. The uniforms certainly make them look like adults.

 

Kids in Nampho orphanage.

 

Malnutrition is still very prevalent, and income disparity too.

 

 

A life without fear in NK perhaps only exists in dreams.

 

"The happiest children of the world"

 

Food is everything. 

 

School uniforms: white shirt + dark blue skirts / trousers + symbolic red tie.

The red tie as children's uniform exists in almost all Communist countries.

 

 

Children are children after all.

They still enjoy small things and friends surrounding their lives, putting the world aside.

Probably the most horrendous picture on internet.

The top one is from the famine that lasted 10 years from 1995 which resulted in 2.5 million deaths. The bottom one is probably more recent. Not much improved.

 

Children are expected to smile in front of audiences, even if their hearts won't listen.

 

Forbidden: The regime considers showing smiles or casual expressions under portraits of the leadership to be disrespectful.

 

 

2011, in front of Juche tower.

 Nowadays NK children seem to have more fun, thanks to Made in China imports.

 

Same clothes, same faces, same motion, expected to have same minds.

 

 

Arirang mass games.

Cannot imagine what punishment they'll receive if one off them falls down.

 

 

"Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart."

- Anne Frank

At least 7 NK defectors in China arrested days before Kim's trip

  Media report that prior to Kim Jong Un's visit to China on March 26th, at least 7 North Koreans who defected to China were arrested. They may face forced deportation and later becoming victims of abuse.

  According to activists, 3 teenage North Koreans were reported to authorities by local residents when they were waiting for trains in ShenYang, China.
1 day after that, 4 others including children were also reported.

  Some people say that Chinese authorities pay handsome prices for those who report the defectors.
Selfishness is such a decadence.

  Even not being reported, North Korean defectors in China live lives that are less worth than animals'. They are often not treated as human beings.

A defector who lives in JiLin, China, living an abandoned life worse than that of stone ages.

look at this! two human rights abusers standing together for the first time

i'm sure it's all for the good of the people.

http://www.dailynk.com/

DailyNK was right. it was Kim Jong-Un on the train

http://english.dailynk.com/english/read.php?num=15087&cataId=nk01500

Footage of North Korean smuggler drowned after falling through the ice on the Yalu river

Posted on DailyNK today

The man was smuggling medical supplies but had too heavy a load and slipped under the ice
the victim's wife on the right-hand side (now a widow) is in great distress as she sees the body of her husband pulled out of the water.

The only good thing that came out of this is that it has made the eyewitnesses more disillusioned with the NK regime and the word will spread.

Commiserations to the man's wife and may he rest in peace.

 http://english.dailynk.com/english/read.php?num=15088&cataId=nk01500

North Korean ghost ships

here is a good article from the One Free Korea blog presented by Joshua Stanton.

he has done a lot of independent research into this and has come to the conclusion that the North Korean regime has sold North Korean fishing rights to China.
so China comes in with its big fishing trawlers and cleans everything up leaving the average fisherman with no choice but to venture further out to sea in un seaworthy boats to get a catch.
they get caught in the strong winds and dragged further out to sea eventually getting shipwrecked on the west coast of Japan.

the little guy gets sold out again.

it's a long article so quite a bit of reading but he put a lot of work into this.

http://freekorea.us/2018/01/01/how-kim-jong-un-china-the-east-winds-created-a-death-trap-for-north-koreas-fishermen/#sthash.gO7v7zQ5.D2PLzaj7.dpbs

Dissenters are getting bolder

Defacing of posters and pictures have been going on for years now but this was done on a prominent government building in Pyongyang.

According to the article, there is footage out there somewhere. whoever did it better not get caught.

http://english.dailynk.com/english/read.php?num=15078&cataId=nk01500

Jinhye Jo, Vice President of NKinUSA at Georgetown THiNK's annual conference "LIFE in North Korea"

Jinhye Jo, Vice President of NKinUSA participate in Georgetown THiNK's annual conference "LIFE in North Korea" on Saturday, March 17, 2018.

The annual conference was held at White-Gravenor Hall, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

North Korea is often understood in terms of abstraction and geopolitics, this year’s conference explores how individuals experience North Korea in the prison system, family structure, marketplace, and other parts of everyday life.

The conference is designed to encourage dialogue between speakers and attendees, this event provides a perspective of North Korea that you can not find in the news—like dating, entertainment, and gender!

At the end of the conference, participants play The Game of Life (in North Korea), a THiNK-designed activity that simulates a variety daily experiences above the 38th parallel.

https://www.facebook.com/events/154464578594778/

The 10th Anniversary from North Korea to the USA for Jinhye Jo and Grace Jo

It has been 10 years since Jinhye Jo and Grace Jo with their mother have successfully escaped from North Kore and settle down in the USA.

Let us celebrate their dedicated efforts for the human rights of North Korean refugees as well as their happy lives in the USA.

https://www.nkinusa.org/updates/2018/03/remembering-a-special-anniversary/