26
July 2024
Past Event
Breathing New Life into US Policy on North Korean Human Rights

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Breathing New Life into US Policy on North Korean Human Rights

Past Event
Hudson Institute
July 26, 2024
A woman walks past prayer ribbons wishing for reunification of the two Koreas on July 19, 2023, in Paju, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun via Getty Images)
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A woman walks past prayer ribbons wishing for reunification of the two Koreas on July 19, 2023, in Paju, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun via Getty Images)
26
July 2024
Past Event

Event will also air live on this page.

 

Inquiries: msnow@hudson.org

Speakers:
Olivia Enos
Olivia Enos

Senior Fellow

Mr.-Hyun-seung-Lee
Hyun Seung Lee

Fellow, Global Peace Foundation

Lee-headshot
Seohyun Lee

Consultant and Human Rights Activist

Kim Gum-hyok
Gumhyok Kim

Policy Advisor, Unification Future Planning Committee

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The North Korean people continue to endure immense suffering at the hands of the Kim regime. Post-COVID-19 indicators suggest that conditions inside the country are worsening. Heightened state-imposed isolation has cut off the North Korean people from critical lifelines like the use of informal markets for livelihood and sustenance, as well as from outside information. Even fewer North Koreans are making it to freedom beyond the country’s borders than before the pandemic.

But the lucky few who escape are forging new lives for themselves and identifying new lines of effort to bring freedom and human rights to the North Koreans who were left behind. Join Hudson for a conversation with the new generation of North Korean refugees on the future of American and South Korean policy to address the North Korean human rights challenge.

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