A thoughtful piece on the politics of North Korean human rights inside South Korea - a small part of an important dynamic that is not well understood outside Korea.
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A thoughtful piece on the politics of North Korean human rights inside South Korea - a small part of an important dynamic that is not well understood outside Korea.
12.05.2025 06:52 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0My latest on the escalating crisis in the North Korean human rights community: a Congressional Briefing paper for the National Bureau of Asian Research
www.nbr.org/publication/...
It seems I've also been placed on leave, just like the rest of my VOA colleagues.
Truth is, I can't know for sure, because when I woke up this morning in Seoul, I'd already been locked out of all VOA-related systems and accounts.
Some of my thoughts on recent NED cuts and the implication for the North Korean human rights movement theconversation.com/another-us-f...
04.03.2025 02:53 β π 4 π 3 π¬ 1 π 1wholeheartedly, and sadly, i agree.
03.03.2025 02:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0claims to national security governance after all are likely only to create our very own Leviathan
03.03.2025 02:28 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0the capricious nature of funding for these groups in the ROK (ie always ever just 5 years away from having funding cut) is exactly why this US support is so important...
27.02.2025 03:10 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0βItβs by far the biggest crisis facing NGOs working on [North Korean human rights] since the start of the movement in the 1990s" - @sokeel.bsky.social of Liberty in North Korea (LiNK)
www.voanews.com/a/north-kore...
Nice to be back attending events for 2025, with an excellent @lowyinstitute.bsky.social panel at the State Library of Victoria.
10.02.2025 07:34 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Our Officer-at-Large created this starter pack for people working on foreign policy in general. If you'd like to be added let us know :) π
22.11.2024 15:49 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 1Why are key DC think tanks being so restrained about Yoon's martial law declaration?
Despite championing "freedom" 39 times in a recent speech, Yoon's decision marked a disturbing trend.
But the response from key players has been strikingly muted.
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koreapro.org/2024/12/yoo...
Wrote this last night in the heat of the situation... two hours later, Yoon u-turned and backed down on his martial law gambit.
Some updates on what this means via π§΅ form...
www.nknews.org/pro/what-yoo...
as well you should - thanks Kevin. Great piece.
04.12.2024 03:56 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Things already starting to move in response to Yoon's failed martial law attempt:
The KCTU, one of South Korea's biggest unions, has declared an βindefinite general strikeβ until Yoon resigns.
They also plan a major rally in downtown Seoul early Wednesday.
www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0103_202...
Yes
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