The Marmot’s Hole

Got an email from someone concerning an conference coming up at Yonsei University that those of you interested in North Korean human rights might find interesting:

LiNK (Liberation in North Korea) and Korean Youth United present the International Symposium on Human Rights in North Korea: Engaging University Students and Civil Society. The symposium will include a full day of presentations and panels featuring expert researchers, activists, former North Korean political prisoners and North Korean, South Korean and Korean-American university student leaders.

The conference will be from 9:30am-4:30pm, Saturday, Nov. 27. I’ve posted the full information below for those who would like to attend.

HUMAN RIGHTS IN NORTH KOREA:
Why are they significant?
How can we improve the situation in North Korea?

WHAT:
LiNK (Liberation in North Korea) and Korean Youth United present the
International Symposium on Human Rights in North Korea: Engaging
University Students and Civil Society. The symposium will include a
full day of presentations and panels featuring expert researchers,
activists, former North Korean political prisoners and North Korean,
South Korean and Korean-American university student leaders.

To register, email LiNKSeoul@gmail.com
or call 02-732-6710

WHEN:
Saturday, November 27, 2004
9:30am-4:30pm

WHERE:
Yonsei University, Graduate School of International Studies
Main Auditorium
(next to Yonsei East Gate)

Speakers will come from the World Citizens’ Organization, Jungto/Good
Friends, Citizens’ Alliance for North Korean Human Rights, the North
Korea Database Center and the Democracy Network against North Korean
Gulag. Honored guests include the Korea Peace Forum.

Schedule of Events:
10:00 am
Opening remarks
Adrian Hong, LiNK

Keynote Speech
Kwaak Young-hoon, peace activist and lead architect Seoul Olympic
Village, Stadium, DMZ Unipeace City.

11:00-12:30
The Humanitarian and Human Rights Crises in North Korea
-Famine: Lee Seung-yong, Good Friends
-Refugees: Kim Sang-hun, North Korea Database Center
-Political Prison Camps: Kang Chol-hwan, Democracy Network Against
North Korean Gulag
1:30- 3:00
Panel Discussion
Approaches to Resolving the Human Rights Situation in North Koreaa^???????how
to engage university students and civil society
Moderator: Korean Youth United

3:00:
University students from North Korea, South Korea and the United
States present their current and future activities.
4:00
Special screening of Seoul Train, award-wining documentary film on
North Korean refugees in China