길에서 On the Street

강남에 NAUH하고

In Gangam with NAUH.

Front: “I seriously had no clue…”

Back: “Are you aware?  For sixteen years running, North Korea has brought up the rear in terms of economic freedom.

The United States of America ranks 8th,

South Korea 31st,

China 140th,

North Korea 179th.”

Staggering statistics on their own, but add to them that the young man wearing the signage came himself from North Korea, and is now standing in one of the ritziest sections of Seoul, and you might just feel a little dizzy.

그 충격적인 통계뿐만 아니라 포스터를 입은 사람이 북한에서 온 활동가입니다.

This activist’s name is Sung Ho.  Here’s one of many video interviews he’s given in the past few years.

저의 친구 성호입니다.  이비디오나 이비디오 보세요…

Never say “nothing”. 그렇게 말 하지말고.

General Groups	How to Help	Website	Contact
Int’l Coalition to Stop… (ICNK)	intern, volunteer	stopnkcrimes.org	kekyoung@gmail.com
Citizens’ Alliance for NKHR	internships	eng.nkhumanrights.or.kr	nkhr@naver.com
NKnet	events, translating and more (see website)	en.nknet.org	webmaster@nknet.org
Helping Hands Korea/Catacombs	meetings about their work every Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Samgakgi	helpinghandskorea.org	tapkorea@gmail.com
PSCORE	internship and tutoring programs	pscore.org/en	pscore@pscore.org
Free the NK Gulag	translating and editing	eng.nkgulag.org	nkgulag@gmail.com
Justice for North Korea (JFNK)	help with events and activities	www.justice4nk.org/en	rescuenorthkorea@gmail.com
Database Center for NKHR (NKDB)	editing reports	nkdb.org	nkdbi@hanmail.net
North Korea Peace	sending socks via balloons to North Korea	www.northkoreapeace.org	northkoreapeace@gmail.com
Teaching
Hana Center (near Daechi)	English tutoring on Saturdays for NK refugees		jordan.groh@gmail.com
Great Vision School			andrearakushin@yahoo.com
Jahutah School	volunteer work including teaching English	unischool.org	02-754-4647
News Outlets
Daily NK (news)	internships involving writing/editing/translating	dailynk.com/english	solidarity@dailynk.com
Open Radio for North Korea		english.nkradio.org	opennk@naver.com
Protesting China’s Treatment of Defectors
Demonstrations at Chinese Embassy	rally at the Seoul embassy daily at 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.		justicenk@gmail.com (for JFNK)
→ Gyungbokgung Station, exit 2, walk straight 10 min.
SaveMyFriend	online petition
→ http://www.change.org/petitions/save-north-korean-refugees-savemyfriend
Letter-writing campaign	writing to Chinese officials
→ http://www.nkfreedom.org/Get-Involved/Urgent-Action-North-Korean-Refugees-in-Grave-Danger.aspx
Also
http://linkglobal.org/who-we-are/faq.html (see “Can I write a letter to a refugee in your shelter?”)
http://www.nkfreedom.org/Get-Involved/Ways-You-Can-Get-Involved.aspx (send a letter to be broadcast to NK, only for Americans (?))

우리는…뭐 되고 있어?

Please read this speech entitled “The Darkness of Heart” by Professor Ra Jong Yil.  Unfortunately, I’ve been unable to recover a Korean version of the text.

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From the Dictator’s Desk

“Good grief, I’m a lucky sun of a gun!  Those people outside of North Korea pay no mind to human rights.  Isn’t it wonderful?  Everyday they just watch TV and attend to their own personal interests, so I may murder my people with ease!  They don’t give a flip since they’re not in harm’s way themselves.  I’m almost disappointed.  Being a dictator is just too darn easy…”