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Have You Voted for LiNK Today?

» by GI Korea February 26th, 2010 at 9:09 am » Comments (0)

I have posted before on this, but I just want to remind everyone that 28 February is the last day to vote for LiNK to be awarded $250,000 from Pepsi ...more »

Liberty in North Korea (LiNK) Needs Your Help to Win $250,000 Grant

» by GI Korea February 15th, 2010 at 4:36 pm » Comments (10)

For those interested in the promoting of North Korean human rights, Liberty in North Korea (LiNK) is competing for a $250,000 grant from Pepsi to aid the re-settling of North ...more »

US Government & Human Rights Group Ignore North Korea’s Gulags

» by GI Korea July 22nd, 2009 at 7:21 pm » Comments (3)

The Washington Post had a great article this week in regards to North Korea's system of concentration camps.  What stood out the most to me was how the US government ...more »

Where are the Western Human Rights Protesters Now?

» by GI Korea July 3rd, 2009 at 3:04 am » Comments (3)

Greg Sheridan makes an excellent point about where are all the protesters in support of Iran's democracy movement?: THE missing actor in the tragic and gruesome story of Iran since the ...more »

State Department Claims They Will Pressure North Korea On Human Rights

» by GI Korea April 30th, 2009 at 3:33 am » Comments (2)

Does anyone believe the State Department cares one iota about North Korean human rights?: The United States said on Tuesday that it will continue to press North Korea to improve its ...more »

South Korea Leftists Admit Human Rights Abuses in North Korea, but South Korea Worse

» by GI Korea April 24th, 2009 at 7:58 pm » Comments (0)

These organizations have only been late in criticizing North Korean human rights abuses for the past few decades, so I guess better late then never: Ahead of the UN Human Rights ...more »

North Korea Deflects Human Rights Criticism

» by GI Korea March 24th, 2009 at 4:53 pm » Comments (2)

Did I miss something, but when did the US government begin to care about North Korean human rights? A North Korean state-run newspaper has denounced the United States and other countries ...more »

North Korea Offers to Return POW’s for Aid

» by GI Korea December 22nd, 2008 at 7:17 pm » Comments (4)

Is this further evidence that the North Korean regime is getting desperate for cash?: North Korea has proposed to the South that it may repatriate some South Korean prisoners of war ...more »

North Korean Musical Diplomacy Coming to America

» by GI Korea December 13th, 2008 at 11:54 pm » Comments (2)

I think this is something I can support as being good engagement with North Korea: North Korea's orchestras are eager to travel to the United States and replicate the New ...more »

Chosun Ilbo & Human Rights in North Korea

» by GI Korea December 11th, 2008 at 10:08 am » Comments (1)

The Chosun Ilbo in honor of World Human Rights Day has a pretty good list of articles related to human rights in North Korea: Human Trafficking Thrives Across N.Korea-China ...more »

South Korea Backs EU Human Rights Criticism of North Korea

» by GI Korea November 5th, 2008 at 1:42 pm » Comments (4)

Here is another sign that there is new leadership in the Korean Blue House: South Korea said on Tuesday it had joined the sponsors of a U.N. resolution criticising North Korea ...more »

Public Executions, Crackdowns, & Food Shortages Continue in North Korea

» by GI Korea October 25th, 2008 at 3:19 am » Comments (7)

It looks like things are still business as usual in North Korea: NEW YORK: North Korea is using public executions to intimidate citizens and has imposed restrictions on long-distance calls to ...more »
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