North Korea Freedom Week Coverage
By Chosun Journal
“It is critical to the growing movement for human rights in North Korea for as many people to participate as possible as the movement continues to gain great momentum. We will have many heroes — North Korean defectors, former jailed humanitarian workers, leaders in government and the NGO community from several nations — with us that week.”
– Suzanne Scholte, Chairman, North Korea Freedom Coalition
View the Complete Schedule of Events.
Monday, April 23, 2007
Panel on Failure to Protect: A Call to the UN Security Council to Act on North Korea
- Download FULL REPORT (PDF 1.9MB)
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Panel: INFORMATION IS POWER: The Future of Radio Broadcasting Into North Korea
- For more information about North Korea’s controls over media and information access, as well as the key radio broadcasters targeting North Korean audiences, download this report from nkfreedomhouse.org:
NK Freedom Watch Edition 3: The Power of Information (PDF)
VIP Ribbon Cutting Ceremony: North Korea Genocide Exhibit
- Photos from the ribbon cutting ceremony and the genocide exhibit.
- Nathan Hill reviews the ribbon cutting ceremony.
- Blog post and photos from the genocide exhibit.
Panel to discuss “Who’s Afraid of North Korean Regime Collapse”?
- Video and audio from “Who’s Afraid of North Korean Regime Collapse?”
With Robert Joseph, Former Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
Congressional Human Rights Caucus: Humanitarian Emergency: North Korean Refugees in China chaired by Congressman Tom Lantos
- C-SPAN Video: North Korean Defectors at Defense Forum Foundation
- List of eyewitnesses who arrived in Washington, D.C., to present evidence to Congress and the administration of the atrocities being committed in North Korea and China.
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Panel on Religious Persecution in North Korea
- Add your name to the Open Doors Statement of Concern addressed to the Chinese Ambassador. Open Doors will deliver it to those who have direct influence.
- Freedom Expert: Dealing with N. Korea Like Hitting Brick Wall
Christian Post article and photo about the panel discussion.
Media Coverage
- President Bush’s statement on North Korea Freedom Week
- U.S. Officials Sound Out N.Korean Defectors
- Protestors Demand End to China’s Repatriation of N. Koreans
- Interview with Suzanne Scholte about this year’s events.
- Joshua Stanton covers North Korea Freedom Week on his blog, freekorea.us.
- North Korean Freedom week highlights atrocities of Kim Jong Il - Audio report from Chad Groening of OneNewsNow.com
- 400 N.Korean Refugees in Hunger Strike in Thailand
- N. Korea Freedom Week to Bombard Capitol with Calls Against Rights Abuse
- North Korea Freedom Week report 1 from Dispatch Communications. This audio report explains the situation in North Korea, and features Suzanne Scholte, the chairwoman of the North Korea Freedom Coalition, and Paul Estabrooks, of Minister-at-Large for Open Doors International.
- North Korea Freedom Week report 2 from Dispatch Communications. This audio report focuses on China. Suzanne Scholte, the chairwoman of the North Korea Freedom Coalition, describes the situation in China, and the Minister-at-Large for Open Doors International, Paul Estabrooks, talks about the role of Christians in the border area between China and North Korea.
- North Korea Freedom Week report 3 from Dispatch Communications. This audio report focuses in on the church in North Korea, including descriptions of how they’re suffering in the Labor Camps (not even being able to look up to the sky because they believe in heaven), and ways that God is using the famine to open up ways for North Korean believers in Jesus to worship in secret.
- North Korea Freedom Week report 4 from Dispatch Communications. This audio report focuses on the North Korean genocide perpetrated by Kim-Jong Il. Heard on this report is the genocide exhibit coordinator for the North Korea Freedom Coalition, Sin U Nam. In addition, Suzanne Scholte, the chairwoman of the North Korea Freedom Coalition, describes reasons North Koreans can be sent to a prison camp.
- North Korea Freedom Week report 5 from Dispatch Communications. Reminding people of the importance of prayer, and the necessity and encouragement factor in protest, is Pastor Hee Moon Lee, the prayer vigil coordinator for the North Korea Freedom Coalition, and Suzanne Scholte, the chairwoman of the coalition.
