July 29, 2019
On Monday, July 29, Executive Director Greg Scarlatoiu was the keynote speaker at an event organized by the Hwa Jeong Peace Foundation at the Seoul Press Center. The event was titled "North Korean Human Rights and International Society Action, attended by about 80 participants. Scarlatoiu gave a Korean language presentation about HRNK's history and current activities and provided comments on the history and current state of U.S. and South Korean policy on North Korean human rights as well as current challenges at the UN. His comment that South Korea's current policy on North Korean human rights was not clear was picked up by the Donga Daily in an article dedicated exclusively to Scarlatoiu's remarks. The Donga Daily also reported on Scarlatoiu's urging the South Korean government to resume support for North Korean human rights organization, as most of them can now only rely on US support as their only remaining lifeline. The Donga Daily article is available through the following link:
http://www.donga.com/news/article/all/20190729/96750031/1
June 04, 2019
The Annual Conference of the International Council on Korean Studies and the Council on Korea-U.S. Security Studies jointly with The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK), Seoul National University Alumni Group, the Korea Economic Institute of America, and the One Korea Foundation cordially invite you to:
ICKS Annual Conference:
Security Challenges on the Korean Peninsula in 2019: Prospects for Peace and Stability
Tuesday, June 4, 2019
8:45 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Korea Economic Institute of America
1800 K Street NW
3rd Floor
Washington, D.C. 20006
8:15 a.m. - Registration
8:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. - Opening Remarks
Speakers:
General Byung Kwan Kim, ROKA (Retired), Co-Chairman, Council on U.S.-Korean Security Studies (ROK Council)
General John H. Tilelli, Jr., USA (Retired), Co-Chairman, Council on U.S.-Korean Security Studies (U.S. Council)
Dr. Bruce E. Bechtol, Jr., President, International Council of Korean Studies and Angelo State University
Mr. Greg Scarlatoiu, Executive Director, Committee for Human Rights in North Korea
Mr. Troy Stangarone, Korea Economic Institute
9:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. - Panel I. North and South Korea: Economic Reconciliation?
Moderator:
General & Dr. Jae Chang Kim, ROKA (Retired)
Papers:
“Sanctions, Inter-Korean Relations and North Korea's Denuclearization," Dr. Ihn-hwi Park, Ehwa Womans University
“The North Korean Economic System: Challenges and Issues," Mr. Kyle Ferrier, Korea Economic Institute of America
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May 10, 2019
May 03, 2019
RSVP on Eventbrite
Hudson Institute, the Government of Japan, and the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK) will host a seminar addressing the abduction of Japanese, South Korean, American and nationals of other countries by North Korea. This two-part seminar will feature families of abductees who will discuss the process of seeking to learn the fate of loved ones held in North Korea. The seminar will also explore international cooperation toward the comprehensive resolution of outstanding issues of concern such as abductions, nuclear, and missile issues.
For part one, we have speakers from Japan, the Republic of Korea and the United States, including abductee family members, to talk about their agony. For part two, Japanese and U.S. officials will give remarks regarding their work on the abductions issue and will include a question and answer session with the audience.
This event will include simultaneous translations.
NOTE: This event is open to the press. All members of the media should RSVP to
[email protected].
May 01, 2019
Dear Colleague:
You are invited to the Korea Club event on Wednesday, May 1, 2019. The event will feature Mr. Jung Gwang-il, Founder and Director of "No Chain" and survivor of Political Prison Camp No. 15 in North Korea. He will share his memories of detention and his current work to keep the North Korean human rights situation in focus. Mr. Jung will share complimentary copies of his organization's report "Yoduk List" with the participants. The report comprises a list of 180 victims of enforced disappearances whom he met while being detained at Camp No. 15.
Jung Gwang-il was a prisoner at No.15 Yodok Political Penal-labor Colony for three years, from 1999 to 2002. He is currently one of the best-known former North Koreans involved in outreach activities aiming to expose North Korea’s human rights violations and to inform the international public opinion on the human rights situation in that country. Mr. Jung’s UN testimony was critical in passing a resolution on North Korean human rights by the UN General Assembly in the fall of 2014. He has provided testimony to UN representatives in New York City and Geneva and human rights organizations around the world. He has also been compiling lists of prisoner names in North Korea, a rare asset in the hands of the North Korean human rights investigator. Such information will prove critical to the accountability and transitional justice process in North Korea.
PROGRAM DETAILS
The dinner will start at 7:00 pm, followed by the speaker’s presentation and Q & A session. The program will conclude at 9:00 pm. The cost of the dinner is $25.00, payable at the door by check, cash or credit card.
RSVP is required for this program. Seating is limited.
March 05, 2019
Please RSVP by February 25, 2019.
Lea PEREKRESTS, Human Rights Without Frontiers. Presentation title: Defending Human Rights in North Korea at the United Nations: a year in review
As the Deputy Director of HRWF, Lea Perekrests has worked on North Korean human rights issues for the past three years. She has specifically looked at the issue of North Korean overseas workers around the globe, presenting her research at Leiden University, the United Nations in Geneva, as well as in Brussels. Her knowledge expands regionally, as she has developed research regarding religious communities in China, South Korea, and South-east Asia. Created in Brussels in 2001, Human Rights Without Frontiers International (HRWF Int’l) is a non-profit association that seeks to shape European and international policy in ways that strengthen democracy, uphold the rule of law and protect human rights globally.
Greg SCARLATOIU, Executive Director of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK) Washington, D.C.
Greg Scarlatoiu is a visiting professor at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul as well as instructor and coordinator of the Korean Peninsula and Japan class at the U.S. State Department’s Foreign Service Institute (FSI). Scarlatoiu is vice president of the executive board of the International Council on Korean Studies (ICKS). He has over six years of experience in international development, on projects funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, the World Bank, and the Asian Development Bank. For sixteen years, Scarlatoiu has authored and broadcast the weekly Korean language ‘Scarlatoiu Column’ to North Korea for Radio Free Asia. A seasoned lecturer on Korean issues, Scarlatoiu is a frequent
February 22, 2019
The Committee For Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK) & the North Korea Strategy Center (NKSC) cordially invite you to:
FEARPOLITIK:
Kim Jong-un's Great Purge
Friday, February 22, 2019
12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
National Press Club
Holeman Lounge
529 14th Street, NW, 13th Floor
Washington, DC 20045
The event will feature a new NKSC report, including a list of names and backgrounds of senior officials purged under the Kim Jong-un regime.
AGENDA
Speakers:
KANG CHOL-HWAN
Chairman, North Korea Strategy Center
PETER LEE
CEO, North Korea Strategy Center U.S., Inc.
DAVID MAXWELL
Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Board Member, HRNK
Moderator:
GREG SCARLATOIU
Executive Director, HRNK
Lunch will be provided.
The event will be on the record.
RSVP
Please email Rosa Park, HRNK Director of Programs, at
[email protected] with any questions or concerns.
January 30, 2019
Dear Colleague:
You are invited to the Korea Club event on Wednesday, January 30, 2019. The event will feature Mr. Yonho Kim, who will give a presentation entitled, "North Korea's Mobile Telecommunications and Private Transportation Services in the Kim Jong-un Era." The presentation is based on a paper recently published under the same title on HRNK Insider, available through the following link: http://www.hrnkinsider.org/2019/01/north-koreas-mobile-telecommunications.html.
Yonho Kim is a Non-Resident Fellow at the Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI). He is a former Senior Researcher of the US-Korea Institute (USKI) at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and the former editor of the USKI Washington Review, a bi-weekly Korean report on current foreign policy developments in Washington with regards to the Korean Peninsula. Mr. Kim also manages projects on the North Korean political economy and is the author of “Cell Phones in North Korea: Has North Korea Entered the Telecommunications Revolution?”
Prior to joining USKI, he was a Senior Reporter for Voice of America’s Korean Service, where he covered the North Korean economy, North Korea’s illicit activities, and economic sanctions against North Korea. From 2003 to 2008, Mr. Kim was a broadcaster for Radio Free Asia’s Korean Service, focusing on developments in and around North Korea and US-ROK alliance issues. From 2001 to 2003, he was the Assistant Director of the Atlantic Council’s Program on Korea in Transition, where he conducted in-depth research on South Korean domestic politics.
Mr. Kim holds a B.A. and M.A. in International Relations from Seoul National University, and an M.A. in International Relations and International Economics from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced Inter
December 19, 2018
AGENDA
Author:
ROBERT COLLINS
Discussants:
DAVID MAXWELL
Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Board Member, HRNK
JUNG PAK
Senior Fellow and SK-Korea Foundation Chair in Korea Studies, The Brookings Institution
Moderator:
GREG SCARLATOIU
Executive Director, HRNK
The event will be on the record.
RSVP
Please email Rosa Park, HRNK Director of Programs, at
[email protected] with any questions or concerns.
July 31, 2018
Please click here to view the conference brochure of the 2018 HUFS International Summer Session entitled "NORTH KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS: DIPLOMACY, DOCUMENTATION, AND ADVOCACY" to be held at HUFS on Tuesday, July 31, 2018 from 17:30 to 19:30.
July 24, 2018
Korea Club with Andrei Lankov
TUESDAY | July 24, 2018
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Kim Jong-un's Survival Strategy, Why It Might Work
Guest Speaker:
Andrei Lankov
Director of Korea Risk Group
Professor at Kookmin University
Woo Lae Oak Korean Restaurant
8240 Leesburg Pike
Vienna, VA 22182
Dear Colleague:
You are invited to a special summer meeting of the Korea Club on Tuesday, July 24, 2018. The event w
May 29, 2018
The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK) and No Chain cordially invite you to:
An Investigation into the Human Rights Situation in North Korea's Political Prison Camps: Testimonies of Detainee Families
Tuesday, May 29, 2018
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
National Press Club
Holeman Lounge
529 14th Street, NW, 13th Floor
Washington, DC 20045
AGENDA
Presenter:
JUNG GWANG-IL
Founder and President, No Chain
Discussants:
OLIVIA ENOS
Policy Analyst, The Heritage Foundation
ROSA PARK
Director of Programs and Editor, HRNK
Moderator:
GREG SCARLATOIU
Executive Director, HRNK
Interpreter:
HUIWON YUN
HRNK
Q&A
Closing Remarks
The event will be on the record.
Please email Rosa Park, HRNK Director of Programs, at
[email protected] to RSVP.
February 21, 2018
Korea Club
WEDNESDAY | February 21, 2018
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
The Nexus of Human Rights and
Nuclear Weapons in North Korea
Guest Speaker:
Ambassador Robert Joseph
Senior Scholar, National Institute for Public Policy
Former Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
Woo Lae Oak Korean Restaurant
8240 Leesburg Pike
Vienna, VA 22182
Dear Colleague:
You are invited to attend a meeting of the Korea Club on Wednesday, February 21, 2018. The event will feature Ambassador Robert Joseph, who will give a presentation entitled, "The Nexus of Human Rights and Nuclear Weapons in North Korea."
Ambassador Robert Joseph is a Senior Scholar at the National Institute for Public Policy. Until March 2007, Ambassador Joseph was Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. In this capacity, he reported directly to the Secretary of State as the principal State Department officer for non- and counterproliferation matters, arms control, arms transfers, regional security and defense relations, and security assistance. His management responsibilities included oversight of three major bureaus headed by Assistant Secretaries of State: International Security and Nonproliferation; Political and Military Affairs; and Verification, Compliance&nbs
January 23, 2018
U.S. Policy Toward North and South Korea: Dealing with "One Country, Two Planets"
Guest Speaker:
Aloysius M. O'Neill
Retired U.S. Foreign Service Officer
Woo Lae Oak Korean Restaurant
8240 Leesburg Pike
Vienna, VA 22182
Dear Colleague:
You are invited to attend a meeting of the Korea Club on Tuesday, January 23, 2018.The event will feature Aloysius M. O'Neill, who will give a presentation entitled, "U.S. Policy Toward North and South Korea: Dealing with "One Country, Two Planets."
Aloysius M. O’Neill worked for many years on U.S. relations with the Republic of Korea and to a lesser extent with the DPRK. As a Foreign Service Officer, he served twice in the American Embassy in Seoul, first from 1977 to 1979 and again from 1988 to 1992. In the latter period, he worked closely with Korean diplomatic colleagues on the ROK’s expanding relations with the DPRK’s allies under Nordpolitik. As a political officer in Tokyo from 1982 to 1984, he analyzed Japan’s Asia policy during a period that included the Soviet shoot-down of Korean Air 007 and the Rangoon bombing – the North Korean attempt to assassinate President Chun Doo-hwan. Mr. O’Neill was serving in the American embassy in Rangoon when the North Koreans destroyed Korean Air 858 in 1987. As the U.S. consul general in Okinawa from 1994 to 1997, Mr. O’Neill was deeply en
December 12, 2017
North Korea: The Land of Lousy Options
Guest Speaker:
Gen. Wallace "Chip" Gregson (USMC, Ret)
Senior Advisor, Avascent Global Advisors
Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs
Woo Lae Oak Korean Restaurant
8240 Leesburg Pike
Vienna, VA 22182
Dear Colleague:
You are invited to attend a meeting of the Korea Club on Tuesday, December 12, 2017. The event will feature Gen. Wallace "Chip" Gregson, who will give a presentation entitled, "North Korea: The Land of Lousy Options."
Lieutenant General Wallace “Chip” Gregson (USMC, Ret.) is the Senior Advisor at Avascent International. He most recently served as the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Asian and Pacific Security Affairs. Previously, he served as Chief Operating Officer for the United States Olympic Committee as an independent consultant before entering Government in 2009. In Japan, he was Director of Asia-Pacific Policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense from 1998 to 2000.
From 2003 to 2005, he was Commanding General of the Marine Corps Forces Pacific and Marine Corps Forces Central Command, where he led and managed over 70,000 Marines and Sailors in the Middle East, East Africa, Asia, and the United States. From 2001 to 2003, he served as Commanding General of the III Marine Expeditionary Force in Japan, where he was awarded the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun, the Gold and Silver Star; the Korean Order of National Security Merit, Gukseon Medal; and the Order of Resplendent Banner from the Republic of China.
Please note: THIS EVENT IS ON-THE-RECORD
PROGRAM DETAILS
The reception will begin at 6:30 pm, followed by dinner at 7:00 pm, and the speaker’s presentation and Q & A session. The program will conclude at 9:00 pm. The cost of the dinner is $25.00, payable at the door by either check o
December 12, 2017
The War Crimes Committee of the International Bar Association invites you to the launch of a Report on the findings of a nearly two-year Inquiry on Crimes Against Humanity in North Korean Political Prisons. The Inquiry Report finds reasonable grounds to conclude that Kim Jong-un and members of his regime have committed ten of the eleven crimes against humanity enumerated in the Rome Statute, the treaty that created the International Criminal Court (ICC).
November 13, 2017
AGENDA
Presenters:
Robert Collins, Author
Amanda Mortwedt Oh, Author
Discussants:
James Durand
Member of the Board of Directors, International Council of Korean Studies
Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Korean Studies
George Hutchinson
Member of the Board of Directors, International Council of Korean Studies
Editor, International Journal of Korean Studies
Mark Tokola
Vice President, Korea Economic Institute
Moderator:
Greg Scarlatoiu
Executive Director, HRNK
Q&A
Closing Remarks
The event will be on the record.
RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/from-cradle-to-grave-the-path-of-north-korean-innocents-tickets-39348193506
Please email Rosa Park, HRNK Director of Programs, at
[email protected] with any questions or concerns.
October 26, 2017
The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK) cordially invites you to:
THE PARALLEL GULAG:
North Korea's "An-jeon-bu" Prison Camps
Thursday, October 26, 2017
9:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
National Press Club
First Amendment Lounge
529 14th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20045
Opening Remarks
Victor Cha, Korea Chair, CSIS
Presenters
David Hawk, Author
Amanda Mortwedt Oh, HRNK
Discussants
Roberta Cohen, Co-Chair Emeritus, HRNK
Stephen Noerper, Senior Director, Korea Society
Moderator: Greg Scarlatoiu, Executive Director, HRNK
Q&A
Closing Remarks
The event will be on the record.
To RSVP for this event, please click to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-parallel-gulag-north-koreas-an-jeon-bu-prison-camps-tickets-38539427465?aff=es2
Please email Rosa Park, HRNK Director of Programs at
[email protected] with any questions or concerns.
September 13, 2017
Korea Club
Wednesday | September 13, 2017
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Facing North:
Managing North Korea's Military Challenge
Guest Speaker:
Gen. In-Bum Chun (ROK, Ret)
Visiting Scholar, U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins SAIS
Visiting Fellow, Center for East Asia Policy, Brookings Institution
Woo Lae Oak Korean Restaurant
8240 Leesburg Pike
Vienna, VA 22182
Dear Colleague:
You are invited to attend a meeting of the Korea Club on Wednesday, September 13, 2017. The event will feature Gen. In-Bum Chun, who will give a presentation entitled, "Facing North: Managing North Korea's Military Challenge."
Lieutenant General In-Bum Chun (ROK, Ret) is a Visiting Scholar at U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins SAIS and Visiting Fellow at the Center for East Asia Policy Studies of the B
July 25, 2017
PROGRAM
Date: Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Venue: International Conference Hall B2, Minerva Complex, HUFS
1. Opening of Ceremony --------------------------------------- Greg Scarlatoiu
Moderator
Executive Director, HRNK
2. Keynote Speech --------------------------------------- H.E. Jung-Hoon Lee
Ambassador for North Korean Human Rights,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea
“North Korean Human Rights: Past, Present, Future”
3. Speakers -----------------------------------------------------------Signe Poulsen
Representative, UN Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights (Seoul)
“The Balance between Accountability and Engagement”
Kwang-Jin Kim
Senior Researcher, ROK Institute for National Security Strategy
“An Update on Kim Regime Dynamics and Overseas Economic Activities”
Kwang-Il Jeong
Political Prison Camp Survivor
Director and Founder, “No Fence for North Korea”
“From Political Prison Camp Survivor to Information Warrior