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Why Get Involved?An estimated 2 million North Koreans have perished under North Korea's brutal dictatorial regime since the mid-1990s. Families continue to starve to death as the North Korean government withholds food rations to entire regions of the nation. The government arbitrarily detains, tortures, and executes its citizens, including children, in a large network of concentration camps. Hundreds of thousands of North Koreans have fled to China to survive, however they live in fear of forced repatriation and imprisonment. Children whose parents have died or been separated from them wander the streets in search of food and protection. We must act now to bring relief!!
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Wear a "FREE NORTH KOREANS" wristband during the Beijing Olympics Show your support for freedom and human rights for North Koreans in China ___________________________________________ URGENT! Support North Korean Defector, Jin-Hae Jo, on Hunger Strike to Save North Korean Refugees in China ___________________________________________ See our letter to President Bush requesting that he wear the FREE NORTH KOREANS wristband at the Beijing Olympics (July 9, 2008, jpg). Read about the press conference on July 16, 2008 at the National Press Club: Persecuted Chinese Groups Unite to Call on President Bush to Raise Human Rights Cases in China. Sponsored by: Friends of Falun Gong, American Tibetan Alliance, China Aid Association, Uyghur American Association, North Korea Freedom Coalition, Open Doors USA See Senate letter (July 14, 2008, pdf) and House letter (April 28, 2008, pdf) to President Hu Jintao. ___________________________________________ Read Mrs. Young-hwa "Esther" Kim's June 2008 statement regarding Rev. Dong-shik Kim, an incredible rescuer of North Koreans. He was abducted from China in 2000 by North Korean agents and his fate is still unknown. ___________________________________________ THANK YOU TO ALL WHO JOINED US FOR NORTH KOREA FREEDOM WEEK (APRIL 26-MAY 3, 2008)! Report & photos coming soon. ___________________________________________ The report for the 2007 International Protest Against China's Violent Treatment of North Korean Refugees is now available! 2007 PROTEST REPORT (PDF, 785KB).
Our 2007 NKFC FACT SHEET is still available for download. ___________________________________________ Foxnews.com reported (11/27/07): "150,000 Witness North Korea Execution of Factory Boss Whose Crime Was Making International Phone Calls ___________________________________________ Thank you to all who participated in North Korea Freedom Week 2007!! See President George Bush's statement on North Korea Freedom Week 2007. See the Friday, April 27 Capitol Hill Lunch Forum hosted by the Defense Forum Foundation, "Promoting Freedom and Human Rights for North Korea" at CSPAN.org or click on the link. See New Tang Dynasty Television's coverage of the April 28, 2007 protest rally at the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C. _________________________________________ "North Korea's Cruelty", Washington Post Op-Ed by Kay Seok, a North Korea researcher for Human Rights Watch (HRW).
HRW Report on North Korea's Harsher Policies Against Border Crossers _________________________________________ Read NKFC's Letter to President Bush (Feb 28, 2007) _________________________________________ Statements and photographs from the INTERNATIONAL PROTEST held on December 2, 2006 in 15 countries to take a stand against China's violent actions towards North Korean refugees available now. Reports & Photographs from the protest. __________________________________________ European Parliament adopts resolution on June 14, 2006 addressing human rights for North Koreans. _____________________________________________ Read about the book Escape From North Korea: A Desperate Quest for Food, Love and Life. It chronicles through the lives of Pil Soo Kim and his family as they attempt to escape the brutal North Korean regime. ____________________________________________ Six North Korean Refugees Granted Refugee Status in the U.S.! This is the first group to obtain refugee status under the North Korea Human Rights Act of 2004. They safely entered the U.S on May 5 from an undisclosed Southeast Asian nation. Details at the APS website. _______________________________________________ Access House International Relations' documents including the April 27 hearing statements, recent USAID report, and the North Korea Human Rights Act. Click here. Access transcripts & findings from the April 25 Senate hearing on "North Korea: Illicit Activity Funding the Regime." Click here. _______________________________________________ U.S. Gravely Concerned by China’s Forced Repatriation of Kim Chun-hee. The U.S. is “gravely concerned” about the well-being of Ms. Kim Chun-hee, a North Korean defector, who was forcibly repatriated to North Korea from China. She was arrested in Dec. 2005 after attempting to seek asylum in two South Korean schools in China. The U.S. urges China to stop returning North Korean asylum seekers without allowing UNHCR access to these potential refugees. Read more. ______________________________________________
Read letter sent by Congressmen to Secretary Rice on Feb 21, 2006 urging quick action to fund & implement the North Korea Human Rights Act (PDF). Click here. ______________________________________________ US Commission on International Religious Freedom issued its new study in Nov. 2005, "Thank you, Father Kim Il Sung": Eyewitness Accounts of Severe Violations of Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion in North Korea. Full Report (PDF 1.7MB) or Text Only (PDF 672KB). ______________________________________________ Congressional Hearing: An Update on the Implementation of the North Korean Human Rights Act (10.27.2005) Transcript of Timothy A. Peters - Founder/Helping Hands Korea. Click here. Congressional Hearing Transcript of Mrs. Soon-Hee MA - North Korean Defector, Victim; Witness to Trafficking of North Korean Females including her own daughters in China. Click here. Congressional Hearing Transcript of Mrs. Kyeong-Sook CHA - Defector from North Korea, Victim; Witness to Trafficking of North Korean Females including her own daughters in China. Click here. ______________________________________________ For comments or problems with the website, please contact: nkfcadmin1@gmail.com |
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Events CalendarPhotographs & statements from our annual North Korea Freedom Week events HERE.
Pictured above is our first North Korea Freedom Day, April 28, 2004.
From former National Security Advisor Richard Allen: "This is a magnificent and important week -- never before has such concentrated fire on this issue been collected and aimed properly...I have been deeply interested in Korean matters, north and south, for almost 40 years, and have yet to see something like this." Opportunities & ActionTo become a private or public member of NKFC, please fill out our form.
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