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Asia May 1st Edition features Helping Hands Korea in its
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Walk to Freedom".
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Category Archives: Featured Op-Ed Columns
Forced Repatriation of NK Refugees discussed by Tim Peters at the invitation of the Henry Jackson Society, All Party Parliamentary Group on North Korea and CSW in London
All Party ParliamentaryGroup on North Korea ‘China’s Policy of Forced Repatriation of North Korean Refugees and Implications for International Law’ Tim Peters Founder, Helping Hands Korea 5 – 6pm, Tuesday 19th June 2012 Room U, Portcullis House, London, SW1A 2LW … Continue reading
Posted in Featured Op-Ed Columns, Human Rights & Wrongs, In the Media, New Developments, Persecution Updates Worldwide, Publications
Tagged aiding victims of human trafficking, assisting refugees in third countries, asssisting North Korean refugees in crisis, authoritarian regimes, China's brutal treatment of North Korean refugees, Helping Hands Korea, helping stateless children, orphans, post-Kim Jong-il, rule by fear in the DPRK
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Cry Freedom! HHK urges UK Parliament to enact policy changes related to North Korea’s religious persecution and protection of refugees in China
Posted in Documentaries, Featured Op-Ed Columns, Human Rights & Wrongs, In the Media, New Developments, Persecution Updates Worldwide
Tagged advocacy for North Korean human rights and Christian persecution, aiding victims of human trafficking, assisting refugees in third countries, asssisting North Korean refugees in crisis, authoritarian regimes, Catacombs, Christian Solidarity Worldwide, Helping Hands Korea, human rights abuses in North Korea, Radical mission strategies, Tim Peters
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North Korea’s dynasty enters third generation (Sydney Morning Herald, Canberra Times, Brisbane Times)
Dec.24,2011 An iron hand still rules North Korea’s hermit kingdom despite its ruler’s death, writes Hamish McDonald. (In a wide-ranging article that reveals decades of experience as a North Korea watcher, Sydney Morning Herald’s Asia-Pacific Editor, Hamish McDonald explores … Continue reading
Kim Jong Il and Vaclav Havel: Two leaders a world apart (LA Times Op-Ed 12.20.11)
Kim Jong Il put his interests ahead of North Korea’s. Czech leader Vaclav Havel put democracy first. Read More: http://articles.latimes.com/2011/dec/20/opinion/la-ed-kim-20111220
Posted in Featured Op-Ed Columns, Human Rights & Wrongs, In the Media, New Developments, Publications
Tagged authoritarian regimes, helping persecuted North Koreans, North Korea, North Korean blackmail
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WSJ:”Carter Upsets NK Human Rights Activists”–HHK Director Sounds Off
APRIL 29, 2011, 6:46 PM KST Carter Upsets NK Human Rights Activists All week South Koreans watched former U.S. President Jimmy Carter make another trip to North Korea with high curiosity and low expectations. Few people expected the North’s dictator … Continue reading
Posted in Featured Op-Ed Columns, Human Rights & Wrongs, New Developments
Tagged controversy about North Korea, food aid, Helping Hands Korea, North Korea, President Jimmy Carter, refugees, the Elders, Tim Peters
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Will new NK provocations include terrorism and assassination attempts?
DESPITE a concerted international effort since the start of the year to soothe heightened tensions on the Korean peninsula, the South Korean government is bracing for a different type of aggravation from Pyongyang: terrorism, perhaps.(The Economist) Continue reading
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Hey,Dear Leader & Jr.!Need some extra time to tinker with your nuke program, move your artillery placements, sell off more priceless national assets to China, or execute more of your citizens? How about some meaningless military talks with the South??
Koreas hold first military talks since island attack—Yonhap News (February 8th) http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2011/02/08/84/0301000000AEN20110208006800315F.HTML
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North Korea’s Forgotten Crisis–Ryo Takahashi; Human Rights Watch
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What do the ‘food revolutions’ in Tunisia and Egypt foreshadow for the hungry millions in North Korea?
The first food revolutions of our Malthusian era have exposed the weak grip of authoritarian regimes in poor countries that import grain, whether in North Africa today or parts of Asia tomorrow. Continue reading
Posted in Featured Op-Ed Columns, Human Rights & Wrongs, In the Media, New Developments
Tagged authoritarian regimes, Food Revolution, North Korea
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‘Why the U.S. will have to accept a nuclear North Korea’—Andrei Lankov—Korean Journal of Defense Analysis
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10163270903087147 Abstract It is often argued that the North Korean regime, if faced with the right combination of pressure and concessions, will surrender its nuclear program. This article is critical of this viewpoint. Pyongyang’s decision to go nuclear reflects long-term … Continue reading
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