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Thailand detains N Korea refugees
| BBC News, 08/23/2006
Thai police have detained 175 North Koreans in a raid on
a house in suburban Bangkok. It is the largest group of North
Koreans ever suspected of illegally entering Thailand, officials
say.
Ten
North Korean Refugees Arrested in Laos, Then Freed
| Compass Direct, 06/14/2006
Communist authorities in Laos arrested 10 North Korean
refugees and two South Korean activists in late May as they
attempted to reach safety in neighboring Thailand, a South
Korean newspaper reported on Friday (June 9)...
North
Korean Defectors Arrested in Laos
| The Korea Times, 06/09/2006
SEOUL (Yonhap) -- Several North Korean defectors and two
South Korean missionaries helping them are in police custody in
Laos, an activist claimed Thursday...
Great escape
| World Magazine, 05/27/2006
With some 53,000 refugees a year finding new homes in the
United States, one group of six in the crowd hardly seems worth
noticing. But when they are North Koreans bearing fresh accounts
of abuses committed by their communist state and the horrors
undergone to escape them, they quickly grab attention...
Missionary's calling not all 'peaches and cream'
| The Korea Herald, 05/10/2006
On this day in 1972 Tim Peters walked out of a university
tutorial on Shakespeare and made a decision that changed his
life...
U.S.
pressures N.K. by accepting defectors
| The Korea Herald, 05/08/2006
On this day in 1972 Tim Peters walked out of a university
tutorial on Shakespeare and made a decision that changed his
life...
Korean sex
slaves take refuge in U.S.
| CNN, 05/06/2006
Six refugees from North Korea, including four women who
say they were victims of sexual slavery or forced marriages,
have fled to the United States, a senator said Saturday...
White House Puts Face on North Korean Human Rights
| The Washington Post, 04/19/2006
She showed up at a school in a coastal city in China
nearly five months ago and begged for help. Instead, she was
deported to her native North Korea and never seen again...
N.Korean defector says disabled newborns are killed
| Reuters, 03/22/2006
North Korea has no people with physical disabilities
because they are killed almost as soon as they are born, a
physician who defected from the communist state said on
Wednesday.
Lawmakers prod US on N.Korean refugee act | The Washington Post, 02/23/2006
The U.S. government has failed to implement 2004
legislation aimed at promoting human rights in North Korea and
giving asylum to refugees from that communist state, senior U.S.
legislators said...
Lawmakers Frustrated With Implementation of N.K. Refugee Act
| Associated Press, 02/23/2006
The U.S. government has failed to implement 2004
legislation aimed at promoting human rights in North Korea and
giving asylum to refugees from that communist state, senior U.S.
legislators said...
U.S. lawmakers push Bush administration to help N. Korean
refugees |
Yahoo! News, 02/23/2006
A bipartisan group of nine senior U.S. lawmakers has sent
a letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urging the
administration to establish an asylum policy for North Korean
refugees, according to a copy of the letter obtained
Wednesday...
N.K.
Human Rights Act does little to help refugees in China
| The Korea Herald, 01/31/2006
Getting North Korean refugees out of China to a safe
country is becoming more difficult despite the enactment of the
U.S. North Korean Human Rights Act over a year ago, says a
Seoul-based activist...
'Typhoon' tells story of N.Korean defector
| The Washington Post, 01/28/2006
SEOUL, South Korea -- A North Korean refugee boy rejected
by South Korea for asylum narrowly escapes North Korean guards
who kill his parents, growing up to become a pirate on a
vengeful mission: drenching the peninsula in a nuclear
rainstorm...
N.
Korean Defectors Often Find Life Less Than Ideal in South
| Voa News, 04/25/2006
A sense of familial warmth and kinship between North and
South Korea has surfaced in South Korean pop culture over the
past year. But for the small number of North Koreans who manage
to reach the South, daily life can be lonely and difficult...
New Film Club
Introduces Americans to Global Issues
| Voa News, 03/11/2006
"Films for the curious" is the motto of Ironweed, a movie
club that offers a monthly DVD selection to subscribers around
the United States and Canada. The concept of a film club is not
new in the United States, but...
Envoy
to China: Treat Defectors Better |
Associated Press, 12/09/2005
The U.S. envoy for human rights in North Korea on Friday
urged China to improve its treatment of North Korean defectors
and expressed hope the United States could also become an
accessible haven for some refugees...
Tales of
horror falling mostly on deaf ears |
The Seattle Times, 11/23/2005
The U.S. envoy for human rights in North Korea on Friday
urged China to improve its treatment of North Korean defectors
and expressed hope the United States could also become an
accessible haven for some refugees...
Lawmaker
Urges Faster Implementation of N. Korean Human Rights Act
| International Information
Programs, 10/28/2005
Representative James Leach, chairman of the House
International Relations Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, is
urging the Bush administration to speed implementation of the
North Korean Human Rights Act.
Implementing North Korean Human Rights Act; Reps. Leach & Smith
Schedule Thursday Joint Hearing
| U.S. Newswire, 10/26/2005
Each year, thousands of North Koreans flee to China to
escape a regime isolated by its dismal human rights record. What
many refugees encounter in China, particularly women, is little
better...
How to Win
Friends and Influence Culture |
Christianity Today, 09/19/2005
In almost 10 years of intimate association with
Christians engaged in human-rights causes, I've watched
evangelicals as both an outsider and a sympathetic ally...
How Can I
be Sold Like This? |
National Review, 07/19/2005
In late May, a female North Korean refugee hiding in
China sent this plea for help to an operative in the underground
railroad...
Food
shortage in North Korea could deteriorate into widespread famine |
Korea Herald, 07/10/2005
North Korea’s chronic food shortage could deteriorate
into widespread famine similar to the mid-1990s when an
estimated 1 million North Koreans died from starvation,
according to aid agencies.
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