Long Walk to Freedom
TIME
Asia May 1st Edition features Helping Hands Korea in its
cover story "Long
Walk to Freedom".
US Edition: "Running Out of the Darkness"
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NK Net’s Magazine Interview with HHK’s Founder & Christian Activist,Tim Peters
The following wide-ranging interview by reporter, Kim So Yeol, with Christian activist Tim Peters, founder of Helping Hands Korea and long-term advocate for North Korean Human Rights, was conducted last month for an article that appeared in the February 2013 … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights & Wrongs, In the Media, New Developments, Testimonies
Tagged aiding victims of human trafficking, asssisting North Korean refugees in crisis, authoritarian regimes, food aid, Helping Hands Korea, helping stateless children, human rights abuses, human rights policy hostage to trade policy, Jang Sung Taek, Japan, Kim Jong Un, NK Net, North Korea's dynastic succession, political prison camps, President Obama, President Park Geun Hye, Prime Minister Shintaro Abe, repatriation, Tim Peters, transparent humanitarian aid, UN Commission of Inquiry (UN COI), UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
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North Korean prisoner escaped after 23 brutal years: CBS 60 Minutes
Escape from Camp 14, Shin Dong-hyuk in a North Korean prison for 23 years “Born in a prison camp, Shin Dong-hyuk describes how three generations of a family are incarcerated if one family member is considered disloyal. Anderson Cooper reports.”(quoted … Continue reading
Posted in Documentaries, In the Media, New Developments, TV/Radio, Testimonies
Tagged assisting refugees in third countries, asssisting North Korean refugees in crisis, authoritarian regimes, Crimes against humanity in North Korean prison camps, Helping former North Korean prisoners testify, Helping Hands Korea, Helping North Koreans to freedom, Radical mission strategies, rule by fear in the DPRK, Shin Dong-hyuk
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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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Only Living Escapee of N.Korea’s Maximum Security Camp #14 Speaks Out: International MetroNews
“……In fact, the regime may not survive much longer. “News is increasingly leaking into the North through short-wave radio broadcasts and illegal international phone calls,” explains Tim Peters, a Seoul-based pastor who helps North Koreans escape. “Coming from a society … Continue reading
L.A.Times:’Chinese policy on North Korean defectors decried’
Seoul—Angry demonstrators staged a rally Tuesday near the Chinese Embassy here to protest China’s state security police for arresting dozens of North Korean defectors who face torture, imprisonment and even death if returned to their homeland. Read more:
Posted in Human Rights & Wrongs, In the Media, New Developments, Persecution Updates Worldwide
Tagged asssisting North Korean refugees in crisis, authoritarian regimes, Helping Hands Korea, helping persecuted North Koreans, Kim Jong Un, policy of forced repatriation of North Korean refugees
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‘The new Kim of (north) Korea’ by Reshma Patil of HINDUSTAN TIMES
“……Tim Peters narrated how a network of activists plucked the defector and his family to safety. “There’s no way Kim Jong-un can be anything but a figurehead,” said Peters, American missionary and founder of Helping Hands Korea that last year … Continue reading
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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PBS on Helping Hands Korea and North Korean Refugees
Watch North Korea Refugees on PBS. See more from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly. What’s wrong with this picture? 50 miles north of here is possibly the worst human rights situation, including Christian persecution, in the entire world, and here we … Continue reading
Posted in Documentaries, Human Rights & Wrongs, In the Media, New Developments, TV/Radio
Tagged aiding victims of human trafficking, asssisting North Korean refugees in crisis, authoritarian regimes, Catacombs, grassroots disaster relief, Helping Hands Korea, helping persecuted North Koreans, human rights abuses, Kim Jong Un, refugees, rule by fear in the DPRK, Tim Peters, transparent humanitarian aid
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“UN flags at half-mast to mark Kim’s funeral”—AFP
What’s wrong with this picture????? “Today should be a time for the UN to show solidarity with the victims — the millions of North Koreans brutalized by Kim’s merciless policies of starvation and oppression — and not with the perpetrators.”—UN Watch … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights & Wrongs, New Developments, Publications
Tagged authoritarian regimes, food aid, human rights abuses, North Korea's dynastic succession, repression, rule by fear in the DPRK
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Hungarian Daily quotes HHK director on the Likelihood of a Revolt in North Korea
(Although a full translation of the Hungarian is not available, the following is the full answer Director Tim Peters gave the Metro journalist in English responding to “Will the North Korean people revolt following the death of Kim Jong-il?” Peters:” … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights & Wrongs, In the Media, New Developments, Publications
Tagged authoritarian regimes, controversy about North Korea, helping persecuted North Koreans, human rights abuses in North Korea, Kim Jong Un, North Korea's dynastic succession, North Korea's new leader, stability in northeast Asia
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