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Posts tagged "North Korean Human Rights Act"

Ambassador Robert King’s Report to Congress

by | November 26th, 2012 | 07:00 am

Below is Ambassador Robert King’s annual report to Congress mandated by the North Korean Human Rights Act.  Interesting tidbits include discussion  in section (c)(6) of the WEST (Work, English, Study, Travel) pilot program, which allows young North Korean refugees to study in the US, and details about meetings with DPRK officials (in section (c)(2)). The meetings in [...]

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On the North Korean Human Rights Act

by and Jaesung Ryu | August 5th, 2011 | 07:16 am

We were recently asked about the competing DP and GNP human rights bills; voila. Jaesung Ryu reports from Seoul on the current state of play: Legislation regarding a South Korean version of the US North Korean Human Rights Act has been deadlocked since its initial introduction to the National Assembly by a GNP representative in [...]

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