The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea | Amb. Jung-Hoon Lee on the 10th Anniversary of the UN COI on Human Rights in N. Korea @committeehrnk | Uploaded March 2024 | Updated October 2024, 22 hours ago.
On February 17, 2014, the United Nations Commission of Inquiry (COI) on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea released its report.
To mark the 10th anniversary of the COI's report, HRNK is sharing remarks and reflections from officials, leading experts, and North Korean escapees.
Today, we are sharing remarks by Ambassador Jung-Hoon Lee, a former Ambassador-at-Large for North Korean Human Rights for the Republic of Korea.
The report of the UN COI is available at: ohchr.org/en/hr-bodies/hrc/co-idprk/commission-inquiryon-h-rin-dprk
#northkorea #humanrights #unitednations
On February 17, 2014, the United Nations Commission of Inquiry (COI) on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea released its report.
To mark the 10th anniversary of the COI's report, HRNK is sharing remarks and reflections from officials, leading experts, and North Korean escapees.
Today, we are sharing remarks by Ambassador Jung-Hoon Lee, a former Ambassador-at-Large for North Korean Human Rights for the Republic of Korea.
The report of the UN COI is available at: ohchr.org/en/hr-bodies/hrc/co-idprk/commission-inquiryon-h-rin-dprk
#northkorea #humanrights #unitednations
![With Love, Your North Korean Neighbor [Ep 1] Kim Il-sungs Birthday](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qIP_LOpeQ_U/hqdefault.jpg "With Love, Your North Korean Neighbor [Ep 1] Kim Il-sungs Birthday
This year in 2018, Kim Il-sung’s birthday falls on Sunday, April 15th. His birthday is called the “Tae-yang-jeol” (태양절), which translates as “The Day of the Sun.” He was born in 1912 in Pyongyang at Mangyeongdae, where tourists are forced to visit and bow. This Sunday will be the most important holiday of the year in North Korea. All North Koreans will bow down to the portrait of Kim Il-sung, or face grave consequences.
Read more at HRNKs latest blog piece, Kim Family Regime Portraits, on HRNK Insider: http://www.hrnkinsider.org/2018/04/kim-family-regime-portraits.html
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Disclaimer: Original footage filmed by the Committee for Human Rights for North Korea (HRNK) to represent life in North Korea based on the experiences of a North Korean escapee.")
