The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea | Ken Gause at Coercion, Control, Surveillance, and Punishment, Pt. 1 @committeehrnk | Uploaded February 2013 | Updated October 2024, 22 hours ago.
July 19, 2012
Moderator: Greg Scarlatoiu, Executive Director of HRNK Speakers: Author Ken Gause, HRNK Former Executive Director Chuck Downs, HRNK Secretary of the Board of Directors, and HRNK Non-Resident Fellow Kim Kwang Jin
July 19, 2012
Moderator: Greg Scarlatoiu, Executive Director of HRNK Speakers: Author Ken Gause, HRNK Former Executive Director Chuck Downs, HRNK Secretary of the Board of Directors, and HRNK Non-Resident Fellow Kim Kwang Jin
![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.")
