https://zoom.us/j/93238244411  

2024 Nov 21 Thurs 8pm ET || Nov. 22 Friday 10am Korea.

Zainichi (Korean-Japanese) and North Korea research/activism in Japan. 

박향수 Park Hyang-su (NGO Free2Move), Lauren Richardson (Australian National University), Safa Choi (Doshisha University)

Park Hyang-su shall discuss North Korean human rights activism by Zainichi Koreans in Japan. Park is a defector from the pro-DPRK Zainichi group Chosen Soren and co-founder of the Osaka-based NGO Free2Move. https://thediplomat.com/2024/07/the-collateral-victims-of-kim-jong-uns-about-face-on-korean-unification; https://www.scmp.com/video/scmp-explains/3232303/why-nearly-100000-people-left-japan-move-north-korea  https://www.nknews.org/category/north-korea-news-podcast/latest/life-inside-the-pro-north-korea-enclave-in-japan-nknews-podcast-ep-243/916696 ; https://www.nknews.org/category/north-korea-news-podcast/latest/park-hyangsu-why-north-koreas-unification-rejection-shocked-koreans-in-japan/945219  

Contact: Joseph Yi, Hanyang University, at joychicago@yahoo.com

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