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The Peninsula blog is a project of the Korea Economic Institute. It is designed to provide a wide ranging forum for discussion of the foreign policy, economic, and social issues that impact the Korean peninsula.
A Conversation on Human Rights in North Korea with Justice Michael Kirby
February 25, 2016
KEI Communications Director Jenna Gibson, host of Korean Kontext, recently interviewed Justice Michael Kirby who led the United Nations’ Commission of Inquiry on human rights in North Korea. The following is a partial transcript of that conversation.
Human Rights in North Korea – Igniting the Pilot Light
Mark Tokola
February 23, 2016
Commentators have sometimes hypothesized that one of its positive effects of the COI Report could be that North Korean prison officials moderate some of their brutality out of fear of eventually being held accountable. We have now heard that this may be happening in reality.
Five Must-Read Memoirs from North Korean Refugees
Jenna Gibson
February 16, 2016
Five books that look at the human face of North Koreans.
U.S. Presidential Candidates Comments on the Korean Peninsula
January 29, 2016
With the Iowa Caucuses approaching KEI has gathered comments by the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates on South Korea and North Korea.
Five Issues Ban Ki-Moon Should Raise If He Goes to North Korea
Troy Stangarone
November 23, 2015
There are five issues that UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon should raise if he is able to visit North Korea.
Congress Wants to Up the Pressure on North Korean Human Rights Violators
Jenna Gibson
October 19, 2015
Earlier this month, three U.S. senators took on North Korea (DPRK) by introducing a broad sanctions bill aimed at addressing concerns about cyberwarfare and the North’s continued nuclear ambitions.
Insights from German Unification: Dealing with Political Prisoners after Unification
Troy Stangarone
October 5, 2015
During East Germany’s 41 years of the existence there were some 250,000 political prisoners.
Three Dilemmas of Dealing with North Korea
Mark Tokola
July 8, 2015
Short conversations about North Korea generally end with similar conclusions, while longer conversations reveal fault lines among experts.
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