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Human Rights

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30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, people’s aspiration to establish a pluralistic liberal democracy appears to be under scrutiny around the world – anti-immigration policies dominate political…

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Region: Asia

November 8, 2019

2018 has been an incredibly eventful year for both the Koreas and the U.S.-Korea relationship: from North Korea’s participation in the Winter Olympics at the start of the year to…

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Region: Asia

December 21, 2018

As a communist state, North Korea has promised to provide its people with basic services, including healthcare and medical treatment. However, particularly in recent years, the cash-strapped Kim regime has…

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Region: Asia

October 30, 2017

In this special episode of Korean Kontext, KEI's Juni Kim sat down with three North Korean defectors who have settled in South Korea. Each of them has a different story…

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Region: Asia

May 26, 2017

This PDF is the full publication and contains all of the following sections: KEI Board of Directors KEI Advisory Council About the Korea Economic Institute of America Preface by KEI…

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Region: Asia

August 20, 2014

August 2009 saw an abrupt “about-face” in North-South relations on the Korean peninsula. The month began with former president Bill Clinton’s historic meeting with Chairman Kim Jong-il and concluded with…

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Region: Asia

May 25, 2011

By Robert R. King A few days ago during a visit to Seoul, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in North Korea, Tomas Ojea Quintana, called for an investigation into conditions under which 12 North Korean waitresses and their manager who defected from China to South Korea two years ago with the help…

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Region: Asia

July 13, 2018

By Jenna Gibson This August, a group of around 100 Koreans from both sides of the DMZ will be able to reunite with family members for the first time since 2015, allowing some relatives to see each other for the first time in more than seven decades. The enduring separation of families is one of…

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Region: Asia

June 26, 2018

By Robert R. King On June 19, the United States withdrew from the United Nations Human Rights Council.  In a “blistering critique” announcing the withdrawal, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley “lambasted the council for ‘its chronic bias against Israel’ and lamented the fact that its membership includes accused human rights abusers such as…

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June 22, 2018

By Robert R. King In a 8:30 AM tweet this morning, President Trump announced, “I am pleased to inform you that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in the air and on his way back from North Korea with the 3 wonderful gentlemen that everyone is looking so forward to meeting.  They seem to be…

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May 9, 2018