Amnesty International Petition: TV Producer Held in North Korea for 50 Years
Please read and consider signing Amnesty International’s petition.
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Son of KAL hijacking at the inter-Korean talks on aviation cooperation: “REPATRIATE MY FATHER”
Last week on November 16, the delegations of South and North Korea held working-level talks to discuss aviation cooperation. Mr. Hwang In-cheol’s father, a victim of the 1969 Korean Air …
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Abductee Families Look on at Korean War Family Reunions
Thank you to L’Agence France-Presse (AFP) for this article entitled “Abductee families look on at Korean War Family Reunions” and for the accompanying video: Channel News Asia also picked up …
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July 31, 2018 “North Korean Human Rights: Diplomacy, Documentation, and Advocacy”
Two days ago (July 31), at the request of Mr. Hwang In-cheol, we participated in a seminar organized by the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK). During the …
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Summit Offers Little Hope for Hwang Won, Held Captive for 49 Years
When Hwang Won boarded a plane for a short domestic flight in South Korea in 1969, it was the journey that never ended. The airliner was hijacked to North Korea …
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Ahead of Trump-Kim Talks, South Koreans Fear Their Prisoners will be Forgotten
Thank you to Bruce Harrison for this piece which appears on the sites of NBC News and America Online. At each previous inter-Korean summit, Hwang said, attempts have been made …
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Hostages Are Home, but Trump & Kim’s (Not Quite Done) Deal Will Ignore Human Rights
Thank you to veteran journalist and author Donald Kirk for this timely piece and for the link to this site: Yes, three American hostages arrived back in the United States …
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Hope, Anger for Relatives of S. Koreans Kidnapped by North
Thank you to Associated Press’s Kim Tong-Hyung for his piece concerning last Tuesday’s press conference. North Korea’s release of three American detainees offers some hope for the relatives of hundreds of …
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Dear North Korea, Bring My Father Home: Interview with Mr. Hwang
Thank you to TNKR volunteer Kevin Huh for interviewing Mr. Hwang for The Sungkyun Times. All I want is to be with my father as a family: to be together again. …
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The Forgotten Hostages: 48 Years in North Korea
Thank you to journalist and author Andrew Salmon for attending Mr. Hwang’s May 8 press conference and for so quickly writing his article. “Hwang In-cheol was just two years old …
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