This year North Korea Freedom Week (NKFW), usually held in Washington D.C., is being held in Seoul from Apr 24-May 1, 2010. Why? This was done, according to the Daily NK, "... to give more chance to the growing number of North Korean defectors and Seoul-based defector activist groups to get involved and make the events more diverse." Personally, I'm eager to see what organizer Suzanne Scholte and other activists do in Seoul -- apparently many defectors who have been part of NKFW delegations in the past are now taking the lead to sponsor events in collaboration with South Korean NGOs and leaders!
Highlights of the week include a special address by UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Vitit Muntarbhorn at the beginning of the PSCORE international conference on the 29th, a protest outside the Chinese embassy on the 30th, and a special release of balloons from the Freedom Bridge in the farthest corner of the Peace Park at Imjingak on the 1st.
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