As nuclear disarmament talks continue, the U.S. side should not lose sight of the Kim regime’s gruesome crimes against its own people, says Freedom House’s Arch Puddington.
Civil society activists working on North Korea honored by the National Endowment for Democracy’s 2018 Democracy Award and our honorees were widely featured on US media, including:
- Sungju Lee, a defector activist from Citizens’ Alliance for North Korean Human Rights, had an extensive interview with NPR Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep that aired on Friday morning.
- Sungju Lee and Ji Seong-ho from Now, Action & Unity for Human Rights (NAUH) were both interviewed on the PBS NewsHour.
- The Washington Post’s Josh Rogin extensively referenced the activists and the problem with the McDonald’s theory for North Korea in his Friday column.
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