“When I was young, my mom took me to go see a fortune teller. The fortune teller stared quite forcefully into my eyes, then said that she couldn’t see me—th...
Interview with Charles – North Korean Student at Coding Dojo
November 21, 2016
Charles escaped from North Korea and made the dangerous journey to safety without the help of a rescue. He resettled to the US in 2012, completing high school and soon ...
Meet Charles – A North Korean Living in the United States
November 21, 2016
Charles escaped from North Korea and made the dangerous journey through China without the help of a rescue network. We met Charles after he resettled in the United States...
My Experience with LiNK’s Study Abroad Program by Soo Hyun
November 20, 2015
I feel like the six months of pre-departure workshops for LiNK's Study Abroad & Career Development Program passed in a blink of an eye. When I first began the workshops, ...
My Experience in LiNK’s Young Leaders Program by Rae Hyung
October 21, 2015
So far, the best thing about the Young Leaders Program is the in-depth discussions on tough topics like “empathy” or “failure,” since I can tend to become absorbe...
According to historians who are really good at remembering when things happened in the olden days, sex and love existed before the Internet was even invented. Before 56K ...
Joseph Kim was like most kids growing up; he played outside, climbed trees, and loved his big sister, who he often relied on for guidance and care when his mother was aw...
VIDEO: How Foreign Media Changed My Life – Joo Yang
July 24, 2014
While growing up in North Korea, Joo Yang would listen to foreign broadcasts on an illegal radio with her family. They listened to broadcasts from Voice of America, Radio...
VIDEO: I Am a North Korean Millennial – Yeonmi Park
July 10, 2014
Yeonmi Park escaped from North Korea in 2007. Two years later, she arrived in South Korea with her family after traveling through the Gobi Desert in Mongolia. Yeonmi has ...
Our friend Joo Yang was recently featured on NPR's Planet Money to talk about the people-driven changes and bottom-up marketization in North Korea. LiNK's Director of Res...
With our new documentary, we’ll share the story of North Korean millennials, AKA the Black Market Generation, AKA the people who inspire us at LiNK every day. We want y...
Our friend Joo Yang recently took part in an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Reddit. Read a selection of the Q&A below or click here to check it out in its entirety. ...
Following a year-long investigation, the widespread human rights violations in North Korea were formally recognized today by the UN’s commission on human rights in Nort...
I met my wife in a small motel in China, where I was hiding after my escape from North Korea. We grew closer over meals where we shared our sad life stories....
Last week our CEO, Hannah Song, was invited to speak at the Oslo Freedom Forum among some of the most inspiring dissidents and activists working on issues around the glob...
LiNK and Movements.org co-hosted a Reddit “Ask Me Anything” (AMA), providing a platform for a recent defector from North Korea to respond in real time to various ques...
