We set ambitious goals for the fall in 2015 with the launch of our #PeopleCan Campaign, aiming to ramp up support for our keystone programs: Refugee Rescues, Empowerment,...
Many North Koreans who have resettled have gone on to do some amazing things like starting businesses, writing memoirs, and becoming activists, but these successes do not...
Help Fund Refugee Rescues AND Get an Awesome Shirt!
April 19, 2015
Our Shirt of the Month for April is focused on Refugee Rescues, the flagship program of our organization. 335 North Korean refugees have reached freedom through this prog...
We started our Refugee Rescues Program in 2010. That year, 22 North Korean refugees reached freedom through our network. The program has grown exponentially since then an...
Shirt of the Month – March 2015: Focusing on Education
March 19, 2015
The Shirt of the Month for March focuses on our Resettlement Assistance Program, which helps North Korean refugees fulfill their potential in freedom once they start thei...
We’re excited to announce the Shirt of the Month, an all-new shirt series available now on the LiNK Shop!
Every month, we’ll release a limited-edition t-shirt focu...
If I told you that for 10 weeks, 15 college-aged students would be traveling across North America in vans, sleeping on strangers’ couches, and sustaining on a combinati...
Outings and Art—Fostering Understanding through Our ETCE Program
January 8, 2015
Students and tutors from our English Tutoring and Cultural Exchange (ETCE) Program recently had their last cultural outing of 2014 in Insa-dong (a popular tourist area in...
This year we had a goal to provide rescues to 100 North Korean refugees and we're happy to announce that we have surpassed that goal. Over 100 North Koreans left lives of...
My Study Abroad Experience in San Francisco by Joo Yang
October 30, 2014
It’s already been a month since I came to the U.S. However, it feels like I’ve been here for many more months. I’m trying to experience and learn as much as possibl...
All about Our Study Abroad & Career Development Program
September 12, 2014
Most resettled North Koreans attend non-accredited alternative schools that typically can’t hire qualified English teachers, and they get little practice conversing wit...
All about Our English Tutoring & Cultural Exchange Program
July 11, 2014
North Korean defectors face many challenges once they resettle in South Korea, but one that may surprise you is the English language barrier. English classes are required...