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http://linkglobal.org/ - Liberty in North Korea

also their talk at Google is very, very impressive... http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2531661047425836509

[chrisb]

The video is well worth watching.

It gives a very clear picture of what's happening in North Korea, and about the situation for North Koreans inside and outside of North Korea (I was going to write '...their country', but that doesn't really seem correct).

It is from 2007, but (as far as I know) the situation hasn't changed much. Althoug the South Korean "Sunshine Policy" has now been stopped. Due to a change of government a bit over a year ago, not in response to the more recent naval conflict.

Two things the speaker said that stood out to me: 1. This humanitarian disaster is totally man-made. 2. This is a place in which the word "evil" really does apply.

[emef]

The situation is surreal. One of the (many) moving points he made was that grown adults firmly believe that Americans have demon horns and pitch fork spiked tails.

These people have been on complete lockdown for fifty years and shut out from the world, both mentally and physically.

This leadership needs to be destroyed, they are committing too many atrocities.

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from the website:

What does LiNK do?

We raise awareness about the human rights and humanitarian crisis in North Korea through the use of media and grassroots support. We help those who have fled their country because of this crisis – refugees – by sheltering them, advocating for them to governments all over the world, helping them resettle in countries that will accept them, and ultimately empowering them to live new lives.