North Korea Strategy Center

North Korea Strategy Center
Founded 2007
Founder Kang Chol-Hwan
Focus Media dissemination, defector empowerment, education
Headquarters Seoul, South Korea
Area served
 North Korea
Employees
 10-15
Website en.nksc.co.kr

North Korea Strategy Center (NKSC) is an NGO established in 2007 to raise awareness about North Korea's human rights conditions and advocate for freedom and unification in Korea. Since it’s inception, it has worked with over 150 North Korean defectors and has brought 40,000 DVDs, 400 Radios, and 4,000 USBs into North Korea.[1]

Understanding the power of media and information to open minds and bring change, NKSC seeks to bring free press and media in North Korea by working with North and South Koreans and the international community educating on the need to have freedom of information and expression in the country. NKSC has carried out extensive research on looking at the effects and impacts of external media in the North Korean people and has carried out many seminars on information dissemination and control in North Korea. NKSC has always worked closely with the defector community with trainings and workshops. The organization also trains defector journalists and has made a significant impact in media by connecting defectors with media outlets.

Vision

NKSC wants to see a unified and democratic Korea while enjoying freedom of expression and information.

Mission Statement

NKSC’s goal is educate the defector, North Korean, South Korean, and international communities to promote free press and media to bring democracy and human rights to North Korea.

History

The North Korea Strategy Center was established in the summer of 2007 by North Korean defector, and former Yodok Prison Camp inmate, Kang Chol-Hwan.[2]

In 2014 the group launched a crowdfunded initiative through IndieGoGo to spread dissident media in North Korea.[3]

Strategies

The North Korea Strategy uses three tactics to bring change to North Korea:

  1. Empowering and training defectors in the public so they can properly educate the South Korean and international community about free press and media in North Korea.
  2. Promoting access to information by disseminating external media to raise conscience of human rights and democracy to the North Korean people.
  3. Networking, connecting, and cooperating with international and local civic organizations and institutions to educate promote free press and media in North Korea.

References

  1. ↑ "NKSC at a glance". North Korea Strategy Center.
  2. ↑ "NKSC at a glance". North Korea Strategy Center.
  3. ↑ Alastair Gale. "Corpses and Soap Operas: Seoul Debates Tackling North Korean Human Rights". WSJ.

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