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Jun 27, 2014

June 26, 2014 - Ivan Zakharchenko, UN Correspondent for Russia’s Ria-Novosti, reflects on his decades of covering the Korean Peninsula—including time in Seoul and Pyongyang reporting for TASS—as well as Russia’s growing regional interests. In this special Studio Korea taping, Mr. Zakharchenko also explains his...


Jun 23, 2014

June 23, 2014 - During Kim Jong-un’s rule, North Korea’s unrelenting deprivation of fundamental human rights has, if possible, gotten even worse. North Koreans seek to flee the regime ruled by political prisons, torture, hunger, and public execution, completely void of fundamental rights or an adequate standard of...


Jun 19, 2014

June 18, 2014 - Roberta Cohen, co-chair of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, and Jinhye Jo, a North Korean refugee, examine the violence against women in North Korean prison camps. Ms. Cohen and Ms. Jo's testimony before the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on human rights in the DPRK underscored the...


Jun 16, 2014

June 12, 2014 - Part 2 Question and Answer portion - Susan Cox, Holt International Vice President of Policy and External Affairs and Honorary Korean Consul General for Oregon, looks at how the first generation of Korean-American adoptees—many now senior citizens—built bridges between Korea and the United States. She...


Jun 13, 2014

June 12, 2014 - Susan Cox, Holt International Vice President of Policy and External Affairs and Honorary Korean Consul General for Oregon, looks at how the first generation of Korean-American adoptees—many now senior citizens—built bridges between Korea and the United States. She will also discuss her public policy...