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The Korea Society is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) organization with individual and corporate members that is dedicated solely to the promotion of greater awareness, understanding, and cooperation between the people of the United States and Korea.

Feb 8, 2013

February 7, 2013 - North Koreans escaping regime repression employ escape channels likened by author Melanie Kirkpatrick to Harriet Tubman’s for American slaves. Explore the network of ethnic Koreans, brokers and missionaries who seek to aid those fleeing the North with Kirkpatrick, in conversation with human rights advocate and U.S. businessman Steven Kim, founder of 318 Partners, an effort to rescue North Korean women trafficked to China.