The Korea Program is part of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center.
Human Rights
Scholarly Publications
People with Disabilities in a Changing North Korea
March 2014
"People with Disabilities in a Changing North Korea" details the situation that people with disabilities face in the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea (DPRK).
Restitution for Reconciliation: The US, Japan, and the Unpaid Assets of Asian Forced Mobilization Victims
July 2011
More than six decades after the end of World War II, the Japanese government has yet to return an estimated ¥278 million worth of unpaid financial assets owed to Asian victims of forced...
News
It’s Time for K-pop Stars to Speak Out on Human Rights
April 2022
With few exceptions, South Korea’s K-pop idols have been conspicuously silent on controversial subjects – including the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
“K-Pop Stars, Too, Should Speak Out on Human Rights Issues,” Says Stanford Sociologist Gi-Wook Shin
February 2022
K-pop and North Korean human rights are the subjects of two documentaries to be released this spring to mark the 20th anniversary of Stanford University’s Korea Program, reveals Professor Gi-Wook...
Tenth Annual Korean Studies Writing Prize Awarded
June 2021
Haley Gordon (MA '21, East Asian Studies) was awarded the 10th annual Korea Program Prize for Writing in Korean Studies, for her paper "Nation-Being in North Korea: New Perspectives on...
Old Events
Book Launch: The North Korean Conundrum
October 13, 2021
This is a joint event with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C.
The Role of NGOs in Promoting Humanitarian Engagement and Human Rights in North Korea
April 20, 2021
This is the third event in a three-part series on North Korea Human Rights hosted by APARC's Korea Program in the spring quarter.
The South Korean and U.S. Government Role in Promoting Human Rights in North Korea
March 29, 2021
To watch the recording of the event, click here. This is the second event in a three-part series on North Korea Human Rights hosted by APARC's Korea Program in the spring quarter.
Projects
Reconciliation and Cooperation in East Asia
By linking internal, external, and regional aspects of historical injustice, the project seeks to move beyond state-oriented approaches and binary categories such as victim versus aggressor in...
English
Multimedia
North Korea: Whither Kim Jong-un in 2015?
April 2015
The audio and transcript from the event "Whither Kim Jong-un in 2015?" a seminar presentation by Ambassador Kim Sook, the 2014-15 Pantech Fellow in the Korea Program, and former Republic of Korea Ambassador to the United Nations.Last year was...
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