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...
South Korean Social Movements: From Democracy to Civil Society
May 2011
This book explores the evolution of social movements in South Korea by focusing on how they have become institutionalized and diffused in the democratic period.
News
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...
Why North Korean Human Rights Matter: Book Talk with Robert R. King
April 2021
In his new book, "Patterns of Impunity," Ambassador King, the U.S. special envoy for North Korean human rights from 2009 to 2017, shines a spotlight on the North Korean human rights crisis...
Using the UN to Create Accountability for Human Rights Crimes in North Korea
April 2021
Experts on human rights agree that the UN needs to work through multiple channels to support ongoing investigations and build evidence for future litigations in order to create accountability and...
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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