Sokeel Park is the Director of Research for Liberty in North Korea (LINK), an organisation that works to rescue thousands of North Korean Refugees who have escaped their country and are vulnerable to exploitation and capture, by ensuring their safe and dignified journey to freedom within South Korea.
More Links: https://www.libertyinnorthkorea.org/ and "The Jangmadang Generation": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvsqpwI_IfU
"The North Korean people deserve and need a lot more allies around the world - a lot more solidarity and support for them."
Today, Sokeel discusses why he and many others with him at the organisaiton, are motivated to do this work with Liberty in North Korea. My guest, lays out what the process is for rescuing North Korean refugees. But perhaps most importantly, Sokeel describes how important it is to change the narrative and to highlight the people of North Korea.