LiNK ‘Operation Sunshine’ Events This Week

Adrian Hong sends:
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SEOUL ““ On Tuesday, May 23, 2006, at 10:30 am, some 30 members of a delegation of members of LiNK, Liberty in North Korea, an international grassroots NGO, will be meeting with former President Kim Young Sam, at his residence in the Sangdo neighborhood of Seoul. LiNK is a group devoted to raising awareness of the North Korean humanitarian and human rights crisis, and engages in activism and advocacy on the issue. The delegation of LiNK members is in Seoul to encourage a domestic movement in Korea on the issue.

President Kim is a supporter of LiNK’s efforts, and is meeting to encourage the group and engage in a productive dialogue on how best to approach the urgent North Korean human rights issue. This week, LiNK will be sponsoring a series of four major symposiums on the issue throughout major Seoul university campuses, including:

May 22nd, 5:30pm – Koryo University: Kim Nyun Gwan So Theatre 418;
Speakers: Tim Peters (Activist, Helping Hands Korea), Kang Chul Hwan (Defector, Co-Author of Aquariums of Pyongyang), and LiNK representatives.

May 23rd, 5pm – Sogang University: K Gwan 203;
Speakers: Tim Peters (Activist, Helping Hands Korea); Sohn Jung Hoon (Defector, brother to be killed in a public execution in North Korea), and LiNK representatives.

May 25th, 1pm – Seoul National University – Socheon Convention Hall Bldg. 140-1;
Speakers: Tim Peters (Activist, Helping Hands Korea), Kim Sung Min (President of “Radio Free North Korea”), and LiNK representative.

May 27th, 4:30 pm – Sookmyung Women’s University: Centennial Hall 503;
Speakers: Cho Myung Sook (Principal of Yuh Myung School/Jayoutuh School-helps North Korean refugees resettle in Sout Korea); Ahn Myung Chul (former North Korean prison guard), and LiNK representatives.

LiNK has been engaged in an active awareness campaign in Seoul for the past week, and will continues to sponsor exciting awareness campaigns in Seoul leading up to the coming election day on May 31.