"I am from North Korea"  forum at Oxford University

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Join us for this special event at Oxford University featuring North Korean refugees & the co-founders of Freedom Speakers International.

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Three North Korean refugees will share their experiences living in and escaping from North Korea in a special forum at Oxford University on October 20, 2023 from 4 p.m. The Co-Founders of Freedom Speakers International will share their experiences working with more than 500 North Korean refugees and why North Korean refugees speak out.Learn more here: <a href="https://www.politics.ox.ac.uk/event/i-am-north-korea-conversation-refugees" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.politics.ox.ac.uk/event/i-am-north-korea-conversation-refugees</a>S﻿peakers:Eunju Kim (North Korean refugee speaker)Eunju Kim first escaped from North Korea in the late 1990s along with her mother and sister, but she and her mother were repatriated to North Korea. They later escaped again, making it to freedom in South Korea in 2008. Her memoir, A Thousand Miles to Freedom, has been published in seven languages, including French (2012) and English (2015). She first joined Freedom Speakers International (FSI) in June 2014 as an English language student and in February 2015, she was the winner of FSI’s 3rd English Speech Contest.Youngnam Eom (North Korean refugee speaker)After serving in the North Korean military for a decade, Youngnam Eom escaped from North Korea in 2010. He is a rare graduate of both a North Korean University and a South Korean graduate school. In 2000, he graduated from a North Korean University with a degree in railway operations. In 2019 he graduated from Korea University in South Korea with a master’s degree in Public Administration. In 2015, he joined Freedom Speakers International as both a public speaker and English language student. In 2019, he spoke at conferences at Harvard and Princeton Universities. He is author of the forthcoming book, The Strongest Soldier of North Korea.Taehee Kim (North Korean refugee speaker)Taehee Kim escaped from North Korea in 1997 and escaped to South Korea in 2007. During the decade that she lived in China, she was repatriated to North Korea four different times. She is now the director of ‘North Korean Refugee Solidarity for Liberty and Human Rights. In 2019 she donated her part of kidney to a female North Korean refugee. In 2023, she was an operations director of the 3rd Seoul Larkspur International Film Festival focused on North Korean human rights movies and documentaries.Casey Lartigue Jr.,(Co-founder, Freedom Speakers International)Casey Lartigue is an American with two decades of experience empowering marginalized people. After graduating from the Harvard University Extension School, he earned a master’s degree from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education where he began focusing on improving access to quality education opportunities for low-income people. He is the co-author with North Korean refugee Songmi Han of her memoir Greenlight to Freedom: A North Korean Daughter’s Search for Her Mother and Herself. He is the chairman and is co-founder with South Korean researcher Eunkoo Lee of Freedom Speakers International (FSI), the Seoul-based NGO that has empowered more than 500 North Korean refugees with English language tutoring, public speaking and career development.Here’s our current list of public events planned in the UK.I am from North Korea (forum at the University of Oxford)October 20th, 4:00 pm BST<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/712926701957?aff=oddtdtcreator" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/712926701957?aff=oddtdtcreator</a>Talk Music Concert for North Korean human rightsOctober 21st, 5:00 pm BST<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/717575958007?aff=oddtdtcreator" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/717575958007?aff=oddtdtcreator</a>Stories of Freedom: Stories and Voices of North Korean refugees (British Korean Society and SOAS London)October 24th, 6 pm<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/738360515177?aff=oddtdtcreator" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/738360515177?aff=oddtdtcreator</a>Healing Hearts: Stories &amp; Voices of North Korean refugeesOctober 25th, 5:00 pm BST<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/710118061237?aff=oddtdtcreator" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/710118061237?aff=oddtdtcreator</a>

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