North Korean Defector to Speak in DC, 14 August
by Richardson ~ August 7th, 2008. Filed under: Defectors & Refugees, Human Rights, Hunger & Famine, North Korea. 
The Sejong Society will host a talk by Kim Dong-su, a North Korean defector who was the Second Secretary of the Permanent Representative of North Korea to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization when he defected to South Korea in 1998. Before his defection, he served in key posts in North Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including as Assistant Secretary of the DPRK to Switzerland and Norway, and as the senior official of the UN Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He is currently a Senior Research Fellow at South Korea’s Institute of National Security Strategy.
When & Where:
Thursday, August 14, 2008, 6:45 - 8:00 pm
Rome Auditorium
Rome Building, Johns Hopkins SAIS
1619 Massachussetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC
(Closest Metro: Dupont Circle)
Be sure to RSVP for the event. Hat-tip to Maj K.
August 9th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
Here is the website for Sejong Society for this event.
http://www.sejongsocietydc.org/
August 11th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
Please–Would it be possible for someone to record this and put it on youtube or another forum for all to watch?
August 12th, 2008 at 4:10 am
From the website;