Capitol Hill Briefing: The Power of Freedom in Addressing the Divided Korean Family – Empowering the Voice of North Korean Defectors

July 22, 2016
Global Peace Foundation

The breifing at at the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Hearing Room on Capitol Hill North Korean hosted defectors and Korea experts appealed for greater international responses to the grave human rights crisis in North Korea through stepped up support for information technology access. U.S. Rep. Matt Salmon and Charles Rangel co-hosted the Congressional briefing. Cong. Salmon is the sponsor of the Distribution and Promotion of Rights and Knowledge 2016 (DPRK) Act, a new bill to authorize more advanced technology and better researched content for use in informing North Korean citizens.

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