Dr. Suzanne Scholte chairs the North Korea Freedom Coalition and is president of Free North Korea Radio and the Defense Forum Foundation. She is one of the world’s leading activists for North Korea’s freedom and human rights and a policy expert for promoting their freedom and dignity. She has received numerous awards, including the Seoul Peace Prize and the Sungnye Medal Order of Diplomatic Service. She has testified many times before the US Congress and at the United Nations and hosted visits to the USA for hundreds of defectors to testify in Congress, at the UN, and many other venues. In response to the escalating attempts by the Kim regime to further isolate the people of North Korea, she launched Operation Truth with North Korean escapees based in South Korea to continuously reach people in North Korea by land, by sea, and by air, successfully delivering what North Koreans need.


