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What exactly does LiNK do? Here's our mission statement:
* To educate the world about North Korea
* To advocate for human rights, political and religious freedom, and humanitarian aid for North Korea
* To protect the North Korean people where they can be reached
* To empower citizens of the world to take effective action and make a difference
* To bring together and support existing NGOs and other organizations working to achieve the same ends
* To tell the world the truth
What can YOU do to get involved? It's Simple. Get educated.
The Cal chapter of LiNK is hosting a free screening of "Seoul Train," a "riveting footage of a secretive underground railroad." To give you a preview of what it's about, read this:
Seoul Train is the gripping documentary exposé into the life and death of North Koreans as they try to escape their homeland and China. Seoul Train also delves into the complex geopolitics behind this growing and potentially explosive humanitarian crisis. By combining vérité footage, personal stories and interviews with experts and government officials, Seoul Train depicts the flouting of international laws by major countries, the inaction and bureaucracy of the United Nations, and the heroics of activists that put themselves in harm's way to save the refugees.
Attached at the bottom is a short video that will give you a better, more real picture of the bigger issues LiNK is dealing with and trying to alleviate. Please have a heart for these people. Just showing up and watching a little bit of this documentary is a small step in solving a very big problem, and it can start with you.
that was very touching, and those people are everywhere. I would want to donate money if I have the ability to, but pressuring China to take those refugees is not the best way to save them. China is a developing country itself, and if you go to remote villages in China you will see starving Chinese children just like those in the video.
China should definitely promote human rights and at least allow N Korean refugees to enter China first and then leave for other countries. That is if you see the problem from North Koreans' perspective. If you think from the Chinese government's standpoint, do you think openly accepting N Korean refugees will make the N Korean government very happy? Opening up the border is no different than directly challenging N. Korea for war.
The root of the problem is the North Korean government, we should try to figure out what we can do with the N. Korean government.