Congressional Defense and Foreign Policy Forum “THE RESCUERS: Today's Heroes and Heroines Saving North Korean Refugees"
March 18, 2025
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Defense Forum Foundation's Congressional Defense and Foreign Policy Lunch Forum
Ambassador J. William Middendorf, II Suzanne Scholte Kim Ji Young
Chairman, DFF President, DFF President, Free North Korea Radio
Meet the Rescuers:
Today’s Heroes and Heroines Saving North Korean Refugees
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
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Pictured above: Pastor Seungeun KIM of Caleb Mission, South Korean Pastor, featured in the award-winning documentary BEYOND UTOPIA, has rescued over one thousand North Koreans since 2000 when he first established his network; Jiah PARK, a North Korean escapee, described as the "Harriet Tubman of North Korea" helped set up the first most successful underground railroad of North Korean escapees, Chinese citizens, and South Koreans which over two decades successfully led to the rescue of approximately seven thousand North Korean refugees; LEE Kyung-sun, a North Korean escapee, currently heads Unification Hope Mission which has successfully rescued over fifteen hundred North Korean refugees and is also helping support trafficked North Korean women and their children in China; and Hannah JI, a North Korean escapee, survivor of Chinese and North Korean detention centers and North Korea’s political prison camps personally rescued her two sons just before the border closure despite repeated warnings against her taking the risk.
Topics They Will Address During Their Presentations: 1) the conditions in North Korea that lead people to want to escape their homeland, 2) the conditions in China facing North Koreans, 3) the “underground railroad", 4) the current situation facing North Koreans in China today since the borders' reopening, and 5) their recommendations for solving this crisis
DFF's Defense and Foreign Policy Forums were established in 1983 to provide Congressional staff the opportunity to hear from expert speakers in a nonpartisan, collegial atmosphere on important issues facing the United States and her allies.
North Korea Freedom Coalition is hosting this delegation in Washington, D.C. and New York City with the assistance of its NGO members: Jubilee Campaign, Free North Korea Radio, Caleb Mission, Isabella Foundation, Esther Prayer Movement, and Defense Forum Foundation