The North Korean Human Rights Youth Workshop was held from July 27 to 29, spanning two nights and three days.
Fifty-one high school students and eight university student volunteers participated.
Lecturers included Thae Yong-ho, former North Korean ambassador to the UK who defected; field activists; Daily NK reporter Kang Mi-jin; Kim Eun-joo, author of the book <The Eleven-Year-Old's Suicide Note>;
Lee Kwang-baek, CEO of National Unification Broadcasting; and Park Sang-bong, CEO of Future Korea.
Lecture 1: North Korean Human Rights as Seen by a Diplomat, Lecture 2: North Korean Refugees in China and the Escape Process, Lecture 3: North Korea Today: North Korea's Jangmadang Markets, Lecture 4: Information Liberalization in North Korea and Improving North Korean Human Rights,
Lecture 5: Unification Viewed Through German Reunification, and finally, author Kim Eun-joo speaking about her book <The Eleven-Year-Old's Suicide Note>. Through this workshop,
The lectures were prepared to heighten interest in North Korean human rights and reunification, and to encourage participants to personally consider what actions we can take to improve North Korean human rights and achieve reunification.
Beyond the lectures, various activities were organized, including meeting with young North Korean defectors, playing the North Korean Human Rights Nest board game, and planning and conducting street campaigns.
Participants had the opportunity to experience being field activists firsthand and to voice their own perspectives on North Korean human rights.