EVENT

North Korean Refugees on the Food Crisis

Marcus Noland, Peterson Institute
Kim Seung Min, Free North Korea Radio
Kang Su Jin, Coalition for North Korean Women's Rights
Kim Young-il, People for Successful Korean Reunification

Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington, DC

April 30, 2008

Summary

As North Korea once again faces famine, the Institute hosted an event April 30, 2008, to release two new papers by senior fellow Marcus Noland and collaborators based on a pathbreaking survey of more than 1,300 North Korean refugees in China. North Korean refugees Kim Seung Min, Kang Su Jin, and Kim Young-il spoke at the event. Deputy director and senior fellow Adam S. Posen was the moderator. Sin-U Nam, vice chairman of the North Korean Freedom Coalition, provided translation for the Korean speakers.

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