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Thursday, November 19, 2009
1:00 – 3:00 PM
108N – North House
Munk Centre for International Studies
1 Devonshire Place, Toronto
Speaker: Steven Lee, Department of History, University of British Columbia
The American occupation of Korea between 1945 and 1948 has …
As part of its global cross-media project, Chosun Ilbo, one of South Korea’s newspapers, presents ‘On the Border’, a shocking documentary about the current human rights crisis facing North Korean refugees.
Produced in full cooperation with …
Thursday, November 5, 2009
2:00 – 4:00 PM
108N – North House
Munk Centre for International Studies
1 Devonshire Place, Toronto
Speaker: James Person, Program Associate, North Korea International Documentation Project, Woodrow Wilson Center
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
12:00 – 2:00 PM
208N – North House
Munk Centre for International Studies
1 Devonshire Place, Toronto
This information session is highly recommended for anyone interested in participating and/or researching with the North Korea Research Group …
2010, as sporting fans dwelling in the more wintry regions of the world know, is the year of the Winter Olympics. Though internationally less popular than its summer counterpart due to a variety of (probably …
The North Korea Research Group (NKRG) is currently accepting applications for a Managing Director. For those who are interested, please send in a resume/C.V. and a statement of interest to our email at info@nkrg.org or …
Professor Frank will be hosting a photo slideshow accompanied by an academic presentation of his views on North Korea. He will also be highlighting his personal experiences in and his impression of the country. This …
For a long time, North Korea was considered to be a special case, an extraordinary socialist country in terms of politics, ideology and economy. The changes in the Soviet Union under Khrushchev towards collective leadership …
BBC News (26 August 2009) – Simon Ostrovsky has travelled to remote far eastern Russia and obtained rare footage of North Koreans who are working there as labourers under an agreement between their secretive Stalinist …
VOA News (14 August 2009) – North Korea recently took the unusual step of showing South Korean television on its official airwaves. However, Pyongyang selected and edited the footage very carefully to support its propaganda …
Thursday, November 19, 2009
1:00 – 3:00 PM
108N – North House
Munk Centre for International Studies
1 Devonshire Place, Toronto
Speaker: Steven Lee, Department of History, University of British Columbia
The American occupation of Korea between 1945 and 1948 has …
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