Schedule

NORTH KOREA FREEDOM WEEK 2010 SEOUL, KOREA

Sunday, April 25 – Saturday, May 1

[Week-long event] Saturday, April 24th to Saturday, May 1st

ALL DAY EVENT – North Korea Human Rights Exhibit

Every Day -- 10 AM - 5 PM North Korea “Ah, the Warm Country in the South!” (The North

Korea Genocide Exhibit)

Host: North Korea Genocide Exhibit, Moon Gook Han

Location: Seoul Gallery, Seoul Press Center 1st Floor

Transportation: Subway - Line 1 or 2, City Hall Station Exit 4; Line 5, Gwanghwamun Station Exit 5

[Week-long event] Sunday, April 25th to Saturday, May 1st

ALL DAY EVENT – North Korea Human Rights Photo Exhibit

Host: NKHR Young Adult’s Coalition, Han Nam Soo/Strategy Center Youth Group, Choi

Myoung Jin

Location: Various colleges/universities in Seoul

[Throughout the week during NKFW2010] Sunday, April 25th

2PM – 4PM Prayer Service led by North Korean Defector churches

Hosts: North Korean Church Coalition, Pastor Kang Cheol Ho of Saetu Church; Pastor Lim Chang Ho of Jangdaehyun Church; New Pyongyang Full Gospel Church

Location: Saetu Church, Shinjung-Dong 337 Mokdong 2Cha Woosung APT B-sangga 4th Floor Transportation: Subway - Line 5, Mok Dong Station Exit 5; Line 2, Yangcheon-Gu Office Station and then Bus – no. 6617 Last Stop

3 PM - Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for North Korea Human Rights Exhibit

“Ah, the Warm Country in the South!” (The North Korea Genocide Exhibit) Host: North Korea Genocide Exhibit, Moon Gook Han

Location: Seoul Gallery, Seoul Press Center 1st Floor

Transportation: Subway - Line 1 or 2, City Hall Station Exit 4; Line 5, Gwanghwamun Station Exit 5

Monday, April 26th


10AM – NKFW2010 Opening Press Conference/Briefing (30min.) & NK Gulag Inmate List

Press Release & Witness Testimony

Host: Crime Against Humanity Investigation Committee, Do Hee Yoon,

NK Gulag, Kim Tae Jin, Jung Gwang Il, Jee Hae Lee

Location: Seoul Press Center, 19th Floor

Transportation: Subway - Line 1 or 2, City Hall Station Exit 4; Line 5, Gwanghwamun Station


2PM – North Korean Human Rights Digital Screening

Host: Abductee & Defectors Human Rights Coalition, Crime Against Humanity Investigation

Committee, Do Hee Yoon

Location: Seoul Metro Art Gallery, Hyehwa Metro Station

Transportation: Subway - Line 4, Hyehwa Station

Tuesday, April 27th


ALL DAY 10AM – POW/Abductee, Abduction-related Conference

Host: POW/Abductee Int’l Coalition, Lee Mi Il, Professor Nishioka

Location: NK Democracy Committee Office, Gang-Nam-Gu Nonhyeon-Dong 216-2 Harim B/D

4TH Floor

Transportation: Subway - Line 7, Hakdong station

3PM – Open Invitation Forum:

"Kim Jong Il Regime's Inhumane & Savage Rule: Elite North Korean Defectors' Testimonies"

Host: Crime Against Humanity Investigation Committee, NK Intellectuals Solidarity, Do Hee

Yoon, Kim Heung Gwang

Location: Seoul Press Center, 20th Floor

Transportation: Subway - Line 1 or 2, City Hall Station Exit 4; Line 5, Gwanghwamun Station Exit 5

5PM – Suzanne Scholte’s Special Lecture at Sejong University

Host: Sejong University

Location: Sejong University, Seoul

Transportation: Subway - Line 7, Children’s Grand Park Station

Wednesday, April 28th


1:30PM – North Korean Women Defectors Human Rights Seminar

Host: CNKWR Coalition for North Korean Women’s Rights, Kang Su Jin

Location: National Assembly Building, Yoido

Transportation: Subway – Line 9, National Assembly Station

2:30PM – National Rally for North Korea Freedom Week 2010

Host: International Forum for Foreign Policy & National Security, Dr. Kim Hyunwook, Abductee & Defectors Human Rights Coalition, Crime Against Humanity Investigation Committee, Do Hee Yoon, Free North Korea Radio

Location: Seoul Station

Transportation: Subway – Lines 1 & 4, Seoul Station

Thursday, April 29th to Sunday May 2nd

10:30AM – Reading the Names of 8,400 Abductee & POWs (Pep-Rally & Name Reading)

Host: Abductee & Defectors Human Rights Coalition, Crime Against Humanity Investigation

Committee, Do Hee Yoo, Bae Jae Hyun

Location: Pagoda Park, Jongno-Gu

Transportation: Subway – Lines 1,3,5, Jongno-3-ga Station

Thursday, April 29th

7:30AM – North Korean Human Rights Forum (Guest Speaker: Suzanne)

Host: International Forum for Foreign Policy & National Security, Dr. Kim Hyunwook

Location: Karak Hotel, 2nd Floor

Transportation: Subway – Lines 8, Karak Market Station Exit 3

1PM – Debate for Human Rights of North Korean Defectors: How Much Has Improved?

Host: Democracy Strategy Center, Kang Cheol Hwan

Location: Community Chest of Korea, Jung-Gu

Transportation: Subway - Line 1 or 2, City Hall Station Exit 3, 12; Line 5, Gwanghwamun

Station Exit 6

8PM – North Korean Human Rights Prayer Vigil

Host: International Forum for Foreign Policy & National Security, Crime Against Humanity

Investigation Committee

Location: Balsandong Catholic Church

Transportation: Subway - Line 5, Ujangsan Station Exit 3

Friday, April 30th


10AM – Protest at the Embassy of China in Seoul

Host: NKFW2010 Planning Committee

Location: Chinese Embassy, 54, Hyoja-Dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul

Transportation: Subway – Line 3, Gyeonbokgung Station

1PM – North Korea Human Rights Act-related International Conference

Host: PSCORE People for Successful COrean REunification , Kim Young Il

Location: Seoul Press Center, 19th Floor

Transportation: Subway - Line 1 or 2, City Hall Station Exit 4; Line 5, Gwanghwamun Station

4PM – Crossing Screening & Lecture of NK Defector

Host: Student Group of Yonsei University

Location: Yonsei University

Transportation: Subway, Line 2, Sinchon Station

6:30PM – Meeting with Chairperson of National Human Rights Commission of Korea, Byung-Chul HYUN

Participators: Suzanne and other 6 U.S. Delegation with Other 15 people

Location: President Hotel

Transportation: Subway, Line 1 City Hall Station Exit 5

8PM – North Korea Freedom Week 2010 Prayer Vigil

Host: Esther Prayer Movement for North Korea, Professor Lee Yong Hee

Location: Shinil Church, Joong-Gu Shin-Dang 4-Dong, 347-298, Seoul

Transportation: Subway – Line 3, 6, Yaksu Station; Line 5, Cheonggu Station


Saturday, May 1st

Afternoon [Exact Time TBD] – Balloon Launch into North Korea

Host: Fighters for Free North Korea FFNK, Park Sang Hak

Location: Freedom Bridge, Imjingak, Paju City, Kyonggi Province

Transportation: Gyeongui Rail Line, Imjingak Station