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