By Juliana Knot, July 12, 2018 Grace Jo’s first memory of North Korea is sitting by her grandmother, selling a bucket of dried fish in the marketplace. Her grandmother raised her and her four siblings, because her parents were often gone trying to find food, whether by scavenging for wild vegetables in the mountains or […]
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The Washington Times: “North Korean defector: Kim Jong-un will never give up nukes”
By Connor Foarde – The Washington Times – Monday, July 16, 2018 Kim Jong-un “will never give up” developing nuclear weapons, according to a prominent North Korean dissident, who says President Trump’s energies would be better spent calling the rogue government in Pyongyang out over its disastrous human rights record. It’s the least Mr. Trump could do if […]
Continue readingMedia Coverage Surrounding Trump-Kim Summit
In the days leading up to and immediately following the June 12 summit meeting in Singapore between U.S. President Donald J. Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, we were asked to comment about our perspective on the meeting’s probable outcome. In the following reports, NKinUSA President Jinhye Jo and Vice President Grace Jo talk […]
Continue readingMontgomery County Council Recognizes Grace Jo with Proclamation
On April 24 Montgomery County Councilmember Craig Rice presented Grace Jo with a proclamation on behalf of the Montgomery Council recognizing her for her work with North Korean refugees and with NKinUSA. For more, please see the two Youtube videos below. (Cover photo by Montgomery County Council)
Continue readingInternational Media Coverage
Ever since the start of the first Moon Jae-in – Kim Jong-un summit at the end of April we’ve received several requests for comment from various media outlets from around the world. For all of our multilingual friends and supporters out there, here is a sampler of some recent international news coverage: O Estado de […]
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