Chosun Journal - North Korean Newspapers

Chosun Journal
About Chosun Journal
The Chosun Journal is an independent, non-profit site whose agenda is to inform, provoke, and mobilize consciences for human rights in North Korea. We are Solzhenitsyn’s Gulag Archipelago meets the Drudge Report. We went online February 2001.

Not content with raising awareness, CJ raises funds to rescue N. Korean orphans into safe countries through underground railroads. We network rescuers, refugees, defectors, government officials, intelligentsia, and the media to bring further momentum to the N. Korean human rights movement. We are a resource for academic journals and bestselling books like Natan Sharansky’s The Case for Democracy. We host survivors of N. Korean concentration camps to share their testimonies at college campuses and churches. And we organize protests at Chinese embassies; lobby government bodies to pass bills that assist persecuted N. Korean refugees hiding in China; and petition officials to grant leniency to those that are caught seeking asylum.

Being a reader-driven site, we hope that you will join our efforts by staying informed through our mailing list, by pointing us to any relevant articles or projects, and by following the suggestions under the Get Involved section. If you are new to the issue of N. Korean human rights, some great places to start are with our introduction, briefing manual, and an excellent article by Christopher Hitchens, Newsweek.
“Post Tenebras Lux.”

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Dear Reader,

Visiting the Holocaust museum in Washington, D.C. can be a harrowing experience. But what if you were visiting the museum while the Holocaust was still going on? This site is a memorial to the ongoing atrocities still happening in North Korea today, and a witness against the world that lets it happen. But unlike a visit to the museum in Washington, D.C., here visitors can make a difference right now to help stop the crimes against humanity being committed with impunity by the regime of Kim Jong Il. Please consider using the resources available on this site, writing in the discussion forum, and telling others about us. If you have any comments, questions, or would like to help, then please contact us.

Edward Kim, Publisher
March 10, 2001

Press
Korean:

Joongang Ilbo, 7/8/2003
Joongang Ilbo, 7/9/2003
Monthly Chosun Magazine, 6/2001
Radio Free Asia (broadcast to N. Korea), 5/2001
NK Chosun, 5/2001
English:

Wall Street Journal, 8/2002
World Magazine, 9/2002
Weekly Standard, 8/2004
Staff Biography
Publisher:

Edward Kim received his B.A. in politics from Pomona College, J.D. from New York University School of Law, and M.Div from Princeton Theological Seminary. He can be contacted at inquiries at chosunjournal dot com. His personal blog can be read here.

Managing Editor and Web developer:

Sarah Kim can be contacted at inquiries at chosunjournal dot com.

Associate Editors:

Dr. David Kim is a third year resident at Johns Hopkins Medical School. He can be contacted at dk92833 at yahoo dot com.

S.Y. Choi is a PhD candidate at Claremont School of Theology. She can be contacted at inquiries at chosunjournal dot com.

Columnists:

Dr. Norbert Vollertsen is the author of Inside North Korea (Encounter, 2006). He can be contacted at norbertvollertsen at yahoo dot com.

Suzanne Scholte is president of the Defense Forum Foundation. She can be contacted at Skswm at aol dot com.

Rev. Tim Peters is a Christian activist and president of Helping Hands Korea. He can be contacted at tapkorea at gmail dot com.

Ki Tae Kim is a student at Fuller Seminary. He can be contacted at kitaeus at gmail dot com.