The U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK) and AEI will be launching a new HRNK report entitled, “Marked For Life: Songbun, North Korea’s Social Classification System,” which will be discussed at this event. The panel will also examine the extent to which the growing reliance on money and bribery is eroding the songbun system’s influence.

In honor of North Korea Freedom Week, an expert panel discusses human rights in North Korea following a presentation on the impact of recent events by Ambassador Robert R. King, the Obama administration's special envoy for North Korean human-rights issues.

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Forcing the Islamic Republic to be accountable to its people can catalyze diplomacy's success.

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