Event: Release of study on North Korea – July 19

July 19, 2012, Noon-1:30
Korea Economic Institute
1800 K Street Northwest Suite 1010
Washington, DC 20006

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The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK) will launch the 130-page report Coercion, Control, Surveillance, and Punishment: An Examination of the North Korean Police State at the Korea Economic Institute (KEI).

Authored by North Korean leadership specialist Ken E. Gause, Coercion, Control, Surveillance, and Punishment reveals that the Kim family created a pervasive state security apparatus to consolidate power, relying on constant surveillance and a network of informants to root out threats to the regime from the smallest neighborhoods to the highest levels of the military.

The report rollout, moderated by Greg Scarlatoiu, HRNK Executive Director, also featured remarks by discussants Chuck Downs, former HRNK Executive Director, Helen-Louise Hunter, HRNK Board Member, and Kim Kwang-jin, HRNK Non-Resident Fellow.