People look at pictures from North Korea during an exhibition held as part of the 2025 Seoul World Convention on North Korean Human Rights in front of Seoul City Hall in Seoul, South Korea. Photo by JEON HEON-KYUN/ EPA
July 9 (Aisa Today) -- The Citizens' Alliance for North Korean Human Rights held a seminar Thursday to mark its 30th anniversary, reviewing its work and setting out tasks for the next three decades.
The alliance was founded in 1996 by its first chairman, Yoon Hyun. Since then, it has worked to expose human rights abuses in North Korea, turn the issue into an international agenda and support North Korean defectors who have resettled in South Korea.
More recently, the group has been identifying, analyzing and disclosing international supply and distribution networks linked to goods produced through forced labor in North Korea.
Kim Suk-woo, chairman of the alliance, said in opening remarks that speaking about the human rights of North Koreans was "a lonely and difficult task" 30 years ago.