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Ina Yoon is an NK News contributor based in Seoul. She is a political science major with a minor in Spanish. She enjoys learning about immigration and North and South Korean relations.
A New York committee was formed yesterday to nominate a dissident North Korean writer known as Mr. Bandi (Bandi Teacher) to the Nobel Prize for Literature.
The formation of this committee took place in Flushing, New York, under North Korean defector Ma Young-ae, the chairperson for the new organization.
The committee also included the CEO of the Americas Human Rights Association and the CEO of the Korean Veterans Association of the East Coast.
“The movement to promote Bandi Teacher as a Nobel Literature Prize candidate began two years ago and we decided to
A New York committee was formed yesterday to nominate a dissident North Korean writer known as Mr. Bandi (Bandi Teacher) to the Nobel Prize for Literature.
The formation of this committee took place in Flushing, New York, under North Korean defector Ma Young-ae, the chairperson for the new organization.
Ina Yoon is an NK News contributor based in Seoul. She is a political science major with a minor in Spanish. She enjoys learning about immigration and North and South Korean relations.
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