Voice to the voiceless: Exhibit highlights suppression of speech in North Korea



Features Voice to the voiceless: Exhibit highlights suppression of speech in North Korea Newly opened North Korean Human Rights Museum holds up testimonies of defectors on abuses suffered under the Kim regime Joon Ha Park \| Lina Park November 17, 2023 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON A visitor views a painting by artist Sun Moo, a defector who still has family in North Korea. \| Image: NK News In North Korea, one wrong word can lead to a lifetime of suffering. That is the message of “The Echo Never Stops,” the inaugural exhibition of the newly opened North Korean Human Rights Museum located in central Seoul. Organized by the Database Center for North Korean Human Rights (NKDB), the exhibition opened this week and features previously undisclosed records that the nonprofit organization has collected over the past two decades. Presented in both text and video form, these records document the first-hand experiences of defectors who were unable to speak freely while living in North Korea. Hyun Hyang, a North © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. Get the Daily Update & Podcast Updates Start your day with the North Korea stories that matter most – as selected by Trending

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Voice to the voiceless: Exhibit highlights suppression of speech in North Korea

Newly opened North Korean Human Rights Museum holds up testimonies of defectors on abuses suffered under the Kim regime

Joon Ha Park | Lina Park November 17, 2023

Voice to the voiceless: Exhibit highlights suppression of speech in North Korea

A visitor views a painting by artist Sun Moo, a defector who still has family in North Korea. | Image: NK News

In North Korea, one wrong word can lead to a lifetime of suffering.

That is the message of “The Echo Never Stops,” the inaugural exhibition of the newly opened North Korean Human Rights Museum located in central Seoul.

Organized by the Database Center for North Korean Human Rights (NKDB), the exhibition opened this week and features previously undisclosed records that the nonprofit organization has collected over the past two decades.

Presented in both text and video form, these records document the first-hand experiences of defectors who were unable to speak freely while living in North Korea.

Hyun Hyang, a North

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Joon Ha Park

Joon Ha Park is a correspondent at Korea Risk Group. He has previously written on issues related to the two Koreas at The Peninsula Report, and appeared on ABC News Australia, Deutsche Welle and Monocle Radio. He specializes in offering in-depth analyses of South Korea’s defense policy, security relations and domestic politics for Korea Pro.

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Lina Park

Lina Park is the Digital Communications and Events Manager at Korea Risk Group. She previously worked at the Business and Finance desk of The Korea Herald and as a news trainee at NK News. Her past research experience includes work on North Korean human rights at HanVoice and South Korea’s foreign relations at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.

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