[KS] Gum Hyok Kim to address virtual ICAS Winter Symposium Veritas 2025: The Korean Peninsula Issues and US National Security, February 13, 2025 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM EST, Washington DC

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Sang Joo Kim/*ICAS*/
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January 31, 2025
*Gum Hyok Kim*
A North Korean Defector


/*Virtual
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/ICAS/Winter Symposium /Veritas /2025
*_What's Happening in Koreas?
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*_The Korean Peninsula Issues and US National Security _*

*February 13 2025 7:00 PM –**8:30 PM EST Washington DC*
   February 14 2025 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM KST Seoul JST Tokyo

***On-line Registration
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Dear Friend:

We are pleased to share with you that GumHyok Kim will address the
virtual /ICAS/ Winter Symposium /Veritas /2025 with a particular
emphasis on "What's Happening In Koreas?" on February 13, 2025,
Washington DC.

GumHyok (GH) was born in Pyongyang, North Korea (NK) in 1991. He grew up
as a part of NK's elite class and entered Kim Il Sung University. In
2010, GH went to study in Beijing and had a life changing experience.
The discussions with students from western countries and the information
from the internet enabled him to realize the horrific truth of NK that
had been kept hidden from him:
the political prison camps, deaths from starvation, public executions,
and people risking their lives to escape. He felt a deep sense of
betrayal and was furious that all the education and histories he had
been taught were lies. GH became determined to share with other  NK
people this newfound knowledge, and started dangerous discussions about
human rights and democracy with other NK friends studying in Beijing.
The purpose was to change NK to a normal state. But his group was
discovered by the NK authorities and he had to flee in 2012 from Beijing
to South Korea (SK) to avoid arrest. After becoming a SK citizen, GH
graduated Korea University majoring in Political Science and
International Relations.

Currently, GH is a TV news panelist, “Radio Free Asia” analyst, NK human
rights activist, and a Youtube Influencer at “Seoul Pyongyang Couple”.
He gave an NK human rights speech in the UN Security Council in 2024 and
was a main speaker emphasizing the freedom of speech in One Young World
in 2018.

His career continued as a policy advisor at the Ministry of Patriots and
Veterans Affairs in SK in 2023. In 2023 and 2024, GH worked as a Member
of the Unification Future Planning Committee at the Ministry of
Unification. He joined the support team as an analyst in the 20th
Presidential Committee in 2022.


Thank you.
         Sincerely,

Sang Joo Kim
                                 Senior Fellow & Executive Vice President
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