The author is a South Korean national and has been a human rights activist in South Korea for over the past thirty-five years, in general, and a North Korean human rights for the past eighteen year...view moreThe author is a South Korean national and has been a human rights activist in South Korea for over the past thirty-five years, in general, and a North Korean human rights for the past eighteen years, in particular. He was one of the founding members of Amnesty International Korean Section in 1976 and today a representative of an NGO in Seoul, North Korean Human Rights: the 3rd Way. He is also the chairman of the board of directors of Database Center of North Korean Human Rights.view less