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-How did you get in contact with South Korea and North Korea?
¡°Since middle school, I started to study Korean on my own, and when I went to high school, and there, I studied Korean as foreign language, six hours a week, and then twelve hours a week at senior year. While doing so, I developed much interest in Korea. When I went to college, I studied Korean again in international studies department. Since I stuided Korean for more than three years, I was able to speak some Korean, so I decided to study abroad at Yonsei University for three semesters. I made many friends. At that time, it was during Roh Moo Hyun administration, so I visited Mt. Geumgang twice and Gaesong once. So I developed interest in North Korea, as well. It is more like a gradual development. Therefore, to study about North Korea, I went to Yonsei University Graduate School.¡±
-Please tell us about your activities on North Korean human rights.
¡°When I studied about North Korean studies, I worked as intern at the Daily NK, and I am preparing a master¡¯s thesis on Korean Japanese who returned to North Korea. Currently, I am participating in a North Korean human rights club and working as an intern at NK Strategy Center beginning this May.¡±
-What do you think about South Korean society¡¯s view on North Korean human rights?
¡°I think South Korean people are much interested in North Korea. However, the problem is which area they are interested. They are supporting reunification, and there is no doubt. However, they have differing opinion on time and method of reunification. I met many defectors while studying in South Korea. By doing so, I realized that North Korean human rights condition is much worse than I realized. Human rights is a universal rights for all human beings regardless of politics or regime, so I think it is not good to be politicized.¡±
-Can you tell us about your thesis; why you selected that topic and what content do you write about?
¡°There are twenty five thousand North Korean defectors in South Korea. There are two hundred defectors in Japan, as well. Most of these are former Korean Japanese who emigrated back to North Korea, or their descendants. The number is small, but they have significant historical meaning. From 1959 to 1984, ninety three thousand Korean Japanese emigrated back to North Korea. It¡¯s been fifty years since the emigration project started, but I felt bad that their fate is now forgotten. They volunteered to go back to North Korea, and there was humanitarian purpose. However, it is now known that it resulted in serious human rights violation, in the end. They were deceived by North Korea, that they were going to the ¡®paradise on earth.¡¯¡±
-What kind of reaction do you have in Japan when you say you work for North Korean human rights?
¡°When I told my parents that I was visiting Mt. Geumgang, they were very worried, if there was no security risk, and so on. North Korea¡¯s reputation in Japan is very bad. There are nuclear issue and abduction issue. However, I can¡¯t abandon North Korean human rights because of other people¡¯s opinion. This is universal human rights issue, so I would do it regardless of Japanese people¡¯s view.¡±
-What kind of advantage do you have as foreigner to do North Korean human rights activities?
¡°As a foreigner, I am a minority in South Korean society. However, because I am a foreigner, my work here attract more attention. It is like a celebrity mentioning North Korean human rights. Because I am a minority, I get more attention. Also, I can do North Korean human rights activities in Japan. South Korean people can do, too, but I have advantage in Japan.¡±