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Search results for Project Country: korea
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Displaying records 26-50 of 92 results
All results totalling $17,414,816
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Project Title: Creating Political Space Through Private Markets
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: North Korea
Project Focus: Developing Market Economy
Description: To enhance the availability of information on entrepreneurship and free markets in North Korea. The center will expand and refine its digital economic library in ways that reflect ongoing changes in North Korea's informal markets and the current needs of market operators, and will supplement its distribution strategy.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $199,929
Project Title: Documenting Crimes Against Humanity
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: North Korea
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To document and bring international attention to crimes against humanity committed by the North Korean regime. The organization will carry out an accountability project that will detail the role of the regime in sanctioning as well as directly committing systemic human rights violations through interviews with elite defectors, and will advocate for stronger international pressure as well as share the findings with North Korean diplomats and other elites.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $36,620
Project Title: Daily Internet Newspaper
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: North Korea
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To raise awareness and understanding of the situation in North Korea by disseminating accurate, timely, and relevant news and information about North Korea. The project will produce an online newspaper serving readers in South Korea and the international community, and will provide training to North Koreans working as citizen journalists as well as ongoing professional development for its regionally based correspondents and stringer reporters.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $250,000
Project Title: Empowering the Role of Young Defectors in Human Rights and Democracy
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: North Korea
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To build bridges between defectors and South Korean activists and to provide opportunities for young, educated North Korean defectors to engage in issues related to human rights and democracy. The grantee will carry out a leadership program for young defectors who want to take part in human rights and democracy advocacy to discuss and explore their potential roles in serving as bridges between the two Koreas and contributing to rebuilding a democratic North Korea.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $30,000
Project Title: Encouraging Democratic Reform via Radio Broadcast
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: North Korea
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To support the free flow of information into North Korea. The organization will produce the North Korea Reform Radio program, which provides daily broadcasts of news, information, and commentary designed to encourage reform and the development of independent public opinion inside the country.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $125,000
Project Title: Advancing Human Rights and Democracy Education for Defector Youth
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: North Korea
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To bring international attention to the human rights situation in North Korea and promote awareness among South Koreans about North Korea. The project will advocate for human rights in North Korea at the UN and organize a variety of public campaigns and activities to facilitate the collaboration of a network of international NGOs and specialists dealing with North Korean human rights and refugees. It will also provide civic education and leadership training for defector youth.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $440,000
Project Title: Daily Internet Newspaper
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: North Korea
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To raise awareness and understanding of the conditions in North Korea by disseminating accurate, timely, and relevant news and information about the country. The project will produce an online newspaper serving readers in South Korea and the international community, and will provide journalism training to North Koreans working as citizen journalists as well as ongoing professional development for its regionally-based correspondents and stringer reporters.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $270,000
Project Title: Daily Radio Broadcast to North Korea
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: North Korea
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To support the free flow of information in North Korea. The organization will broadcast its daily program, which provides news, features, and in-depth analysis on current affairs and issues in the Korean peninsula, as well as human rights and civic education programs, to the North Korean public.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $339,000
Project Title: Democracy and Leadership Program for North Korean Women
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: North Korea
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To instill democratic values and cultivate political leadership in North Korean defector women and to encourage partnership and cooperation between South and North Korean women in promoting democratic change in North Korea. The project will implement a democracy and leadership program for North Korean women, including trust and partnership building opportunities with South Korean women, and will carry out interviews with defector participants to provide a better understanding of changes in North Korean society, especially on the role of women as possible agents of change.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $150,000
Project Title: Encouraging Democratic Reform via Radio Broadcast
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: North Korea
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To support the free flow of information into North Korea. The organization will produce a daily shortwave radio program to be broadcast into North Korea, comprised of news reports of events in North Korea and the world, informed analysis, and critical commentary designed to encourage reform and the development of independent public opinion inside the country.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $93,000
Project Title: Engaging Youth and Defectors in Human Rights
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: North Korea
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To strengthen the leadership capacity of North Korean defector students in South Korea and encourage their engagement in human rights and democracy issues. Project activities will include a series of education and networking activities for South Korean and defector students, including a leadership program and a public awareness campaign on North Korean human rights.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $105,000
Project Title: Increasing Communication Between North and South Koreans
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: North Korea
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To increase opportunities for North Korean defectors to share accurate information about North Korea and personal experiences living in democratic South Korea with the citizens of North and South Korea. The project will include posting defector-written blog pieces and hosting online forum discussions with North and South Koreans on a variety of human rights and democracy-related issues.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $130,000
Project Title: Informed Analysis and Commentary by Defectors
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: North Korea
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To provide opportunities for North Korean defectors to share accurate information and informed analysis about North Korea and personal experiences living in democratic South Korea. Project activities will include producing and disseminating videos on a range of topics, including an elite defector's autobiographical experience, analysis on North Korea's past, present, and future, as well as social commentary on current affairs.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $23,000
Project Title: International Conference: Policy, Markets and Human Rights
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: North Korea
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To analyze the effectiveness of international efforts to advance human rights and democracy in North Korea, in particular the impact on the jangmadang, or private markets. The project will include a one-day international conference in Seoul to discuss how economic sanctions have affected the North Korean population and explore how the jangmadang will be impacted.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $15,914
Project Title: Mapping Crimes Against Humanity
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: North Korea
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To seek accountability for crimes against humanity and systemic human rights abuses in North Korea and raise awareness of transitional justice issues among key stakeholders, including victims and international policy-makers. Project activities include a mapping project that utilizes geospatial evidence to document sites of potential crimes against humanity and international advocacy and outreach.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $130,000
Project Title: NK Youth Club
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: North Korea
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To develop democracy and leadership educational material suitable for North Korean youth. Self-study materials will be developed for young North Koreans who are interested in learning about democratic ideals and values. The program will also provide educational support to North Korean citizens in the Asia region interested in human rights and democracy.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $49,602
Project Title: Supporting Dialogue on Democratic Change
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: North Korea
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To build the leadership capacity of young defectors and practitioners working on North Korean human rights and democracy issues. The organization will partner with a recently arrived elite defector to implement a civic education program for young defectors and a dialogue series with seasoned practitioners on issues relating to a peaceful opening and democratic transition for North Korea. The organization and its partner will also reach out to overseas North Koreans by providing relevant news and information.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $99,700
Project Title: Weekly Mediumwave Radio Broadcast
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: North Korea
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To support the free flow of information in North Korea. The organization will broadcast a weekly mediumwave radio program for North Korean listeners comprised of lectures and talk shows on human rights and democracy topics, and will organize a seminar series discussing changes and developments in North Korean society to inform content development and as well as to promote public debate on enhancing North Korean human rights strategies.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $85,000
Project Title: Supporting Dialogue on Democratic Change
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: North Korea
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To build the leadership capacity of young defectors and practitioners working on North Korean human rights and democracy issues. The organization will partner with a recently arrived elite defector to implement a civic education program for young defectors and a dialogue series with seasoned practitioners on issues relating to a peaceful opening and democratic transition for North Korea. The organization and its partner will also reach out to overseas North Koreans by providing relevant news and information.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $15,000
Project Title: Engaging Youth and Defectors in Human Rights
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: North Korea
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To strengthen the leadership capacity of North Korean defector students in South Korea and encourage their engagement in human rights and democracy issues. Project activities will include a series of education and networking activities for South Korean and defector students, including a leadership program and a public awareness campaign on North Korean human rights.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $30,000
Project Title: Daily Radio Broadcast to North Korea
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: North Korea
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To support the free flow of information in North Korea. The organization will broadcast its daily program, which provides news, features, and in-depth analysis on current affairs and issues in the Korean peninsula, as well as human rights and civic education programs, to the North Korean public.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $150,000
Project Title: Democracy and Leadership Program for North Korean Women
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: North Korea
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To instill democratic values and cultivate political leadership in North Korean defector women and to encourage partnership and cooperation between South and North Korean women in promoting democratic change in North Korea. The project will implement a democracy and leadership program for North Korean women, including trust and partnership building opportunities with South Korean women, and will carry out interviews with defector participants to provide a better understanding of changes in North Korean society, especially on the role of women as possible agents of change.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $30,000
Project Title: Strengthening Strategies for Effective Advocacy on Human Rights and Democracy
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: North Korea
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen the capacity of civil society organizations in South Korea advocating for human rights and democracy in the North Korea. The institute will provide tailored technical assistance to local partners to refine and implement organizational strategies. The institute will also convene local groups for collective strategizing to introduce new perspectives and opportunities for collaboration.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $325,000
Project Title: Investing in Democratic Young Leaders in Korea
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: North Korea
Project Focus: Conflict Resolution
Description: To foster a network of young democratic Korean leaders, the institute will organize a monthly leadership development series that includes workshops to impart the skills required to be successful democratic leaders, site visits to present positive examples of civic engagement and advocacy, and partnership projects with reputable organizations to provide the opportunity to put new skills and experiences into practice.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $195,000
Project Title: Analyzing North Korean State Media Reporting and Propaganda
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: North Korea
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To provide objective analysis of the state media reporting and propaganda in North Korea. The organization will review and analyze state media outlets' news and commentary and provide alternative perspectives to encourage critical thinking among North Korean people about their society and the information provided by the state. It will disseminate the analysis in video format.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $153,000
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