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Search results for Project Country: korea
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Displaying records 51-75 of 92 results
All results totalling $17,414,816
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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, train North Korean citizen journalists, and provide ongoing professional development for its regionally-based correspondents and stringer reporters.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $400,000
Project Title: Empowering Young Defectors in Human Rights and Democracy
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: North Korea
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To provide opportunities for young, educated North Korean defectors to engage in issues related to human rights and democracy. The organization 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: 2019
Award Amount: $34,715
Project Title: Encouraging Democratic Reform Through 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 on 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: 2019
Award Amount: $280,000
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 leadership programs and a public awareness campaign on North Korean human rights, as well as international advocacy.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $128,000
Project Title: Enhancing Access to Information in North Korea through Radio Broadcast and Media
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 radio program, which provides news and analyses on current affairs and issues in the Korean peninsula and around the world, as well as human rights and civic education programs to North Koreans. The organization will also create video content targeted at North Korean youth and explore new methods to improve information dissemination.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $600,000
Project Title: Enhancing Access to Information through Mediumwave 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 broadcast a weekly mediumwave radio program to provide relevant human rights and democracy-related analysis and commentary. The radio program will be comprised of news, lectures, talk shows, and defectors' stories to foster critical thinking among its target audience.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $199,200
Project Title: Human Rights Documentation and International Advocacy
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: North Korea
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To document human rights violations and to increase international attention and pressure to address the dire human rights situation. The organization will interview defectors who have experienced human rights violations in North Korean detention facilities, document their findings, file petitions to the UN on behalf of victims or their families, and share the information with the international community to strengthen advocacy efforts. The organization will also produce a report analyzing the effectiveness of international advocacy efforts on human rights in North Korea.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $185,000
Project Title: Interactive Online Platform on North Korean Human Rights
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: North Korea
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To provide South Korean citizens with accurate information on North Korean human rights and encourage greater awareness of and participation in the human rights movement through an interactive online platform. The organization will collect and digitize materials on the North Korean human rights situation, including fact-finding reports, memoirs written by North Korean defectors, documentaries, North Korean government documents pertaining to human rights, and recent news articles.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $80,000
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 policymakers. Project activities will include a mapping project that utilizes geospatial evidence to document sites of potential crimes against humanity and international advocacy and outreach.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $208,400
Project Title: NK Youth Club
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: North Korea
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To develop democracy and leadership educational materials suitable for North Korean youth and to instill democratic values and ideals among young people in North Korea. The organization will develop self-study material for young North Koreans who are interested in learning about democratic ideals and values and provide a variety of educational support to North Korean citizens in the Asia region interested in democracy and economic reform.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $85,000
Project Title: Promoting the Free Flow of Information
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: North Korea
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To assess information flows in Northeast Asia. The organization will conduct a feasibility study on information technologies to explore new methods of information dissemination to North Korea. The organization will cooperate with human rights organizations and defectors to assess the information and technology environment and identify viable methods to transmit digital content to meet the rising demand for outside information.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $592,000
Project Title: Supporting Dialogue on Democratic Change
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: North Korea
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To support an opportunity for young defectors and practitioners to gain the knowledge of conditions necessary for democratic change in North Korea. The organization will partner with an elite defector to implement a civic education program, a dialogue series, and a leadership project with young defectors and human rights activists on a variety of issues relating to a peaceful opening and democratic transition for North Korea. The organization and its partner will also provide relevant news and information to overseas North Koreans in blog format.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $140,000
Project Title: Providing Informed Analysis on North Korean Society
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: North Korea
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To enhance understanding of North Korean culture, society, economics, and politics by providing an informed analysis and opinion from a North Korean perspective. The organization will publish a book, which will examine how North Koreans understand and view their society and identify how their perceptions and mindsets have changed, especially since the market privatization. It will distribute the book to North Korean readers as well as those in the international community working to advance North Korean human rights and democracy.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $10,000
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 leadership programs and a public awareness campaign on North Korean human rights, as well as international advocacy.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $18,000
Project Title: Human Rights Documentation and International Advocacy
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: North Korea
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To document human rights violations and to increase international attention and pressure to address the country's dire human rights situation. The group will interview defectors who have experienced or are familiar with human rights violations in North Korean detention facilities, document their findings, file petitions to the UN on behalf of victims or their families, and share the information with the international community to strengthen human rights advocacy efforts.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $25,000
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: 2019
Award Amount: $40,000
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 policymakers. Project activities will include a mapping project that utilizes geospatial evidence to document sites of potential crimes against humanity and international advocacy and outreach.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $33,400
Project Title: Creating Political Space through Private Markets and Entrepreneurs
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: North Korea
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To enhance the availability of information on entrepreneurship and free markets and to prepare a basic foundation for market-oriented civil society in North Korea. The center will refine its digital economic library in ways that reflect ongoing changes in North Korea's markets and the current needs of market operators. Additionally, the center will work to foster business networks among a select group of North Korean entrepreneurs.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $327,143
Project Title: Investing in Democratic Young Leaders in Korea
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: North Korea
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To foster a network of young democratic Korean leaders. The institute will continue to implement the Future Democratic Leaders Fellowship program to impart the skills, connections, and experiences required to be successful democratic leaders. It will also establish a Youth Incubator to provide technical and material support to youth-led organizations to become successful advocates for change in North Korea.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $300,000
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. It will also provide civic education and leadership training for defector youth.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $600,000
Project Title: Bolstering Defector Women's Role in Advancing Human Rights
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: North Korea
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To cultivate the leadership of defector women and encourage their participation in fostering democratic values and advancing human rights in North Korea. The organization will conduct a survey to identify existing barriers and explore solutions to enhance defector women's participation, and will organize discussion forums to increase their representation in advancing North Korean human rights. The project will also provide mentorship and networking opportunities to emerging defector women activists.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Bolstering Youth Capacity and Participation on Human Rights
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: North Korea
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To equip defector and South Korean youth with the knowledge and skills needed to take leadership in advancing North Korean human rights. The organization will implement an education and leadership project designed to bolster the capacity of young defectors and South Koreans to cultivate and nurture the next generation of activists in the North Korean human rights movement.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $166,000
Project Title: Cultivating Democratic Leadership among Defectors and Providing Informed Analysis on North Korean Society
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: North Korea
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To instill democratic values and cultivate civic leadership in defector youth and women, and to examine the role of private markets and women in fostering democratic openings in North Korea. The organization will provide educational and civic engagement programs to equip youth and women defectors as leaders of democratic change, and will organize an international conference to assess the contribution of private markets and women in spurring positive changes in North Korean society.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $200,000
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, train North Korean citizen journalists, and provide ongoing professional development for its correspondents and stringer reporters based in the region.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $848,000
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 youth in South Korea and encourage their engagement in human rights and democracy issues. Project activities will include a series of education, networking, and advocacy activities for defector youth, including a leadership program and public awareness campaigns on North Korean human rights both domestically and internationally.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $280,000
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