Cherie Yang & Casey Lartigue at Korea University (2015-05-30)

Within one week, I spoke at Harvard University and Korea University. At yesterday's talk at Korea University, I was joined by Cherie Yang. I outlined the main part of Teach North Korean Refugees and Cherie Yang discussed feedback she has heard from refugees in the project. We have now spoken together about 10 times, and I think yesterday was the smoothest.

These were some of the main speakers and organizers.

Special thanks to 황현아 for being my contact and patient helper in getting ready for the conference

Thanks to Lee Ji Hyun Lee, who kindly guided me to the conference yesterday and paid special attention to me to make sure I didn't have any problems.

I also got to meet my new intern! Christine Kim arrived when I was in the USA. And Clare JH Yun, volunteer translator of TNKR, also joined. Clare rescued me when I was trying to do about 5 different things at the same time.

Yesterday's conference was fantastic for so many reasons, I absolutely enjoyed it. Now that my mini-speaking tour is over, I can get back to work.

After the conference, we went out to dinner, had a great time there, too. One South Korean professor who was at the event said she was so inspired by my speech that she will be making a donation to TNKR. Of course, I got the usual questions about why I am doing this, how I got into it, what motivated me to start (and stay) with it.

Park Jin welcoming remarks to FSI (and Casey Lartigue)

National Assembly member Park Jin makes the welcoming remarks at FSI's conference featuring North Korean diplomats. Park Jin | Greeting message to FSI and Casey Lartigue mention - YouTube

Still writing (Korea Times, 2023-12-19)

Still writing by Casey Lartigue Jr. The Korea Times December 19, 2023 https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/opinion/2023/12/626_365284.html

[Video] "Author Spotlight" by Harvard

On February 2nd from 2-3 a.m. (Korea time), I was the featured speaker at an "Author Spotlight" by the Harvard Division of Continuing Education (DCE) and the Harvard Extension Alumni Association (HEAA) . Watch, like, share, and comment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmRgP3q7rQg&list=PLn7xtnmarHFq6kVvq3PxOgC8nwjn8ioBO * * * I will be in the USA for two weeks in March, I will kick off the trip with a speech on the campus of the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HSGE) for its annual Alumni of Color Conference (AOCC). It will be a bit of a homecoming reunion, I was one of the speakers at the first HGSE AOCC in 2003. Stay tuned, this will be preparation for a larger event later this year. Thanks to everyone who has helped make FSI's work possible. ( Stripe ) ( PayPal ).

Mentoring while Black (Korea Times 2/16/2023)

Mentoring while Black by Casey Lartigue Jr. February 16, 2023 www.patreon.com/caseylartigue

North Korean defector seeks justice (Korea Times)

It was international news when 12 North Korean waitresses and a male manager who worked at a restaurant operated by the North Korean regime in China arrived in South Korea in 2016. The waitresses have mostly maintained a low profile. There have been numerous accusations and assertions, with some saying the waitresses didn't want to escape, some accused the Park Geun-hye administration of playing politics by releasing details of the case, etc., etc., etc. My blog at the Korea Times today features an exclusive interview with one of the former North Korean waitresses who filed a criminal case against the former manager. You can read about it here on the Korea Times website. https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/opinion/2023/02/728_345165.html Keep in mind that there are many more facts to the case and that it is much deeper than this brief excerpt of her comments. She also shared legal documents that I shared with the Korea Times well in advance to give them time to review t...

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