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Casey Lartigue commentary about North Korea shooting at loudspeakers

Information, information, information...  Don't shoot this podcast, please  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sCHVUAI2OU Here's my commentary produced by OTV (of Unification Media) about North Korea threatening to shoot at loudspeakers.

2015-08-17 Delightful Visit from High School girls

  I had some high school girls drop by the office to talk to me about various topics. At first, they were so shy, but clearly eager to talk. After they warmed up, they were shooting questions at me, it was all fun and lovely. Of course, they are now burning up my Kakao with messages and photos. I introduced them to Prof. 김 정호. Not only is he an all-around cool guy, but he is also a distinguished professor at the Yonsei University Graduate School of Economics. So of course they were delighted to meet him. * * * In my Korea Times column last week, I wrote about cultural appropriation. For those who are worried about young Koreans embracing hip-hop culture, I must say that you've lost the battle. Two of these girls write and produce their own hip-hop music and another sings it. They were flashing hip-hop hand signals and probably gangsta rapper hand signals. http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2015/08/626_184629.html Do people who complain about cultural appropriation make the

2015-08-12 Heejung Park/INKAS

I met with Heejung Park earlier today. We had a great talk about many things. I hope that we will be able to collaborate in the future. We also met with the president of InKas (International Korean Adoptee Service). It was inspirational and informative.

2015-08-03 Korea University double-header

Today I gave two speeches about Teach North Korean Refugees at Korea University. I was joined by a different refugee speaker at each event. I am getting better at handling these speeches. I do an overview about North Korean refugees escaping to South Korea, then lead into a discussion about TNKR, then introduce the speaker, then during Q&A I try to fill-in the gaps with some extra information and anecdotes. Support TNKR:  www.lovetnkr.org/donate  or  https://linktr.ee/caseylartigue 2015-08-03 Speech 1 Speech number 1, one of our speakers showed just how much he has improved. He's a guy who says what he thinks and shows how he feels. His coaches have helped him channel those things, to be more structured in telling his story. When he gave his first speech a few months ago, we talked with his coaches about ways he could improve. Today he was funny, emotional, poignant, thoughtful. I really felt proud watching him speak today. It was also his first time as a solo speaker. * * * It

Casey Lartigue at Harvard (2015-05-24)

Casey Lartigue discussed Teach North Korean Refugees (TNKR) at the Innovation Symposium hosted by the Harvard Extension Alumni Association.  TNKR playlist:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFPNLwMKwfo&list=PL-6_xImxyTAJw3qeFJBXFv6fSCFEOb9eG&index=1