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2016-12-17 “Little Big Heroes” party

TNKR co-founders Eunkoo Lee and Casey Lartigue at the “Little Big Heroes” party, hosted by the CJ Sharing Foundation.

2016-12-17 Hold Hands Love Concert

  Charity concert to raise fund for NK defectors (koreatimes.co.kr)

2016-12-14 Politic journal at Yale University (Casey Lartigue quoted)

The Politic: The Yale College Journal of Politics is a monthly Yale University student publication that traces its roots to 1947. I am one of the people quoted in a feature story by Megan McQueen in The Politic about the struggles North Korean refugees have after they escape. * * * Casey Lartigue Jr.​, a founder of the nonprofit (TNKR) Teach North Korean Refugees​, compared China’s repatriation to slavery in the American South.

2016-12-13 Charity concert to raise fund for NK defectors (Korea Times)

Charity concert to raise fund for NK defectors by John Max Redmond​ The Korea Times​ http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2016/12/177_220098.html An NGO supporting North Korean refugees is presenting a charity concert titled "2016 Hold Hands, Love Concert" at the Seocho Hanwoori Rehabilitation Center in southern Seoul, Saturday. The concert run by (TNKR) Teach North Korean Refugees​ aims to raise funds and awareness for the education of North Korean refugees in the South. It features cellist BoumJun Bae​, gayageum (12-string zither) player Bae Ji-soo, orchestral music from the Hanwoori Eins Baum Chamber and musical actress Kim Na-hee (김나희​). "We have been working more closely with refugees who are seeking to tell their stories to the world," said Casey Lartigue Jr.​, co-founder of TNKR.

2016-11-30 Is Donald Trump a Racist? (Korea Times Roundtable)

Korea Times Roundtable Discussion Casey Lartigue: "Is Donald Trump a racist?" http://tinyurl.com/hgxqghb (Korea Times link) Michael Breen: "Me and My Liberal Tribe" http://tinyurl.com/j3pzlgy Donald Kirk: "Media mix facts with views" by Donald Kirk http://tinyurl.com/zftps6e Oh Young-jin: "How to make Trump great president" http://tinyurl.com/jgyvrre Three Korea Times columnists speak on the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president in a roundtable hosted by Chief Editorial Writer Oh Young-jin, third from left, at the Times conference room, last week. From left are Michael Breen, Don Kirk, Oh and Casey Lartigue Jr. Oh's column, titled "How to make Trump a great president," was previewed online and will be published in Thursday's edition of the newspaper. / Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chu l

2016-11-07 The Transformation of Eunkoo Lee!

I often like to ask people what they like to do in their free time. Many Korean students and office workers answer: "Sleeping." In the case of TNKR co-founder Eunkoo Lee, she enjoyed sleeping on weekends, and watching baseball during the season. All of that changed because of (TNKR) Teach North Korean Refugees. She now rarely has time to sleep all weekend, because we have TNKR events almost every weekend. Early in TNKR's history, I fired Eunkoo for one day. I realized that our model would be very difficult to attract sustained financial support, we were trying to do something different without having a financial sponsor. How long and deep was her commitment to this? What if we never raise money? What if we can't ever count on others to help us long-term? Yes, I later admitted to her, I had to test how much she really wanted to be part of this. She had always been an office worker, had never started anything from scratch, and never had never been i

2016-11-05 Coach Robinson is down, but not out!

This morning I stopped at the hospital to help Edward M. Robinson check out. Down to one arm at the moment, but the sarcasm is still there. But don't test him, he may rip off the bad arm to beat you with it, then put it back in place...

2016-11-04 Youngmin Kwon does it all! Steve Chai does the rest!

It was Friday, but they were busier than ever. * Translation * Tutor * Assistant Academic Adviser * Grading Level Exams * Project Manager getting prepared for upcoming events * Organizing the office Support TNKR: www.lovetnkr.org/donate