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20-01-13 Russian TV interview



A Russian TV crew stopped by the TNKR office yesterday to do a few interviews.

* First they recorded me giving Sharon some public speaking tips
* Second, they interviewed Sharon at length.
* Finally, they asked me a few questions about TNKR.

They were efficient. We have had some TV crew members who have come in, gotten photos and video from a variety of angles. This team was quick, clear what they wanted, then finished.


Here's the information and photos they posted on Facebook:

Телеканал Россия-24 "Специальный репортаж Максима Киселева" в Южной Корее

6-я съемка в Глобальном образовательном центре "Учить северокорейских беженцев" #TNKR

Sharon Jang дает интервью о своей жизни на Севере и Юге

Центр помогает северокорейским беженцам в изучении английского языка, а также в выступлениях в других странах с речами о своих историях. Центр был основан в 2013 г. Casey Lartigue Jr. совместно с Eunkoo Lee 이은구

Однажды Casey Lartigue услушал от северокорейских беженцев, что одной из самых больших проблем, с которыми они столкнулись в Южной Корее, было изучение английского языка. Английский необходим при поступлении в университет, на работу и даже при использовании Интернета. Также он необходим для наведения мостов между северокорейцами и остальным миром. Так появилась идея создания TNKR

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It is amazing that media finds us so often.
* We don't have a communications team.
* We rely on volunteers.
* We don't follow the Social media strategy of experts, mainly I just throw posts on Facebook when I take a break from our activities or when I am in a taxi on the way to a meeting.
* * These days our Instagram and Twitter accounts are silent these days, so I may start posting there again.

Despite that and other challenges, media still finds us. So it must be that our good work, not fancy media strategy, that results in media finding us.

















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