The Forerunner Film and Speaker Series presented this event & webcast, Behind Closed Doors: The Human Rights Crisis in North Korea in partnership with CIGI.

Expert guests were: Dr. Rhoda Howard-Hassmann, Canada Research Chair in International Human Rights and professor, Department of Global Studies and Balsillie School of International Affairs and Mr. Kyung B. Lee, President, Council for Human Rights in North Korea (Toronto).

Two short films are shown at the beginning of the discussion, "Darkness and Crying of the Land" and "Crossing" (approx 18 mins each).

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