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Freedom in North Korea
Advancing policies that integrate human rights with national security and providing scholarships to North Korean refugees now settled in the United States.
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North Korea: Denuclearization Is Not Possible Without an Improvement in Human Rights
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Light Through the Darkness
The U.S. has focused growing attention on the plight of the people in North Korea, but more must be done.
Regaining Lost Ground in the North Korean Human Rights Movement
Toward a New Policy and Strategy for North Korea
Integrating the call for freedom with denuclearization in diplomacy.
Education and Employment Among U.S.-Based North Koreans: Challenges and Opportunities
Supplementing refugees' assistance
North Korea is one of the worst places on Earth. The government's nuclear ambitions are the subject of daily headlines. Its citizens are subjected to widespread human rights violations.
Over the past decade, a policy of "strategic patience" left the United States waiting for the cumulative effect of sanctions to pressure the North Korean regime to denuclearize. At a time when the United States has begun high level negotiations on North Korea's security threats, we must not let human rights fall by the wayside.
The Bush Institute conducts original research, provides expert testimony on Capitol Hill, briefs legislative staff, and engages with Korean-American leaders nationwide.
North Korea Freedom Scholarship
Established in 2017, the North Korea Freedom Scholarship is designed to help North Korean escapees and their children pursue higher education and build productive, prosperous lives as new Americans. The scholarships are granted to students for vocational school, community college, university, and graduate-level studies. To date, a total of $118,500 has been awarded in 43 scholarships.
Administered by Communities Foundation of Texas, these scholarships will support escapees in pursuing a range of educational opportunities, helping them to succeed and to build new lives in freedom.
Applications are open to North Korean refugees with:
- Legal status as refugees, lawful permanent residents of the United States or U.S. citizenship.
- Birth in North Korea or be immediate family members of someone who was born in North Korea prior to legal immigration to the United States.
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Application Opens for Bush Institute’s North Korea Freedom Scholarship
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