Contact Defectors

PSCORE provides opportunities for researchers and organisations to contact North Korean defectors. More research and advocacy is necessary to improve the human rights situation in North Korea, which is why many defectors are willing to help contribute valuable information. 

Many people are interested in contacting defectors we are helping, and the demand for interviews is high. Due to this, as well as the fact that defectors face significant financial hardship upon arrival in Seoul, we compensate them for their time and effort.

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Compensation Fees

Survey (<4 pages) : around ₩30,000 excl. organizing or translation fees,

Interview : around ₩50,000 / hour excl. organizing or translation fees

Before performing any audio or video recording, please ask for the defectors’ permission before you do so. Maintaining anonymity is important to us; their name must be changed and their face has to be blurred in photos. The need for anonymity is based on the fact that family or friends who are still in North Korea could face punishment in their stead. Additionally, defectors may suffer from PTSD- symptoms and continue to fear for their safety, making anonymity an important part of any interview.

Application

Send us an introduction of who you are, your purpose for the research and your desired interviewee. Additionally, please send us an outline of your plan for communicating with the defectors. We will evaluate your application and respond as soon as possible.

Please write to us If you are interested in this opportunity
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You can also support PSCORE through a direct bank transfer in Korea.

Beneficiary Name : People for Successful COrean REunification / 사단법인 성공적인 통일을 만들어가는 사람들
Beneficiary Account No. : 100-023-677055 (Korean won)
Beneficiary Address : Room 412, 4th floor, H Square Building (FASTFIVE), 81 Yanghwa-ro,
Mapo-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Bank Name : SHINHAN BANK / MOKDONG HYUNDAI BANCH BR.
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Bank Address : 20, SEJONG-DAERO 9-GIL, JUNG-GU, SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA

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10$

Help our cause of improving North Korean human rights

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25$

Provide school supplies for North Korean defector students

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50$

Support North Korean defector parents’ job training

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100$

Assist our work with improving the lives of North Korean defector families

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As a nonprofit organization, we use our donation money wisely. Every penny is raised to help us work towards our greatest mission. We have a long journey ahead of us to reach our mission; which is to put an end to the human rights violations taken place in the secretive state North Korea. Your support helps us develop a well-integrated North Korean community within South Korea to unite us as a nation. Through fundamental mentoring, rescuing missions and awareness campaigns about North Korean human rights we desire the world to recognize the urgency of this issue to help save defectors and advocate an end to human rights abuses in North Korea by bringing awareness in to schools, universities or at the United Nations.

We empower North Korean defectors and provide them education in order for them to create the best opportunities possible, to integrate in South Korea community.

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