Every day, North Korean citizens who are in search for food and medical help sneak into China where they receive no rights as refugees. This means that many are captured by human traffickers and sold as slaves. Those that are not captured must hide from the Chinese authorities that will send them back to North Korea where they will be tortured and even murdered in their political concentration camps.

Most people hear about North Korea because of its nuclear ambitions but few know about the starvation and death caused by the North Korean regime. The facts are shocking:

Between 1995 and 1998, at the height of the North Korean famine, 2 million people starved to death.

North Korea currently holds 150,000 of its own citizens (including children) in its political concentration camps.

Most foreign aid donations have been diverted to Pyongyang’s elite and military. Médecins Sans Frontières, Oxfam, and other NGOs have pulled out of N. Korea due to the lack of monitoring of aid distribution.

We think this is a unique time in history. For the first time in a long time organizations from all around the world are working to solving this human rights tragedy. It is our hope that you who are reading this will agree and would be moved to join us.