* The Teach North Korean Refugees Global Education Center (TNKR) is holding its 80th language matching session. The sessions almost always start at 2 p.m., refugees get to choose based on when they arrive at the session. The refugee who arrived this morning knocked on our door at 8:45 a.m. Yes, that’s more than 5 […]
If TNKR were an independent organization, then we wouldn’t have to deal with a lot of unnecessary paperwork. Well, I’m not the one to complain. TNKR co-founder Eunkoo Lee is the one processing the paperwork for grants TNKR has received. She is holding the paperwork that we must report to one of the organizations […]
Leonard Read, founder of FEE (Foundation for Economic Education), talked about different levels of leadership. The 3rd Level is when people start to seek you out for your counsel. If people aren’t seeking you out, then you can draw your own conclusions about your range of influence. Although he was talking more about the spreading […]
TNKR doesn’t have anyone in charge of media, neither traditional nor social. Despite that, we do get a lot of media attention and requests to participate in events. Monday I was interviewed for a newspaper that will post the article today and publish it tomorrow. I will be delivering the keynote address at a conference […]
We often have many North Korean refugees reaching out to us. But the last few days, our heads have been spinning with the number of phone calls, messages, visits, orientation sessions, applications, requests from and interviews with refugees studying, applying to or returning to TNKR. Can you imagine our feelings when they praise us, come […]
Want to help TNKR, but don’t want to teach? Then consider TNKR’s Volunteer Leadership Academy. It is a way to get involved with TNKR, developing leadership skills and adding some different to your resume/portfolio/career/experience abroad. We have numerous activities being organized by TNKR volunteers, friends of TNKR volunteers, musicians, even high school students from Jeju-do […]