Seohyun Lee, born and raised in the North Korean elite, decided to leave her comfortable life in North Korea for freedom. By Kaoruko Kobayashi Seohyun Lee and her father in Washington D.C. In April 2012, Seohyun Lee, born and raised…
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UN fails to combat climate-security risks in DRC
There is a disconnect between the current United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the climate-security crisis taking place there, which is being further exacerbated by a new land auction. By Sophie Jay Deforestation is an…
Safety of Multimedia Journalists Called Into Question
By Cinnamon Cornell Cindy Bae was standing outside a bar on New Year’s Eve in 2020, camera in hand, preparing to deliver a live report on television. A man turned to her and sneered four words that made her freeze.…
Lives Cut Short
Stories from the genocidal campaign against ethnic Hazaras in Afghanistan A poster with photos of 54 people, mostly students and girls from ethnic Hazara community, killed in the September 30, 2022 suicide attack on Kaaj in Kabul. Source: Freshta’s uncle…
Echoes from the Tunnel
by Jada Bullen My family had never shared the full story about the bloody day atop Fort Rupert that forever changed Grenada’s history and their lives. Thirty-eight years later, I finally started asking questions, and the stories they shared changed…
Nazi soldiers found a new home in Argentina. So did their antisemitism.
by Veruska Carballo Fontevecchia After Nazis found refuge in Argentina, a network of German schools helped them spread their dangerous ideology in their new home. Decades later, those schools are still fueling a culture of antisemitism in the country. Mónica…
Reconciliation: Understanding and Forgiving After the Croatian War
by Nick Chun In light of the ethnic tensions that remained after the end of the Croatian War, a social worker worked in reconciliation and community-building to help youth form new ties, all while discovering new lessons for herself. Diana…
Diplomats in exile: how Afghan representatives prepared for the fall of their government.
by Dyna Faid After serving their country for years, Muhammad Naeemi and Luftallah Lufti were prepared to face the fall of their government, making the necessary arrangements to keep the Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the United Nations open. Unexpected…
Smuggling guns is easier than buying notebooks
by Camila Hidalgo An increase in deadly riots within the most dangerous prisons in Ecuador has exposed a corrupt penal system and has revealed some of the dark reality of organized crime in the country. José, an inmate at El…
With A Small Bottle of Garden’s Soil, Massoud Left Afghanistan
by Nazila Jamshidi With the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban on August 15, 2021, images and stories of the tragic rush of Afghans escaping the Taliban flooded the media across the world. The image of the gray military plane…