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20. Casey Latigue

Crocodiles of Pyongyang

If your mother says she loves you, check it out. That's an old adage in journalism advising reporters to be skeptical. But should you “check it out” if a broker rescuing you from the crocodiles of the North Korean regime warns there are alligators or crocodiles in a river you are about to cross?

2021-04-15 16:44

Some colleagues are wondering, again, how I would respond to academic researchers and North Korea propagandists describing me as being a troublemaker because of my work with North Korean refugees.

2021-03-18 17:00

'Workable words'

“Go big or go home” is a saying meant to challenge people to do bigger things, but are there other options? It seems if you aren't trying to go viral, win a championship, or save the whole world that you are just spinning your wheels.

2021-01-25 17:23

How to help North Koreans

When a North Korean refugee gives a speech in-person or online, there is a naive question that almost always gets asked: "How can I (or we, or the world) help North Koreans?" Or it may be in the form of “What can be done about North Korea?”

2020-12-17 16:52

Dancing with interpreters

There's an old joke about an American businessman giving a speech in China that greatly amused students at the Seoul University of Foreign Studies training to become interpreters (I teach public speaking to them).

2020-10-27 17:39

Pop-up volunteers: Who sent you?

So you want to volunteer! But no one is answering your messages? Are you baffled that organizations that have heard from you for the first time don't immediately take advantage of your generous offer to volunteer?

2020-08-18 18:10

Worthy paycheck fight

If you have been out to dinner with South Koreans, it is likely that you have arrived at The Paycheck Moment (TPM): Who will have the honor of paying for the night?

2020-04-05 18:11

'How could she let herself starve to death?'

The starvation death of a North Korean refugee reminded me of a Korea Times column I wrote in 2014, “Fund NK refugees before it's too late.” One key point then: The South Korean government was trying to send $7 million in aid to North Korea, but that the money would be better spent by directly helping North Korean refugees pay off their debts or to send money to relatives still in North Korea.

2019-08-27 17:09

Trump's art of dealing with North Korea

What was once insightful analysis about North Korea has now become conventional wisdom, so much so that even 78-year-old grandmothers in Tennessee who only recently heard of North Korea now declare with conviction that Kim Jong-un will never give up his nukes.

2019-07-03 17:50

Jobs to be done with NK refugees

During my recent trip to the U.S., I participated in the 16th annual North Korea Freedom Week, hosted by Suzanne Scholte's North Korea Freedom Coalition. The theme: “Listen to the North Korean defectors: Then you will know the truth!”

2019-05-29 17:35

'Kim Han-sol escaped with help of anti-North Korea group'

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