Two Oxbridge graduates mentor North Korean defectors
Kang Shin-woo, left, an Oxford University graduate, and Park Soo-hong, right, who gained a Ph.D. at Cambridge University, pose with Lee Jung-hyuk, a North Korean defector who attends Sogang University, at their study room in Seoul. / Courtesy of Oxbridge English ClassBy Park Jin-haiTwo graduates, one from Oxford, the other from Cambridge, have joined hands to mentor North Korean defectors in Seoul.Park Soo-hong, 30, Ph.D in mechanical engineering at Cambridge and CEO of IT startup Bagel Production, and Kang Shin-woo, 28, an Oxford graduate who heads the design company Artisan, have been running a small sized English class called Oxbridge since April for university students who defected from North Korea.“Graduates from both Oxford and Cambridge started having joint social meetings three years ago in Korea, putting away the age-old rivalry that separated us in the U.K. Over time, we came to look for something different than the ordinary dinner-at-a-hotel thing,” said Kang, who studied politics, economics and philosophy.“We wanted do something meaningful and
Oct 12, 2015By Park Jin-hai
