Suki Kim
Investigative Journalist | Reporting from the Heart of North Korea
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Suki Kim is an award-winning investigative journalist who risked her life to chronicle life inside North Korea. Her critically acclaimed book, 'Without You, There Is No Us,' recounts her six months undercover as a teacher at an elite Pyongyang university during Kim Jong-Il's final months.
Kim's bold reporting has earned her numerous accolades, including the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship. Her keynotes pull back the curtain on one of the world's most secretive regimes, offering audiences a rare first-hand perspective on the North Korean experience.
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This is what it's like to go undercover in North Korea
For six months, Suki Kim worked as an English teacher at an elite school for North Korea's future leaders -- while writing a book on one of the world's most repressive regimes. As she helped her students grapple with concepts like "truth" and "critical thinking," she came to wonder: Was teaching these students to seek the truth putting them in peril? (This talk was part of a session at TED2015 guest-curated by Pop-Up Magazine: popupmagazine.com or @popupmag on Twitter.)
| Event | Year | Location |
|---|---|---|
| TED | 2015 | 🇨🇦Vancouver, Canada |
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