Citizens’ Alliance for North Korean Human Rights
$210,000
To bring international attention to the human rights situation in North Ko­rea and promote awareness among South Koreans about North Korea. The Citizens’ Alliance will organize an inter­national conference in Toronto, Canada, on human rights in North Korea.

Database Center for North Korean Human Rights
$80,000
To make publicly available well-organized documentation on human rights condi­tions in North Korea. The Database will organize information from interviews as well as published and unpublished written testimonies; publish an annual white paper and special thematic reports in Korean and English; and carry out individualized data searches upon re­quest for researchers, governments, UN bodies, and human-rights advocates.

Ewha Institute of Unification Studies
$45,000
To educate South Korean NGOs, govern­ment agencies, and North Korean defec­tors about rights-based approaches to development programs, and to encourage them to integrate these approaches in their work in North Korea. EIUS will organize a training course to help integrate human rights and democratic values into devel­opment programs in North Korea, and to produce a report that will outline possible development strategies for North Korea.

Imjingang Publishing Company
$85,000
To provide a platform for North Korean citizens to share information and opinions about North Korean culture, economics, politics, and other developments. Imjingang will produce a Korean-language quar­terly magazine using materials gathered by reporters inside North Korea and distribute copies throughout the Korean peninsula and to Korean-speaking ex­perts in the international community.

Institute for Far Eastern Studies
$30,000
To provide an opportunity to exchange information among international NGOs and donor agencies about democ­racy, human rights, and capacity building programs in North Korea. The Institute will hold a meeting on North Korea in Seoul which will aim to identify areas and opportunities for future funding or program cooperation and coordination.

Network for North Korean Democracy and Human Rights
$80,000
To raise awareness of democratic ideas and values among North Korean citizens through education and training. NKnet will use democracy education materials that are user-friendly and relevant to those born and raised in North Korea to provide a structured democracy education program for North Korean citizens in the region.

NK Communications
$185,000
To support the free flow of informa­tion into North Korea. NK Communica­tions will produce the North Korea Reform Radio program, which provides daily broadcasts of news, information, and commentary designed to encour­age the development of independent public opinion inside the country.

North Korea Intellectual Solidarity
$100,000
To build the capacity of a North Korean defector-run think tank, and to explore opportunities to begin laying the ground­work for civil society development in North Korea. NKIS will conduct research to gauge potential for civil society development work inside North Korea, and will produce digital material on democracy education which it will distribute in the Asia region.

North Korea Intellectual Solidarity
$20,000
To facilitate the free flow of information. NKIS will conduct a thorough evaluation of its digital media pilot project to gauge the potential impact of this effort. The evalu­ation will cover both the effectiveness of its distribution channels and the relevance of the content for its intended audience.

North Korea Strategy Center
$45,000
To gain a better understanding of North Korean preferences regarding news and information, including content, source, and style, in order to facilitate a free flow of information inside North Ko­rea. The North Korea Strategy Center’s research project will gauge the chang­ing demand for information inside North Korea and make recommendations for more strategic approaches to provid­ing information inside the country.

Open North Korea
$150,000
To support the free flow of informa­tion in North Korea. Open North Ko­rea will maintain a radio platform that enables organizations and groups in South Korea and elsewhere to broad­cast information and feature pro­grams to North Korean audiences.

Radio Free Chosun
$160,000
To support the free flow of informa­tion in North Korea. Radio Free Chosun will broadcast its daily program, provid­ing news and features on the Korean peninsula, to the North Korean public via shortwave radio and will maintain a web-based archive of program­ming for other interested listeners.

The Daily NK
$145,000
To disseminate accurate and timely infor­mation about North Korea. The Daily NK will produce an online newspaper serv­ing audiences in South Korea and in the international community that includes news and information about North Korean human rights issues as well as developments in North Korean politics and economics.

Young Defectors’ Alliance for North Korean Human Rights
$40,000
To build the capacity of North Korean defector students in South Korea and to encourage them to become more engaged on issues related to North Korean human rights and democracy. YDA will organize a leadership educa­tion program, including democracy education and writing components and a camp, to help equip defector students to serve as bridges between South and North Korea and to prepare them to take an active part in the civic life of a future democratic North Korea.