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Overview
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Education
Skills
Conferences & Events
Courses and Workshops
Certification
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Hae Ju  Kang

Hae Ju Kang

Co-Director @ Korea Future
Songpadaero 345, Songpagu,Seoul

Summary

Adaptable and determined human rights advocate passionate about accountability and alleviating gender-based violence. Creative problem solver and sensitive team leader.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
3
3
Languages

Work History

Co-Director

Korea Future
Seoul , South Korea
11.2019 - Current
  • Assisted senior leadership in managing all aspects of operations.
  • Undertake in-depth human rights interviews with survivors, witnesses, and perpetrators of violations of human rights that have taken place in North Korea’s penal system.
  • Document and analyse evidence obtained during interviews of alleged human rights violations and international crimes with a view to consolidate their evidentiary basis and with regard to subsequent investigation or accountability.
  • Liaise with project consultants, partners and other stakeholders as necessary.
  • Liaise with legal partners on the preparation of accountability submissions and with accountability bodies on final submissions.
  • Provide bi-annual and annual briefings to embassy employees, funders and other stakeholders.

Freelancer

Self-employed
Seoul , South Korea
08.2017 - Current
  • Translation; consecutive interpretation; localisation; research assistance; media coordination; outreach; logistics; on-ground coordination for foreign correspondents, local and international nonprofits and foundations, and researchers
  • Past clients: Human Rights Watch, Greenpeace Korea, Hardcash Productions, Aljazeera, NBC, The Diplomat, NRC Handelsblad, Le Figaro, Seoul NPO Center, DotFace, Korea Expose, Daum Foundation, Google Media Newslab, MATCHESFASHION, Tobias Haberkorn (academic)

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Comparative Literature

Yonsei University
Seoul, South Korea
03.2013 - 08.2017

Bachelor's -

Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY
08.2011 - 08.2012

Exchange Program - Comparative Literature

University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
09.2014 - 06.2015

High School Diploma -

Shanghai American School
Shanghai, China
08.2007 - 06.2011

Skills

    Schedule Coordination

Key relationship management

Staff Management

Strategic planning

Analytical and Critical Thinking

MS Office

Conferences & Events

  • Organised and facilitated the panel The impact of gender diversity on the use of digital technologies within the human rights sector for Rightscon 2021
  • Panelist on Huridocs' HRC48 side event, Leveraging data for accountability: Co-creating the future of human rights investigations on 30 Sept 2021
  • Panelist on Korea Future's event Transitional Justice without Transition Lessons Learned from Syria for North Korea on 20 August 2021

Courses and Workshops

  • UN OHCHR Workshop: Navigating Avenues for Accountability in the DPRK (8 December 2021)
  • Human Rights Campus: Gender-based Violence (December 2020)
  • Berkeley Advanced Media Institute: Data Visualization for Storytellers (May 2021)

Certification

CELTA

Interests

Woodworking

Pilates

Timeline

HSK Level-5

05-2021

Co-Director

Korea Future
11.2019 - Current

CELTA

07-2018

Freelancer

Self-employed
08.2017 - Current

Exchange Program - Comparative Literature

University of Copenhagen
09.2014 - 06.2015

Bachelor of Arts - Comparative Literature

Yonsei University
03.2013 - 08.2017

Bachelor's -

Vassar College
08.2011 - 08.2012

High School Diploma -

Shanghai American School
08.2007 - 06.2011
Hae Ju KangCo-Director @ Korea Future