I’m considering helping out with a particular organization that helps North Korean refugees, but am curious to hear the thoughts of people at Lemmygrad.
This is NOT a troll post, I’m genuinely interested in thoughts of more pro-China/NK individuals on the topic.
A little bit about me:
- Politically unaligned, just want to make the world a better place
- Contributor of FOSS/various non-profits in the past
There may be ways I can contribute to society better than this, but it’s also better than nothing. I’m more curious to hear thoughts on if or why it might be more bad than neutral.
(Not linking organization directly - DM if interested)
The thing about these NGOs is that from what I see, they tend to be pushing the narrative that benefits America and Western capitalism rather than what would truly benefit the majority of people in Korea to achieve peace. Working for this organization may backfire if they are more politically motivated than humanely motivated. One thing I would do is to see if this NGO has been pushing defector stories of the variety of “I was so hungry I ate a person.” “I was thrown in a dungeon for praying” type etc. Obviously life in a state the world is trying to destroy such as the DPRK is not easy, but demonizing the government attempting to help them undermines their state and makes the situation worse.