William Kim 김영권

Husband & Father of Three | Proud USAFA Dad 🇺🇸 | Journalist | Former VOA @VOAKorean | @ScrippsOU my own. RT ≠ endorsements

[William Kim 김영권 @NKMESSENGER]

“There is no mosquito net in the world that is strong enough to keep out the idea of freedom" Michael Kirby, a former Chairman, UN COI-NORTH KOREA https://t.co/wRFNUliU96

[William Kim 김영권 @NKMESSENGER]

K-drama has nothing on K-elections.
2 of tonight's most watched races in S.Korea, both looked lost, both came back. Han Dong-hoon just won his comeback bid in Busan. In Seoul, Oh Se-hoon has taken the lead for the first time with 94% counted.
Not over. But the plot twist is real.

[William Kim 김영권 @NKMESSENGER]

툭하면 X에 문제를 제기하는 이재명 대통령이, 유독 초유의 '투표용지 부족' 사태엔 조용하다. 정원오가 이기면 선거 결과 승복을 운운하며 대수롭지 않게 넘기고, 오세훈이 역전하면 그때부터 선관위를 겁박하며 재투표를 외치진 않을지.
제발 기우이기를.

[William Kim 김영권 @NKMESSENGER]

이란 核이 북한보다 심각한 이유
루비오 국무장관이 2일 이란이 핵 보유하면 북한보다 더 심각하다고 지적. 이란과 북한은 겉으로 보면 많이 닮았다. 불량국가, 핵, 비밀경찰, 최고지도자, 반미 서사, ‘혁명’ 구호들...하지만 한 겹만 벗기면 전혀 다른 본색이 드러난다.
https://t.co/MCOd0c32ha

[The Telegraph @Telegraph]

🇰🇵 North Korea has increased its use of the death penalty to target those consuming foreign media since the Covid-19 pandemic, with executions and sentencing increasing by nearly 117 per cent.

🔗: https://t.co/392ugxgtAa

[William Kim 김영권 @NKMESSENGER]

🇰🇷 President Lee Jae-myung visited 🇻🇳 and posted on X hailing Ho Chi Minh as a "great leader." Just 3 days earlier, he denounced Syngman Rhee—Korea's founding father& independence leader as a dictator. You can't make this up. My Vietnamese-American friends must be baffled.

[William Kim 김영권 @NKMESSENGER]

Cold peace can stop a war. It cannot free a people. This is managed status quo, not transformation. Without a serious plan for human dignity, this framework doesn't reduce risk — it freezes injustice and calls it stability.

[CSIS @CSIS]

After three decades of the same denuclearization framework, North Korea's arsenal has only grown. @CSISKoreaChair's @VictorDCha argues it's time to stop pretending the old framework can work and instead build a "cold peace."

More in @ForeignAffairs: https://t.co/4OEKQVkpUz

[William Kim 김영권 @NKMESSENGER]

"Whether or not you vote for me, please use your vote. Democracy is precious. In North Korea there is no choice — here there is." My friend Timothy Cho is on the ballot in Stockport, UK. His words say everything.

[Timothy Cho @Timothycho08]

Grateful to be featured in The @Telegraph. The letter was kindly sent by a local resident in Heatons North, #Stockport. #LocalElections2026

[Hyung-jin Kim / 김형진 @hyungjin1972]

Japan scraps a ban on lethal weapons exports in a change of its postwar pacifist policy
https://t.co/G2nXNmPV2F

[Victor Cha @VictorDCha]

Just for information @csis @CSISKoreaChair @BeyondCSISKorea has never done a report on nuke facilities at Kusong. Just setting the record straight.

[전인범(In-Bum Chun) @InBum_Chun]

Do not assume that the United States will tolerate endless anti-Americanism while continuing to provide security guarantees, as the Philippines learned in the early 1990s.

https://t.co/1cnxQMwMb8

[FBI Cyber Division @FBICyberDiv]

Two US nationals were sentenced to a combined 200 months in prison for facilitating an IT worker scheme that generated millions in revenue for North Korea. The @FBI will continue to hold accountable those who defraud Americans to enrich our adversaries. 🔗 https://t.co/xc7yubNQeL

[William Kim 김영권 @NKMESSENGER]

Michelle Steel, of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Korea.
Nominations Sent to the Senate – The White House https://t.co/6vUhZyjMdG

[William Kim 김영권 @NKMESSENGER]

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[William Kim 김영권 @NKMESSENGER]

Universal human rights. Except North Korea. My latest on Substack.

[William Kim 김영권 @NKMESSENGER]

인권은 국경 따라 달라지지 않는다. 홀로코스트의 전형인 북한의 정치범수용소, 반인도 범죄, 강제송환 문제엔 침묵하고 다른 나라에만 엄격하다면, 누구든 “기준이 무엇인가”라고 묻게 된다. “내가 아프면 타인도 그만큼 아프다”는 말이 진정성을 얻으려면 DMZ부터 넘어야 하지 않을까. 2/2

[William Kim 김영권 @NKMESSENGER]

이재명 대통령의 이스라엘 비판은 인권 차원에서 정당할 수 있다. 문제는 일관성이다. 그가 말한 “끊임없는 반인권적 반국제법적 행동”의 대표적 사례인 북한에는 침묵하면서 이스라엘만 비판한다면, 그 발언은 보편적 인권의 언어가 아니라 선택적 인권의 언어로 들릴 수밖에 없다.1/2

[이재명 @Jaemyung_Lee]

<끊임없는 반인권적 반국제법적 행동으로 고통받고 힘들어하는 전 세계인들의 지적을 한번쯤은 되돌아볼 만도 한데 실망입니다.

내가 아프면 타인도 그만큼 아픕니다.

나의 필요 때문에 누군가 고통받으면 미안한 것이 인지상정입니다.

아닌 밤중에 홍두깨라고 아무 잘못없는 우리 국민들께서 뜬금없이 겪고 있는 이 엄청난 고통과 국가적 어려움을 지켜보는 마음이 매우 불편합니다.

보편적 인권과 대한민국의 국익을 위해 할 수 있는 일을 더 열심히 찾아봐야겠습니다.>

이스라엘, ‘전시 살해=유대인 학살’ 李대통령 발언에 “용납 못해” https://t.co/R9OOeMDSr3

[William Kim 김영권 @NKMESSENGER]

A newly restored 136-year-old scroll letter by Rosetta Sherwood Hall, unveiled today, reveals a family whose faith was not spoken but walked — toward the sick, the blind, the forgotten. Six Halls now rest side by side at Yanghwajin Cemetery, Seoul. https://t.co/607ay9QUSU

[William Kim 김영권 @NKMESSENGER]

In 1890, a 25-year-old American doctor sailed to Korea&amp;never truly left, not after losing her husband, her daughter,&amp; her citizenship. Her son returned as a doctor, built Korea's first TB sanatorium&amp; X-mas Seals, was expelled by Japan&amp; still chose to be buried on Korean soil.1/2

[Dr. Jeffrey Lewis @ArmsControlWonk]

.@dex_eve &amp; I have a new piece out w/ @SurvivalEditors. In 2024, South Korea secretly deployed more than 300 KTSSM missiles at soft, fixed sites--suggesting that, in a crisis, Seoul may strike first &amp; giving Pyongyang 300 reasons to beat them to it.
https://t.co/UGPqqqmKvH

[William Kim 김영권 @NKMESSENGER]

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[William Kim 김영권 @NKMESSENGER]

He entered a Buddhist monastery at 16. He counseled soldiers as a military chaplain. Last week, Yale named him Head of Morse College.

Hwansoo Kim made North Korea feel like a human story, not a policy problem.
https://t.co/VgCp15wTZ6