consideration of female emotional labor workers.
Based on its on-site research on Female Celebrities in 2009, the Commission produced
'My Dream is..', a promotional animation to advance the rights of female celebrities and
distributed it to 136 universities and graduate schools related with broadcasting and
entertainment, as well as media and related organizations with an aim to advance the
rights of female celebrities.
3. Special Project : Improving North Korean Human Rights
With rising interest at home and abroad in improving human rights conditions in North
Korea, the Commission identified human rights conditions in North Korea, protected the
rights of North Korean defectors staying overseas, reviewed humanitarian issues
including South Korean prisoners of the Korean War in North Korean captivity,
abductees, and separated families, sought measures to advance the rights of North Korea
defectors, and established international network to urge the international community to
improve the conditions in North Korea Following 2009 and 2010, in 2011 the
Commission again selected ‘improving North Korean human rights’ as a special project.
The Commission established the Special Committee on North Korean Human Rights
(hereafter 'SCNKR') to draw a comprehensive and systematic roadmap and created
comprehensive framework to improve human rights conditions in North Korea. Based on
periodic meetings of SCNKR and advice from the Policy Consultative Body and experts,
it found the ‘National Policy to Improve North Korean Human Rights’ and recommended
its implementation to the government. Moreover, it opened the North Korean Human
Rights Violation Report Center and the Archive on North Korean Human Rights which
receives reports of human rights violation, identifies and documents current status of
human rights violation in North Korea as a novel approach to address North Korean
human rights issues. In particular, in July 2011, it built the foundation for international
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