we'll begin with miss suzanne scholte. and is a leader of several groups focused on protecting human rights in north korea. she was recognized with the walter judd freedom aired and with the seoul peace prize. she has helped rescue hundreds of refugees and facilitated the travel of defectors to speak in the united states. she has participated in numerous congressional hears on north korea, on topics including political prison camps, trafficking of north korean women, religious persecution and north korean refugees in china. i will note that when we held a hearing on trafficked women, some of what they thought were lucky women, who got out of north korea, into china, miss scholte actually brought to this committee, women who -- one woman who went after her daughter, who made her way into china, only to be sold into slavery, and then she and her daughter who went looking to rescue the trafficked woman, were themselves sold into sexual slavery. we'll then hear from miss kim young soon, committee for the democratization of nor

we'll begin with miss suzanne scholte. and is a leader of several groups focused on protecting human rights in north korea. she was recognized with the walter judd freedom aired and with the seoul peace prize. she has helped rescue hundreds of refugees and facilitated the travel of defectors to speak in the united states. she has participated in numerous congressional hears on north korea, on topics including political prison camps, trafficking of north korean women, religious persecution and north korean refugees in china. i will note that when we held a hearing on trafficked women, some of what they thought were lucky women, who got out of north korea, into china, miss scholte actually brought to this committee, women who -- one woman who went after her daughter, who made her way into china, only to be sold into slavery, and then she and her daughter who went looking to rescue the trafficked woman, were themselves sold into sexual slavery. we'll then hear from miss kim young soon, committee for the democratization of nor

we'll begin with miss suzanne scholte. and is a leader of several groups focused on protecting human rights in north korea. she was recognized with the walter judd freedom aired and with the seoul peace prize. she has helped rescue hundreds of refugees and facilitated the travel of defectors to speak in the united states. she has participated in numerous congreional hears on north korea, on topics including political prison camps, trafficking of north korean women, religious persecution and north korean refugees in china. i will note that when we held a hearing on trafficked women, some of what they thought were lucky women, who got out of north korea, into china, miss scholte actually brought to this committee, women who -- one woman who went after her daughter, who made her way into china, only to be sold into slavery, and then she and her daughter who went looking to rescue the trafficked woman, were themselves sold into sexual slavery. we'll then hear from miss kim young soon, committee for the democratization of north