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Stephen and Joy Yoon

Stephen and Joy Yoon

Multi-Entry Special Validation Passports Extended to Two Years

Since September 2017, U.S. citizens have been restricted from traveling to North Korea. Otto Warmbier’s tragic detention and consequential…

3 min read2 days ago

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Multi-Entry Special Validation Passports Extended to Two Years

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Stephen and Joy Yoon

2024 April Holiday Celebrations in DPRK

April 15, 2024 marks the 112th birthday of the Founding Leader of DPR Korea. Although the Founding Leader passed away in 1994, the holiday…

3 min readApr 15, 2024

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2024 April Holiday Celebrations in DPRK

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Stephen and Joy Yoon

9th Year of Korea Peace Advocacy

For one week in March 18–24, more than 200 people participated in the ninth year of coordinated advocacy for peace on the Korean Peninsula…

4 min readApr 2, 2024

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9th Year of Korea Peace Advocacy

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Stephen and Joy Yoon

North Korea Reengaging with the International Community

Slowly North Korea is starting to reengage with the international community. For the first time in five years, a North Korean delegation…

4 min readMar 21, 2024

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North Korea Reengaging with the International Community

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Stephen and Joy Yoon

IGNIS’ 6th Cohort Training in Neurodevelopment

On March 2nd, Ignis Community began training the 6th cohort of mothers raising children with special needs. Three new families have joined…

4 min readMar 17, 2024

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IGNIS’ 6th Cohort Training in Neurodevelopment

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Stephen and Joy Yoon

Tourism to North Korea Scheduled to Resume

North Korea, after being largely closed off to the international community for four years, is starting to reopen its borders. The country…

3 min readFeb 28, 2024

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Tourism to North Korea Scheduled to Resume

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Stephen and Joy Yoon

Drastic Shift in Policies between North and South Korea

As North Korea’s stance on inter-Korean relations shifted to a “relationship between two hostile countries and two belligerents at war”…

4 min readFeb 15, 2024

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Drastic Shift in Policies between North and South Korea

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Stephen and Joy Yoon

Tensions Escalating on the Korean Peninsula

Now more than ever we stand at a crossroad between peace and conflict. Tensions on the Korean Peninsula continue to escalate to…

4 min readJan 17, 2024

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Tensions Escalating on the Korean Peninsula

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Stephen and Joy Yoon

Shalom for 2024

Our family’s theme for this 2024 new year is “Shalom”. “Shalom” comes from the Hebrew word for peace, but this one Hebrew word has deeper…

4 min readJan 3, 2024

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Shalom for 2024

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Stephen and Joy Yoon

DPRK’s Gradually Opening

Since August 27, 2023, the DPRK (Democratic Peoples’ Republic of Korea or North Korea) has been slowly opening its borders. Borders have…

4 min readDec 21, 2023

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DPRK’s Gradually Opening

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Stephen and Joy Yoon

Stephen and Joy Yoon

Joy Yoon and her husband spent more than ten years as humanitarian NGO workers in one of the world’s most mysterious and closed societies.

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