Dear Friends:
I am pleased to provide yet another update on the exciting events that are taking place in Washington, D.C. on April 28, 2004, North Korea Freedom Day. At the end of this email is the detailed schedule so far. Most events are open to everyone, but registration is required for some events, so please be sure to register at the North Korea Freedom Coalition`s website at nkfreedom.org if you plan to attend.
Thank you!
Suzanne Scholte
North Korea Freedom Day Chairman



NORTH KOREA FREEDOM DAY : WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2004
CONFIRMED EVENTS:
8:30 am Press Conference for North Korean Defectors
location: Zenger Room, National Press Club, 529 14th Street, N.W., hosted by NPC Morning Newsmaker Committee
especially for the press, but open to all



10 am Special Demonstration by North Korean Defectors
Raoul Wallenberg field across from the Holocaust Museum
open to all



11 am NORTH KOREA FREEDOM DAY RALLY
U.S. CAPITOL -- WEST FRONT (facing the Capitol Reflecting Pool and the Mall)
open to all: This is the day`s most important event, a must attend event for everyone who cares about the suffering of the North Korean people; Registration recommended at nkfreedom.org



12:30 pm Special Lunch for Rally Participants (closed to media)
especially for those traveling to Washington, DC. who will be participating in the afternoon visits to Congressional offices; Registration Required at nkfreedom.org



1 pm Hearing on North Korea --by the House International Relations Committee East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee with North Korean defectors and other witnesses
open to all but limited seating



2-4 pm Lobbying by Rally Participants; Registration recommended at nkfreedom.org



3:30 pm - 7 pm Visit "North Korea Central" SD-G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building for the following presentations:
**4 pm Special Showing of the documentary by Incite Productions of "Seoul Train" on the plight of the North Korean Refugees and those who help them with special introduction and commentary by executive producers Jim Butterworth and Lisa Sleeth
**Special Display of North Korea`s Hidden Gulag: Satellite Photos and Drawings sponsored by the U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea
**Photo exhibit by Greg Constantine entitled "A Matter of Exposure", a moving and informative exhibit of the refugees hiding in China
**Showing of the BBC Documentary and other documentaries on the North Korea regimes human rights abuses and the plight of North Korea refugees in China
especially for Members of Congress and Congressional staff, but open to all



4-5:30 pm Music Concert by North Korean Defectors
Upper Senate Park (one block from the U.S. Capitol between C Street, Delaware, Constitution, and New Jersey Avenues)
open to all; Registration recommended at nkfreedom.org



6 pm Prayer Vigil for North Korea led by Rev. Dong Soo Shin of Washington Christian Church
St. Peter`s Catholic Church, 313 2nd Street, SE (2 blocks from U.S. Capitol)
open to all; Registration recommended at nkfreedom.org



"Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter. If you say, `But we knew nothing about this,` does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who guards your life know it? Will he not repay each person according to what he has done?"