Nathan A. Sales Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator for Counterterrorism Via Teleconference September 19, 2018 […] Ambassador Sales: Thanks, Robert, very much for the introduction. And thanks to everyone on the line who called in for today’s call. Country Reports on Terrorism is an important document laying out the United States Government’s assessment of recent counterterrorism trends ...
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By U.S. Mission Korea | September 19, 2018 | Topics:
Official Reports, U.S. - North Korea
Nathan A. Sales Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator for Counterterrorism Via Teleconference September 19, 2018 MR PALLADINO: Thank you. Hello, everyone. This is Robert Palladino. Thank you so much for joining us for today’s call. Today’s call is on the record. And I also want to note that both the call and the report are embargoed until the ...
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By U.S. Mission Korea | September 19, 2018 | Topics:
Official Reports, U.S. - North Korea
Remarks Michael R. Pompeo Secretary of State Dean Acheson Auditorium Washington, DC June 28, 2018
[View Video: 7”37’] Republic of Korea Report [
English ] Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Report [
English ]
Full Report [Englsih – PDF 9.9 MB] Senior State Department Official on the 2018 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report MS JOHNSTONE: Hello, and welcome to the Department of State. My name is Kari Johnstone and I’m the acting director for the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking ...
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By U.S. Mission Korea | June 28, 2018 | Topics:
Official Reports, U.S. - North Korea, U.S. - South Korea, U.S. Politics
By U.S. Mission Korea | June 28, 2018 | Topics:
Official Reports, U.S. - North Korea, U.S. - South Korea, U.S. Politics
By U.S. Mission Korea | May 29, 2018 | Topics:
Official Reports, U.S. - North Korea, U.S. - South Korea
MS NAUERT: Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you so much for coming, especially on a Friday. Today the State Department released the 2017 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. Promoting freedom – promoting and defending human rights and fundamental freedoms are central to who we are as a country, and the United States will continue to ...
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By U.S. Mission Korea | April 21, 2018 | Topics:
Official Reports, U.S. - North Korea, U.S. - South Korea, U.S. Politics
| Tags: Human Rights Reports
Remarks President Trump United Nations New York, New York September 19, 2017
[View Video: 41’27’’] PRESIDENT TRUMP: Mr. Secretary General, Mr. President, world leaders, and distinguished delegates: Welcome to New York. It is a profound honor to stand here in my home city, as a representative of the American people, to address the people of the world. … ...
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By U.S. Mission Korea | September 19, 2017 | Topics:
Global Issues, Official Reports, U.S. - North Korea, U.S. & Korea, U.S. Politics
Remarks Rex W. Tillerson Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC August 15, 2017 [
View Video: 8’34” ] SECRETARY TILLERSON: Morning, all. We are releasing today the
2016 International Religious Freedom Report. This report is a requirement pursuant to the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 – legislation that upholds religious freedom as a core American value under the Constitution’s First Amendment, as ...
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By U.S. Mission Korea | August 16, 2017 | Topics:
Former U.S. Government Leaders, Official Reports, U.S. - North Korea, U.S. - South Korea
| Tags: Rex Tillerson
Media Note Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC July 19, 2017 Today the State Department released its annual report, Country Reports on Terrorism 2016, which provides the Department of State’s annual Congressionally-mandated assessment of trends and events in international terrorism that transpired from January 1 to December 31, 2016. The report provides policy-related assessments, country-by-country breakdowns ...
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By U.S. Mission Korea | July 20, 2017 | Topics:
News, Official Reports
Media Note Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC July 19, 2017 Today the State Department released its annual report, Country Reports on Terrorism 2016, which provides the Department of State’s annual Congressionally-mandated assessment of trends and events in international terrorism that transpired from January 1 to December 31, 2016. The report provides policy-related assessments, country-by-country breakdowns ...
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By U.S. Mission Korea | July 19, 2017 | Topics:
Official Reports, U.S. - North Korea, U.S. - South Korea
Remarks Rex W. Tillerson Secretary of State Susan Coppedge Ambassador-at-Large, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump Ben Franklin Room Washington, DC June 27, 2017
[View Video: 34”04’] Republic of Korea Report
[English] [
Korean – PDF 209 KB ]
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Report [
English ] [
Korean – PDF 199KB]
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By U.S. Mission Korea | June 27, 2017 | Topics:
Official Reports
| Tags: Report, Trafficking
Remarks Rex W. Tillerson Secretary of State Susan Coppedge Ambassador-at-Large, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump Ben Franklin Room Washington, DC June 27, 2017
[View Video: 34”04’] SECRETARY TILLERSON : Well, thank you so much, Susan, and welcome to all of you to the State Department for this important event, ...
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By U.S. Mission Korea | June 27, 2017 | Topics:
Official Reports
| Tags: Report, Trafficking
U.S. Department of State March 3, 2017 Promoting human rights and democratic governance is a core element of U.S. foreign policy. The production of these reports underscores our commitment to freedom, democracy, and the human rights guaranteed to all individuals around the world. Republic of Korea Report [
English – PDF 430KB ] [
Korean – PDF 641KB ] Democratic People’s Republic of ...
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By U.S. Mission Korea | March 18, 2017 | Topics:
Official Reports
| Tags: Human Rights Reports
Antony J. Blinken Deputy Secretary of State Press Briefing Room Washington, DC August 10, 2016 DEPUTY SECRETARY BLINKEN: Morning, everyone. It is my pleasure today to join you to present the State Department’s International Religious Freedom Report for 2015. I especially want to thank Ambassador Saperstein and his entire team for their hard work to ...
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By U.S. Mission Korea | August 10, 2016 | Topics:
Official Reports, Reports
| Tags: freedom, International, Religious, Report
Secretary Kerry Remarks at the 2016 Trafficking In Persons Report Ceremony Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Ben Franklin Room Washington, DC June 30, 2016 Secretary Kerry: (June 30): “When we talk about “human trafficking,” we’re talking about slavery — modern-day slavery that still today claims more than 20 million victims on any given time.” ...
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By U.S. Mission Korea | June 30, 2016 | Topics:
Official Reports
| Tags: Report, Trafficking
>>Released June 2016 United States Department of State Publication Bureau of Counterterrorism Country Reports on Terrorism 2015 is submitted in compliance with Title 22 of the United States Code, Section 2656f (the “Act”), which requires the Department of State to provide to Congress a full and complete annual report on terrorism for those countries ...
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By U.S. Mission Korea | June 3, 2016 | Topics:
Official Reports
| Tags: Country Reports
Secretary Kerry Remarks on the Release of the 2015 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices [
View Video: 14’31’’ ] Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Press Briefing Room Washington, DC April 13, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon, everybody. Thanks for being here. I’m going to make a statement and I have to run from here to an ...
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By U.S. Mission Korea | April 13, 2016 | Topics:
Human Rights, Official Reports
| Tags: Human Rights
International Religious Freedom John Kerry Secretary of State Press Briefing Room Washington, DC October 14, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, today we present the department’s International Religious Freedom Report for 2014. And I particularly want to thank David Saperstein and his entire team for producing a report that reflects a vast amount of objective research and ...
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By U.S. Mission Korea | October 14, 2015 | Topics:
Official Reports
| Tags: International Religious Freedom
Washington, DC July 27, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY: Sarah, thank you very, very much. Thank you all for being here this morning and witnessing my first three yards on one crutch in public. (Laughter.) If my doctor sees that, I’m in serious trouble. (Applause.) Not supposed to do that till next week, but I couldn’t resist. (Laughter.) ...
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By U.S. Mission Korea | July 27, 2015 | Topics:
Official Reports
| Tags: Trafficking in Persons
By U.S. Mission Korea | July 6, 2015 | Topics:
Official Reports
| Tags: International Narcotics Control
Washington, DC June 20, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: Ambassador Lou CdeBaca, thank you very, very much. Thank you for your leadership, primarily. You’re a visionary on this and a relentless advocate on behalf of human rights. We are all deeply grateful to you for your leadership. And Sarah Sewall, thank you for your leadership and for ...
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By U.S. Mission Korea | June 20, 2014 | Topics:
Official Reports
| Tags: Trafficking in Persons
Washington, DC June 19, 2012 SECRETARY CLINTON : Thank you. Thank you all very much. And I am delighted to see a standing room only crowd here in the Benjamin Franklin Room for this very important annual event. I welcome all of you here to the State Department. And I want to begin by thanking ...
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By U.S. Mission Korea | June 19, 2012 | Topics:
Official Reports
| Tags: Trafficking in Persons
Washington, DC June 27, 2011 SECRETARY CLINTON : “Every year, we come together to release this report, to take stock of our progress, to make suggestions, and to refine our methods. Today, we are releasing a new report that ranks 184 countries, including our own. One of the innovations when I became Secretary was we ...
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By U.S. Mission Korea | June 27, 2011 | Topics:
Official Reports
| Tags: Trafficking in Persons
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea) is a source country for men, women, and children who are subjected to trafficking in persons, specifically forced labor and forced prostitution. The most common form of trafficking involves North Korean women and girls forced into marriage or prostitution in China. Women and girls from ...
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By U.S. Mission Korea | June 14, 2010 | Topics:
Official Reports
The Republic of Korea (ROK or South Korea) is a source, transit, and destination country for men and women subjected to trafficking in persons, specifically forced labor, and women and girls in forced commercial sexual exploitation. Some men and women from Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Morocco, China, the Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, and other Southeast Asian ...
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By U.S. Mission Korea | June 14, 2010 | Topics:
Official Reports
Washington, DC June 14, 2010 Secretary Clinton : “The 10th annual Trafficking in Persons Report outlines the continuing challenges across the globe, including in the United States. The Report, for the first time, includes a ranking of the United States based on the same standards to which we hold other countries. The United States takes ...
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By U.S. Mission Korea | June 14, 2010 | Topics:
Official Reports
| Tags: Trafficking in Persons
May 6, 2009 “We enhance our own security, prosperity and progress when people in other lands emerge from shadows and shackles to gain the opportunities we enjoy and treasure.” –Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State Pursuant to Section 2121 of the ADVANCE Democracy Act of 2007 (P. L. 110-53), the Department of State has submitted ...
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By U.S. Mission Korea | May 6, 2009 | Topics:
Official Reports
| Tags: democracy, freedom
May 3, 2004 Ukraine cited as “priority foreign country” in Special 301 report The United States’ annual review of global intellectual property rights (IPR) violations once again cites Ukraine for its continued failure to protect media products such as compact discs (CDs) and digital versatile discs (DVDs) from piracy. In a May 3 news release, ...
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By U.S. Mission Korea | May 3, 2004 | Topics:
Official Reports
