April 17, 2020

North Korean Defectors Elected to South Korean National Assembly

  Two high-profile defectors from North Korea and former leaders of organizations funded by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED)—Thae Yong-Ho and Ji Seong-Ho—made history this week when...

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NED grantee Code for Pakistan addresses COVID-19 with better data

On Friday, March 27, civic-tech NGO Code for Pakistan (CfP) was among the some 400 NGOs to receive grant support from the National Endowment for Democracy’s (NED) Board of Directors.  A NED grantee...

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Burmese women lead the fight for rights and inclusion ahead of 2020 elections

In late 2020, Burma will hold a national election, the second since the country’s democratic opening in 1990. Since those historic nationwide elections in 2015, Burma has experienced an alarming regression—a...

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December 13, 2019

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen honors President of NED Carl Gershman on...

On December 10, 1979, democracy activists associated with Formosa Magazine organized a Human Rights Day rally in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, calling for the removal of a ban on political parties and the lifting of marital...

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