To forge better understandings of complex issues and offer hope to North Koreans, EAHRNK looks to: 1) Unite European citizens by raising awareness of the unprecedented and ongoing human rights violations in North Korea and to highlight how our community can build pressure for change. 2) Empower the North Korean people, inside and outside of their country, by providing a platform for their voices and a means for their agency. 3) Encourage European governments to formulate policy on North Korea based upon well-researched evidence and North Korean testimony alongside an informed understanding of how transformations occur within contemporary North Korean society. 4)Promote a conscientious and responsible media approach to reporting North Korea that moves from away from a narrative defined by sensationalism and Otherness and toward a reporting that is grounded in conscientiousness and gives space for the North Korean voice.