| Full Name: | Nodutdol for Korean Community Development |
| Formation: | April 1999 |
| Founder: | John Choe |
| Founding Location: | Woodside, Queens |
| Headquarters: | New York |
| Website: | https://nodutdol.org/ |
| Native Name: | 노둣돌 |
| Native Name Lang: | ko |
The Nodutdol for Korean Community Development or Nodutdol is the largest nonprofit and nongovernmental organization of Koreans residing in New York, with a presence in other cities.[1] [2] They have been described as supportive of North Korea.[3]
Nodutdol was founded in April 1999 by Korean American community organizer John Choe with a group of first- and second-generation Korean Americans. It was inspired by anti-imperialist social movements in South Korea, and describes its mission as supporting reconciliation and friendship with North Korea and an ultimate Korean unification. The organization has taken part of numerous protests in the United States.[4] [5] In turn, the organization has drawn criticism and opposition by some Korean Americans for promulgating a sympathetic view of North Korea.[6]
The group has organized 11 delegations to North Korea.[7]
The organization was part of the campaigns against the United States–Korea Free Trade Agreement, the State of Israel, the sanctions against North Korea and for an official end of the Korean War.[8] [9] They have also participated in different types of protests with the United for Peace and Justice, Korean Americans for Fair Trade, Korean Americans for Peace, People's Justice for Community Control and Police Accountability, International Action Center and A.N.S.W.E.R.[10] [11] [12]
Beginning in 2012, the organization also ran the Intergenerational Korean American Oral History Project as a means to share knowledge about the Korean War and its impacts.[13]