LiNK, or Liberty in North Korea, is a U.S. based international NGO devoted to the North Korean human rights and refugee crisis. LiNK protects North Koreans where they can be reached, advocating for their human rights. In the field, LiNK maintains a network of shelters to protect refugees in hiding in China and Southeast Asia, and operates in the underground, helping to bring refugees out to safe countries for resettlement. In the US and South Korea, the "Liberty House" program assists newly resettled refugees. Protection officers and staff spend extensive time in the underground meeting with North Korean refugees to document their stories to tell the world. LiNK believes in the influence of the grassroots and realizes that change may only come about through international attention and the conscious action of global citizens.