Jae Hwan Lim is a politically driven artist-activist focusing on human rights and the struggles for democracy in the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. He is the Founder and Director of Humans of North Korea (HNK), an organization that advocates for North Korean defectors in the United States and for global citizenship. Lim's archive includes sketches of artwork, newspapers, brochures, a ticket stub, and other ephemera and research gathered primarily during his time living in Los Angeles, California.