Human Security / Human Rights
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Seoul prosecutors raid spy agency over forced repatriation of North Koreans
Raid into 2019 repatriation and DPRK’s 2020 killing of ROK official target spy agency's role in cases, prosecutors say
North Korea says it will ‘never recognize’ UN special envoy on human rights
Foreign ministry statement follows legal expert Elizabeth Salmon’s official appointment to the role last week
New photos show North Korean fisherman resisted during 2019 repatriation
Expert says images ‘absolutely shocking’ and raise constitutional concerns about decision to send two men back to DPRK
US seeks more funding to help North Korean defectors, other refugees in Asia
State Department seeks budget increase after earmarking millions for projects that support ‘sustainable reforms’ in DPRK
North Korea blames ‘alien things’ for COVID-19 outbreak – NKNews Podcast Ep. 244
The NK News team discusses anti-DPRK balloon launches, trilateral military drills, tactical nuke deployments and more
12 North Korean fishermen sentenced for attacking Russian coast guard
Russian court gives prison terms to two for deadly 2019 incident over illegal fishing, while releasing rest
Ex-Marine who raided North Korean Embassy asks US court to stop his extradition
Christopher Ahn’s attorneys say government treating him as ‘sacrificial lamb’ for US foreign policy
Anti-North Korea balloons could spark the peninsula’s next military crisis
Pyongyang has set stage for retaliatory action by blaming balloons for spreading COVID, posing a dilemma for Seoul
Shinzo Abe, key advocate for resolution of abduction issue, dead at 67
Japan’s longest-serving prime minister dies after being shot in the late Friday morning
Ask a North Korean: The long, dangerous journey to freedom in the South
The final chapter in a harrowing escape from North Korea that forced one defector to leave her child and husband behind
