Human Security / Human Rights
Information related to human security / human rights in North Korea
Book review: Do North Korea’s markets undercut Kim Jong Un or prop up his rule?
Andrew Yeo’s new book explores how capitalist activity can subvert state power while failing to bring fundamental change
Family of ROK official killed by North Korea to sue over claim he was defector
Announcement of intention to take legal action comes day after Seoul concludes no evidence Lee Dae-jun sought to defect
Even after COVID leapfrogged border controls, no signs North Korea will open up
Ongoing travel restrictions have biggest impact on DPRK citizens stuck overseas, travel industry insiders say
State media review: New disease outbreak rubs salt in North Korea’s wounds
An in-depth analysis of drought and epidemics in a rice-producing region, blaming workers for economic issues and more
800 North Korean families ‘suffering’ from outbreak of new disease: State media
Top elites ‘donate’ more medicine as propaganda campaign ramps up on party’s response to intestinal disease epidemic
‘No evidence’ fisheries official killed by North Korea sought to defect: Seoul
Government expresses regret over military’s initial claim, drops appeal to block release of information on 2020 killing
Uvalde shooting shows ‘miserable’ US human rights situation, North Korea says
Foreign ministry statement latest attempt to undermine international criticism of widespread rights abuses in DPRK
Crisis in North Korea’s rice bowl as stomach bug spreads amid drought, COVID
Kim Jong Un ‘donates’ medicine to region suffering intensitinal disease outbreak and orders quarantine, state media says
How North Korea’s revival of communism goes hand in hand with ultranationalism
Uptick in communist rhetoric during pandemic highlights peculiar ideological mix regime uses to stay in power
Lured to North Korea on false promises – NKNews Podcast Ep. 240
Marcus Bell discusses the thousands of ethnic Koreans who left Japan for the DPRK in search of a ‘Workers’ Paradise’
