Human Security / Human Rights
Information related to human security / human rights in North Korea
North Korea creates new foodstuff ministry as it hastens to address food crisis
Evidence suggests DPRK may have reorganized ministries last year to deal with consequences of COVID border restrictions
Icy streets and cold noodles: North Korea’s brutal winters — in photos
Heavy snow transforms the country into a scenic winter wonderland, but freezing temperatures also bring new hardships
Doctors say new antiviral pills could transform North Korea’s COVID response
DPRK could cheaply buy or even manufacture the promising medications, but distribution may still pose problems
South Korean conservatives: Right on North Korea, wrong on everything else?
Elections tend to feature progressives who don’t get the DPRK and reactionaries out of step with 21st-century values
Red Cross allocates $1.2 million to help North Korea combat COVID-19
Organization reports it has spent $760,000 so far, as it faces challenges sending items to DPRK due to border controls
How history can help predict the next 10 years of Kim Jong Un’s rule
Predecessors Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il’s first decades in power suggest surprises in the years to come
Seeing past North Korean propaganda – NKNews Podcast Ep. 214
CNN correspondent Will Ripley discusses his interviews with prisoners, officials, locals and more on trips to the DPRK
North Korea praises new food factories, but construction often dragged for years
Kim Jong Un pushed dog meat restaurant while border province built factories during year of acute food shortages
Longtime head of influential North Korea abductee group dies at 83
Shigeo Iizuka fought for the return of Japanese nationals taken to the DPRK after his sister was abducted in 1970s
North Korea reports no COVID cases as Omicron looms large in state media
DPRK says it screened additional 1,464 people over two-week period as total tested nears 50,000
