Human Security / Human Rights
Information related to human security / human rights in North Korea
Ask a North Korean: Do North Koreans like to go camping?
Travel restrictions mostly rule out leisure camping, but there are other ways people spend time in the great outdoors
A diplomat’s life: Parting advice for those going to work in North Korea
Foreigners must learn to accept the political system but remain critical, while caring for their own mental health
3,000 days in a North Korean prison: A missionary’s family prays for his return
Christmas marks tragic milestone since Kim Jong-uk’s arrest, with at least six South Koreans still detained in the DPRK
Christmas in Pyongyang: How devout tourists can worship in North Korea
Visitors are not banned from attending church services or carrying a Bible, but proselytizing is strictly off-limits
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
