Human Security / Human Rights
Information related to human security / human rights in North Korea
Book review: Taking Tokyo to task for poor policy on North Korea’s abductions
Impressive Japanese book tells stories of abductees and accuses leaders of prioritizing publicity stunts over diplomacy
North Korea in June 2024: A month in review and what’s ahead
An analytical look at the main developments from June 1 to June 30, 2024
As trash balloons fly, ROK local govts fight to stop anti-North Korea leafleting
Border regions say leafleting raises tensions and endangers residents, seeking to intervene as Yoon defends activists
How the new DPRK-Russia pact could inflame North Korea’s human rights situation
Provisions in deal could help Pyongyang clamp down on defections, improve censorship and more, NK Pro analysis finds
Ask a North Korean: What was it like working in Russia during the pandemic?
Former overseas worker recounts regime’s orders to follow strict COVID rules and threats to treat violators as traitors
Timeline: From ROK loudspeaker broadcasts to Putin’s state visit to North Korea
NK Pro timeline charts the key events from June 1 to June 30, 2024
North Koreans’ lives are ‘difficult’ but improving, Kim Jong Un says at plenum
State media report on four-day retreat focuses on ideological and economic problems, makes no mention of foreign policy
Restricted access: How North Korea could work with Russia to curtail internet
Experts say allies could set up shadow internet and jointly develop AI tools as they target West’s dominance of the web
State media review: North Korea mocks Joe Biden over son Hunter’s conviction
An in-depth analysis of criticism of US gun violence, delegation to BRICS meeting and farming changes to improve diets
Eric Foley: Why it’s better to launch balloons into North Korea under the radar
CEO of Voice of the Martyrs Korea discusses why priority should be getting information to DPRK citizens, not publicity
