Human Security / Human Rights
Information related to human security / human rights in North Korea
North Korea doesn’t want its people to know about COVID-19 vaccine rollout
Despite heavy coverage of COVID-19’s tragic impact overseas, DPRK state media remains silent on global vaccine rollout
US politicians hold hearing on South Korea’s controversial leaflet ban
The new South Korean law can jail North Korea activists for up to three years or fine them thousands of dollars
Russian ambassador: North Korea faces ‘tough’ times, but famine is ‘unlikely’
Ambassador Alexander Matsegora weighs in on North Korean food prices, supply shortages and dropoffs to trade
North Korea claims zero confirmed COVID-19 cases after testing 23,121 people
A new World Health Organization report states that the DPRK tested more than 700 people over the course of a week
North Korea faces uncertain future after mass exodus of UN and foreign NGO staff
Last month, the last international NGO worker and last remaining U.N. staff members left North Korea
North Koreans are stranded in Nigeria or illegally working in local clinics
A 2019 U.N. ban ordered all North Korean workers home, but COVID-19 disruptions leave some still waiting for deportation
North Korea to receive 1.7 million COVID-19 vaccine doses later than expected
A World Health Organization official said the 1.7 million AstraZeneca doses will not make it to the DPRK by May 2021
Kim Jong Un must beware the tried, tested and failed ways of North Korea’s past
The North Korean leader, who may go back to the Kim Il Sung-era farming system, appears not to have learned from history
The world may lose its chance to bombard North Korea with information warfare
North Korea’s borders are not as porous to outside media as they used to be, and crackdowns appear to be underway
North Korea threatens NGOs, media over claims of malnourished children
Aid organizations recently told a U.N. panel that children are suffering due to the DPRK’s COVID-19 border restrictions
