Human Security / Human Rights
Information related to human security / human rights in North Korea
North Korea to get 1.7 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine through May 2021
The amount is about 0.3 million fewer than the latest estimate made by a global vaccine initiative
North Korea blasts Harvard professor for denying Japanese wartime sexual slavery
State-run outlet calls Ramseyer a “hideous money-grabber” and “pseudo-scholar," scholar declines response
Rail trolleys, swim flippers and lockdown in Pyongyang – NKNews Podcast Ep. 172
The NK News team discusses the latest departure of diplomats from North Korea and more in this roundtable podcast
North Korea is a ‘serious threat’ to peace and security: US Ambassador to the UN
Washington’s newly-confirmed U.N. ambassador stresses the importance of denuclearization and diplomacy
Thousands of North Koreans left Russia in 2020 while new visas dropped by 52%
New government data suggests that 14,000 North Koreans left Russia last year while about 1,800 entered the country
North Korea’s economy is in a state of catastrophe, but the issue is decades-old
New data shows that the DPRK’s economic stagnation started much earlier than researchers previously thought
North Korea ordered to pay $2.3 billion for kidnapping, torturing US Navy crew
Eighty-two USS Pueblo crew members were held captive for nearly a year starting in 1968, while one was killed
Russian diplomats exit North Korea on trolleys built for evacuating foreigners
The eight Russian Embassy staff left amid an overall exodus of diplomats and aid workers who were stationed in Pyongyang
US wants to rejoin UN human rights group and investigate North Korea
Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for “investigations into abuses in Syria and North Korea”
North Korea’s COVID-19 data has disappeared, but that’s just part of the problem
The DPRK is becoming increasingly mysterious as defectors and in-country foreigners plummet
