Human Security / Human Rights
Information related to human security / human rights in North Korea
UN approves North Korea sanctions exemption for COVID-19 testing kits
A Singapore-based humanitarian organization will have nine months to transfer the items
It’s time for rhetoric to reflect reality: North Korea sanctions don’t work
Research shows that sanctions are an ineffective means to an end for foreign policy
North Korea claims zero confirmed COVID-19 cases while facing vaccine delays
North Korea is expecting 1.7 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine, but faces ongoing delays amid a surge of cases in India
North Korea stuck waiting for millions of COVID-19 vaccines
A ‘global supply shortage’ and severe COVID outbreak in India have delayed vaccine shipments to the DPRK
Activist’s office raided after alleged anti-North Korea leaflet launch
Park Sang-hak claimed to have launched 500,000 leaflets last week in defiance of the new anti-leaflet law
In the first few years of life, 1 in 5 North Korean kids suffer stunted growth
Multiagency report suggests that the COVID-19 may be worsening malnutrition of young children
Biden’s North Korea policy review and what it means – NKNews Podcast Ep. 181
In this roundtable podcast, the NK News team discusses leaflets, culture crackdowns and the U.S. policy review
North Korea in April 2021: A month in review and what’s ahead
An analytical look at the main developments from April 1, 2021 to April 30, 2021
North Korea blasts Biden’s Congress speech, warns of ‘grave situation’ for US
North Korea’s foreign ministry also called U.S. State Department criticism of DPRK human rights a “political trick”
North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong slams recent leaflet launches as ‘serious provocation’
Kim said North Korea blamed the South for its ‘silent approval’ and will consider ‘corresponding action’
