Human Security / Human Rights
Information related to human security / human rights in North Korea
UN agencies unable to leave Pyongyang, creating unprecedented obstacles
Foreign workers at UN agencies in the capital unable to leave the country due to COVID-19 measures enacted in February
Italian firm granted another extension to UN sanctions exemptions
Agrotec SPA faced difficulties delivering agricultural machinery to DPRK farms since summer 2019
COVID-19 aid from Switzerland arrived in North Korea mid-June: FDFA
Disinfection kits exempted from UN sanctions have been delivered to North Korean hospitals, crossing Sino-DPRK border
Ask a North Korean: how do defectors keep contact with relatives in the North?
"North Korea is sealed off from the rest of the world, but defectors are able to make contact"
Propaganda or solidarity: where does North Korea really stand on Black lives?
North Korean state media repeatedly condemned U.S. police violence, but experts are split on Pyongyang's true intentions
Anti-regime leaflet launches don’t help everyday North Koreans, South insists
Seoul defends efforts to crackdown on controversial flyer launches
Christianity in North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.137
Peter Prove discusses both state-sanctioned and underground religious communities in North Korea
Stopping COVID-19 more important than the economy, North Korean media says
Rodong Sinmun article urges officials to play closer attention to pandemic control efforts
Four months since first approval, shipment of COVID-19 aid enters North Korea
IFRC blames border closures and global shortages of medical equipment for delay
U.S. NGO wins sanctions exemption for North Korea agricultural projects
American Friends Service Committee says work will help to address the "critical issue of food availability" in the DPRK
