Human Security / Human Rights
Information related to human security / human rights in North Korea
“Pressing” need to restart inter-Korean family reunions, UN official says
Pyongyang is to blame for the continued delay in family reunions, Signe Poulsen tells NK News
Activist group launches balloons containing bibles towards North Korea
Despite recent inter-Korean tensions, Voice of Martyrs conducts discrete balloon launch adjacent to inter-Korean border
70 years since the Korean War, thousands still waiting to reunite with families
Advocate for separated families says the matter should be discussed "regardless of political situation"
Preparations underway for October mass games, North Korean media says
Despite gearing up for the games, the DPRK will likely keep up its ban on foreign tourists, one tour company said
Defector group likely failed to send leaflets into North Korea, South says
FFNK also may have spread false information about the number of balloons they have used, and items they carried: MOU
North Korea, Nigeria agree to expand cooperation in public health
Nigerian health minister says country has a "desire to learn" from the DPRK
Sentenced to life five years ago, status of South Koreans in North Korea unclear
Choe Chun-gil and Kim Kuk-gi were charged with espionage, sentenced to hard labor on June 23, 2015
Activists say they launched thousands of anti-regime leaflets into North Korea
Fighters for a Free North Korea said they defied a ban from Seoul and will continue the "struggle for justice"
As expat community in North Korea shrinks, new arrivals are suspended
Hardliners in Pyongyang may be working to limit the number of resident foreigners, sources say
Otto Warmbier’s death: a reminder of North Korea’s ongoing human rights abuses
Otto's passing three years ago poignantly reflects the oppression of the North Korean people today
