Human Security / Human Rights
Information related to human security / human rights in North Korea
North Korea increases coronavirus quarantine period to 30 days
Move part of broader "national emergency" steps intended to fight spread of COVID-19, state media says
As Coronavirus fears mount, playing tough may be North Korea’s least bad option
Despite the likely impact on the economy, the DPRK has little choice but to close its borders and hope for the best
Mask-clad North Korean Premier visits coronavirus quarantine workers
Visit is the first by high-level DPRK official to quarantine facility
The movement to return the Japanese wives of Zainichi repatriates from N. Korea
Letters sent to Japan revealing the reality of life in the DPRK sparked demands abroad for the wives to be brought home
Latest North Korea sanctions exemptions to boost TB treatment, telemedicine work
Eugene Bell Foundation likely to utilize new Global Fund grant for TB work, while WHO to ship telemedicine equipment
World Food Programme granted first sanctions exemption for North Korea aid work
Decision will allow WFP to bring hand-barrows, shovels, and pick-axes into DPRK
Not-for-profit was targeted in U.S. sanctions investigation, sparking NGO fears
"Funds meant for humanitarian support were instead spent on lawyers"
The unresolved and sidelined: North Korean human rights and summit diplomacy
Olivia Enos of Heritage discusses why issue of DPRK human rights should be addressed in future denuclearization talks
Going “home”: why 87,000 Zainichi Koreans moved from Japan to North Korea
From 1959 to 1984, thousands of Koreans in Japan were promised a better life in the DPRK, only to be met with suffering
North Korean factories taking “emergency” steps to increase face mask production
DPRK also using "our style" disinfectant to fight coronavirus spread, state media claims
