Human Security / Human Rights
Information related to human security / human rights in North Korea
State Department offers $2.4 million for human rights projects in North Korea
Projects should focus on information dissemination in DPRK, global awareness of human rights abuses, State Dept. says
Kim Jong Un offers Chinese leader help in fight against novel coronavirus
In letter to Xi Jinping, DPRK ruling party also said to have send "aid fund" to Chinese counterparts
North Korea suspends Vladivostok flights, expands virus containment measures
New rules also mean suspension of "events, ceremonial visits, and meetings" during month of February
Unconverted political prisoners, and inter-Korean romance, in DPRK fiction
Stories based (very) loosely on the real-life repatriations of prisoners from South to North became popular in the 2000s
North Korea to postpone planned demolition of Mt. Kumgang facilities, South says
Decision aimed at further preventing spread of novel coronavirus: MOU
Inter-Korean office at Kaesong “temporarily closed” amid coronavirus fears: MOU
Shut down comes as North Korean party daily promises "revolutionary countermeasures" to 2019-nCoV spread
Coronavirus prevention a matter of “national survival,” North Korean media says
Rodong Sinmun report comes as DPRK imposes one-month quarantine on foreigners visiting from China
How foreign media is changing the ways North Koreans view the outside world
New technology is allowing ordinary people to access sources of information other than Party-approved state media
North Korea imposes one-month quarantine on foreign visitors from China
News comes as DPRK state media reports "high-intensity" steps to fight coronavirus spread
North Korea taking “high-intensity” steps to fight coronavirus spread: Rodong
Quarantines now set up at DPRK's borders, ports, and airports, Rodong Sinmun says
