Human Security / Human Rights
Information related to human security / human rights in North Korea
Typhoon Lingling displaced over 6000 people on North Korea’s east coast: IFRC
September storm resulted in water and sanitation issues, 75,000 hectares of crops damaged, new report says
Ask a North Korean: how do North Koreans prepare for war and natural disasters?
"When it comes to war-related threats, the DPRK is equipped with an anti-U.S.-terrorism strategy"
Window “still open” for a deal with North Korea, Biegun tells U.S. Senators
Top envoy to DPRK says his promotion to Deputy Secretary of State will bring "higher stature" to the issue
Party like it’s 1998: how South Korean tourism to Mount Kumgang got started
The story of how South Korea's leading dissident and a chaebol tycoon launched the historic inter-Korean project
Stop sharing sensitive photos on social media, North Korea warns diplomats
Foreign envoys sharing imagery with "impure intentions," DPRK foreign ministry complains
Ask a North Korean: do forced abortions really take place in the DPRK?
"Koreans are not supposed to bear the children of foreigners, and this rule is strictly enforced"
The UN COI report on North Korea, five years later – NKNews Podcast Ep.102
Michael Kirby discusses what has and hasn't changed in DPRK human rights since the landmark document in 2014
Why, in repatriating two North Koreans, South Korea may have broken its own laws
"It is highly likely that this case has breached the Constitution and relevant laws to a serious extent"
Suspected sanctions-busting cargo ship sank in October, North Korean media says
Chief Engineer of the Jang Jin Gang lauded as hero for prioritizing rescue of Kim portraits as ship sank
Divided Congress can have bipartisan “unity” on North Korea, congresswoman says
Leader of Asian Pacific American caucus tells NK News that diplomacy with DPRK is good, but not if it’s “just for show”