Human Security / Human Rights
Information related to human security / human rights in North Korea
Alek Sigley, detained in North Korea for over a week, now safe in Japan
Australian had been living in Pyongyang as a student before mystery disappearance last Tuesday
North Korean imports of Chinese cereals increased in May, data shows
Though the DPRK still spent more money importing tobacco products from PRC
Underfunded: the urgent need for emergency reproductive health kits in N. Korea
Kits for pregnant women simple and effective, but only 1% of those targeted by UN in 2018 benefited
Australian tour operator and graduate student reported detained in North Korea
Details yet to emerge about the nature of Alek Sigley’s alleged offenses
Free Joseon group releases new footage of break-in at N. Korean embassy in Madrid
Video purports to show defector author of recent op-ed entering DPRK compound
North Korean outlet condemns South for allowing visit by UN human rights envoy
DPRK online outlet slams recent trip to Seoul by Tomas Ojea Quintana, "human rights racket"
North Korean cereal imports plummeted in first quarter of 2019: data
Though imports are higher than during the same period last year
ICRC granted UN exemption to deliver health, water project supplies to North Korea
International Committee of the Red Cross says DPRK capacity in these areas "remained precarious"
South Korea will send 50,000 metric tons of food aid to the North: MOU
Shipments of rice to arrive in the DPRK by "by September if possible," minister says
UN human rights envoy says he supports “gradual lifting” of sanctions on N. Korea
Some UNSC measures not producing "clear results" and harming regular citizens, Ojea Quintana says
