Human Security / Human Rights
Information related to human security / human rights in North Korea
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
In final months before UN worker ban, thousands of North Koreans went to Russia
New data published as Moscow admits it has not yet fully complied with UN rules on overseas DPRK laborers
North Korea, Global Fund reach agreement on new TB-malaria treatment grant
Implementation of $41.7 million grant set to begin "immediately," spokesperson says
Roughly a thousand North Korean workers remain in Russia, despite UN ban: MFA
"Limited" transport options responsible for delay, spokesperson Maria Zakharova says
