Human Security / Human Rights
Information related to human security / human rights in North Korea
Defection starts with reform radio
Devices acquired on the black market expose Northerners to outside ideas
Why despite recent arrests, there are few risks in traveling to North Korea
Proselytizing and immigration offences principal reasons foreigners arrested in North Korea
Lawyer: S. Korea should be willing to ransom Korean War POWs
Head of advocacy group believes Korean POWs issue is critical for South Korean national identity
Who is So Tae Ha, head of the Japanese abductions investigation?
Vice minister’s actual role remains unclear, but may be close confidant to Kim Jong Un
UN Seoul office may help should N. Korea collapse – Cohen
Human rights advocate says office can provide evidence for trials, support transition
EXCLUSIVE: Photos confirm date of North Korea building collapse
Four day search, rescue and clean-up operation may have come at risk to survivors
Cohen: UN COI report takes bold stance on North Korean, Chinese atrocities
N. Korean human rights advocate says this year’s report sends message through Asia against forced repatriations
The misfortunes of North Korean virtue
How Northern popular culture inculcates selflessness, humility and other traits that serve defectors poorly
Treat N. Korea as a ‘terrorist state’: Bolton
Former UN ambassador sees changing attitudes in China as key to reuniting Korean Peninsula