Human Security / Human Rights
Information related to human security / human rights in North Korea
North Korea: Poor from the beginning
Soviet records indicate N.Korean economic edge in the ‘50s could be a myth
North Korean victims of North Korean kidnappings
Pyongyang hasn’t just taken people from Japan or S.Korea – sometimes its own citizens are nabbed
Kim Jong Un may be easing reign of terror over elites
Shift from purge by execution to punishment by reeducation possible sign of stabilizing regime
Who really speaks for North Korea’s abduction victims?
Lesser-known cases demonstrate problems with building multilateral consensus
Post-unification Korea: Get ready for selective amnesia
Expect northern Koreans to take a Russian or Japanese – not a German – attitude toward the past
N. Korean ‘abduction manual’ leaked: Tokyo Shimbun
Manual's South Korean-style spellings raise questions, but may be part of acclimation process
Imagining N. Korea’s secret police post-unification
With no practical way of dealing with security, military officials, discontent looks likely
Let them eat rice: North Korea’s public distribution system
‘90s-era collapse of the Communist Bloc left a void, filled by markets and PDS nostalgia
Doubts surface about N. Korea ‘missionary spies’ intel program
Humanitarian, intelligence experts question logistics, little-known charity behind allegedly DOD-backed scheme
North Korean food imports down again in August
Despite long-running drought, overall food situation appears similar to previous years
