Human Security / Human Rights
Information related to human security / human rights in North Korea
Critique, but don’t dismiss, N. Korean refugee testimony
Past treatment of Soviet, Cambodian atrocity survivors highlights dangers of disregarding defector's stories
Help me free my father from North Korea
Pyongyang kidnapped my father more than four decades ago; S. Korea has been of little help bringing him back
Not forgotten: Son of an abductee in N. Korea fights on
S. Korean has sacrificed family, career and health to free his father, victim of a 1969 plane hijacking
N. Korean sites hacked to show pictures of starving children
Hacker replaced the homepage of the sites with images, front cover of UN human rights report
The expected failure of North Korea’s abduction report
A promised resolution of a long-standing issue gives way to its fossilization
Having a baby in North Korea
The North can be divided into Pyongyang and Regional republics, with the former getting the best health care
Mexican court denies Israeli group’s request to sell N. Korean ship
Isreali law group looking to recoup $330m in damages awarded by U.S. court over abduction 15 years ago
Drought has little effect on N.Korean food imports
Cereal imports from China show small increase, though totals remain far below those of previous years
How do North Koreans treat mental illness?
North lacks suitable care for mentally ill; existing facilities seem to make problems worse
Elite defections may strengthen N. Korean regime, not weaken it
Wishful thinking about bleak future of Kim regime does not help inter-Korean relations, former presidential adviser says