Human Security / Human Rights
Information related to human security / human rights in North Korea
Studying abroad with your family held hostage
Few North Koreans can go to foreign countries at all, and those who do leave family behind as leverage
Children of North Koreans, living between borders
A generation of half-Korean children, denied full legal rights, come of age in China
Is no news good news in North Korea?
Northerners are blocked from exposure to international news, even in the black market
Songbun and the five castes of North Korea
Source indicates that social classification system has more classes – and criteria – than previously thought
When North Korean women become brides in China
Many women see arrangement, while potentially abusive, as relatively stable
Engagement with North Korea again? Perhaps
A year after the COI report engagement – and the need for it – continues
The N. Korea-Japan abduction issue: prospects for 2015
Expert says report will not be forthcoming, pressure to mount on Abe
The roles of women in North Korea
Women bear the brunt of domestic violence, discrimination and increased workloads in changing society
After the Shin Dong-hyuk affair: Separating fact, fiction
Human rights activists must encourage accurate, honest stories from escapees, not harmful exaggerations
The disturbing case of Shin Eun-mi
Polarized South Korea deports author for 'praising' N. Korea while her attempted murderer fund-raises
