Human Security / Human Rights
Information related to human security / human rights in North Korea
Development in North Korea: Prolonging an Authoritarian Regime?
UN representative says politics and distrust dismantled development initiatives in the DPRK
North Korea’s Famine: A UN Representative Looks Back
Christian Lemaire describes North Korea’s foreign aid during the infamous famine of the mid 1990s
A North Korean In New York: An Introduction
A North Korean now living in New York City tells NK NEWS How She Initially Left the DPRK
The Women of North Korea: Mothers and Market Leaders
What circumstances led women to become the drivers of North Korea's market economy?
The African Student Protest for Clean Water in North Korea, 1984
"The whole street was full of African students walking and shouting"
Andrei Lankov on North Korea’s Nuclear Threat Diplomacy
"Due to nuclear weapons, North Korea need not worry about attacks from other countries, including the U.S."
Why North Koreans Should Be Allowed Asylum Beyond South Korea – A Response
'If this is the type of governmental discrimination that North Koreans face in South Korea, I may be tempted to sign up for such discrimination'
Young, Reckless Leaders: History Repeats Itself in North Korea
Former philosophy student of Kim Il Sung university reveals the similarities between contemporary inter-Korean tensions and those during the 1970s
Film Review: ‘The Defector’
"A must-see for anyone interested in North Korean refugees, human rights or, simply in the difficulties of real human lives"
Why Korea Needs The BBC World Service
A BBC Korean service would be an important step forward for the UK's involvement in Korean peninsula affairs
