Human Security / Human Rights
Information related to human security / human rights in North Korea
Are North Koreans ‘free’ after they defect?
Scholar’s study raises questions about resettlement, ‘buying’ defectors’ freedoms
Praying to God under the Kims’ portrait
What drives Korean evangelical groups' effort to operate conversions within North Korea and among defectors?
The migration mission: How Christians shape the defection process
Scholar describes how faith-based Korean groups have made defection a ‘religious exodus’ and nationalist goal
Satellite data helps organizations keep up-to-date on prison camp
Groups use technology to track developments at notorious Camp No. 25, where prisoners do hard labor with no hope of release
Japan, North Korea reinvestigation into the abductees is a farce
Now, as in 2008, the North has too much at stake to give a full accounting for all Japanese abductees
Studying North Korea’s concept of ‘rights’
Expert explains how the right to regime survival outweighs any individual right in the DPRK
The North Korean take on human rights
Literature suggests the right to security outweighs individual freedom in the North
ANALYSIS: Photos reveal “shocking” state of North Korean construction industry
Construction photos of Pyongyang's hallmark Changjon Street apartment reveal numerous structural flaws
Kim inspects new apartment construction after building collapse accident
N. Korean leadership hopes to show responsibility, reassure populace of building quality and safety
Major construction accident occurs in Pyongyang, state media reports
Officials publicly accept blame; state media emphasizes leadership's sympathy and resolve
