Human Security / Human Rights
Information related to human security / human rights in North Korea
Imports of food and hair for wigs drive 4-year high in North Korea-China trade
Surge in wheat purchases points to effort to diversify diets, while imports of sanctioned goods increase 19-fold
US soldier who fled to North Korea charged with desertion, soliciting child porn
US Army charges Travis King with eight violations of military law following his release from two-month detention in DPRK
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets Russia’s top diplomat in Pyongyang
Sergei Lavrov said he discussed intensifying political and economic ties with his DPRK counterpart Choe Son Hui
UN envoy raises North Korea gender issues, but experts lament lack of detail
Elizabeth Salmon calls for ‘women’s participation’ in peace efforts in latest report on DPRK human rights
North Korea’s rapidly changing media landscape – Ep. 311
Tatiana Gabroussenko discusses how state media portrays Kim Jong Un, plus reports that Hamas is using DPRK weapons
A North Korean defector’s long journey from prison to the halls of academia
Kim Seong-ryeol tells NK News how he escaped the DPRK twice and became the first defector to work as an ROK professor
18 UN experts demand China refrain from forcibly repatriating North Koreans
Human rights experts warn returnees face torture and even execution, after report China sent 600 people back to DPRK
Ask a North Korean: Do North Koreans believe in God?
A DPRK escapee writes about the fatal consequences citizens face if they are found to worship the wrong religion
Russian foreign minister to visit North Korea amid US accusations of arms trade
Moscow says Sergei Lavrov will visit Pyongyang from Oct. 18-19, in follow up to last month’s Kim-Putin summit
New US envoy on North Korean human rights makes first visit to Seoul
Julie Turner discusses China’s repatriation of DPRK defectors with top ROK officials, days after being sworn in
