Human Security / Human Rights
Information related to human security / human rights in North Korea
Why some North Korean defectors don’t want exemption from ROK military service
South Korea considering mandatory conscription for escapees, and experts say it could help defectors integrate into ROK
How the UN could help address China’s forced repatriation of North Koreans
The General Assembly has avoided calling out Beijing, but there may be diplomatic solutions to the human rights crisis
How Russia used lookalike ships to conceal suspected North Korea arms trade
Vessel tied to weapons deals rendezvoused with doppelganger, in likely shell game tactic to throw off sanctions monitors
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
