Human Security / Human Rights
Information related to human security / human rights in North Korea
North Korea orders lockdown over 4 fever cases in China border province
State media reports first possible COVID-19 cases since claiming virus eradicated, but scale of lockdown unknown
Defector to launch balloons toward North Korea after being attacked in Seoul
Park Sang-hak says attacker broke his arm with metal pipe, in what report suggests was attempt to ‘punish’ activist
Seoul’s North Korea human rights envoy calls for information blitz into DPRK
Ordinary North Korean people have ‘full right’ to know what’s going on in the world, Lee Shin-wha says
Ask a North Korean: How do you buy contraception in North Korea?
The lack of sex education in the country means many have little knowledge about how to prevent pregnancy
Kim Jong Un accelerates upgrades at luxury lake resort and party office HQ
Satellite imagery suggests DPRK has found new resources to pour into leader’s projects despite economic ‘hardships’
Seoul avoids diplomatic disaster in forced labor dispute with Japan — for now
Supreme Court could still order Japanese firm to pay reparations, a move that would incite cycle of mutual retaliation
How North Korea’s bizarre propaganda could outlive the Kim dynasty
Example of post-Soviet states suggests DPRK’s mythology may not disappear even after unification or regime collapse
Prosecutors raid Presidential Archives over forced repatriation of North Koreans
Search seeks records that shine light on Moon administration’s decision-making process in controversial 2019 case
Ask a North Korean: What is it like to defect across the Northern Limit Line?
One of the few defectors to escape by sea tells the story of how he and his father pulled it off
Seoul wants to ban subterranean housing, but residents have few other options
Prohibiting semi-basement ‘banjiha’ apartments without offering affordable alternatives hurts city’s most vulnerable
