Tag: north korean human rights
North Korea in 2025: Between domestic control and global gambles
The tradition of North Korean leaders delivering major New Year speeches ended in 2020. Instead, Kim Jong Un now announces policy and budget decisions...
Source: N. Korean official’s UN comments on executions were party-authorized
North Korea's acknowledgment of public executions at a U.N. human rights review in Geneva this November was carefully orchestrated. The admission came from Pak...
Kim Jong Un orders review of government standards for executions
Kim Jong Un has issued orders to North Korea's security ministries to establish clearer criteria for both public and private executions. These directives were...
Small state, nuclear power: North Korea’s path through the unipolar era
The four-generation conflict between North Korea and the United States has entered a new phase as the post-Cold War unipolar era draws to a...
N. Korean human rights and the COI report: 10 years on,...
A decade after the landmark U.N. Commission of Inquiry (COI) report on North Korean human rights, questions linger about the progress made in addressing...
Chinese police intensify threats of repatriation toward N. Korean defectors
Chinese police are piling more and more pressure on North Korean defectors in China. The police are even warning that defectors could be sent...
Pence Cartoon: “Hell’s Bells”
Explanatory Note
“Hell's Bells” comments on the flurry of events that have occurred since June, when Kim Yo Jong - Kim Jong Un’s younger sister...
NKHR nonprofits reject unilateral “office inspections” by MOU
Unification Media Group (UMG), which heads a consortium that includes Daily NK, recently signed a joint declaration condemning the Ministry of Unification's recent announcement...
