Tag: north korean human rights
S. Korea’s plan to scrap N. Korean human rights center risks...
A report recently emerged that the government is considering a plan to essentially scrap the establishment of the National Center for North Korean Human...
N. Korea claims near-total elimination of underground churches and prayer groups
The North Korean authorities have recently begun patting themselves on the back for bringing religion under control, claiming that "organized underground services and secret...
Smuggled, expired, and deadly: Inside N. Korea’s contraceptive underground
Last year, Daily NK reported that black market merchants in Chongjin, North Hamgyong province, were secretly selling expired Chinese-made contraceptives to teenagers and young...
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...
