Tag: prison camps

Chinese police have arrested several female North Korean defectors living in China for having affairs with married Chinese men. A Daily NK source in China,...

North Korean trading companies are expanding their foreign currency-earning activities by exporting contract-manufactured products made with prison labor to China. Recently, a major North...

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...

The populations of North Korea's infamous political prison camps, long criticized as hotbeds of human rights violations, has decreased by about 9,000 inmates compared...

In a ruthless crackdown on dissent, North Korea has intensified its purge of party ranks this year, condemning officials who challenge state or party...

North Korea has recently intensified its crackdown on the viewing and distribution of foreign media, particularly targeting South Korean content. In a recent case...

COVID-19 completely changed the fate of Eun-hye (pseudonym), a North Korean defector in her 30s who was living quietly as the wife of a...

Disabled people in North Korea's political prison camps are suffering severe human rights violations, enduring horrific working conditions and daily violence, a source inside...

A prisoner whose escape from a police station in Pyongyang's Sunan District caused panic just before the arrival of Russian President Vladimir Putin was...

One day in early 2019, a public trial took place in front of the Provincial Performing Troupe Plaza in North Pyongan Province. That day, five...