For the first time in its history, the United Nations General Assembly held a high-level meeting addressing the human rights ...

Activists, officials and defectors highlighted human rights violations in North Korea at a high-level meeting of the United ...

SEOUL, May 29 (UPI) -- South Korea's stock market has been ruled by traditional manufacturing companies, including Samsung ...

Two women who fled North Korea have been telling the United Nations about the plight of people still living in the country ...

One escaped North Korea only to be sold to a Chinese man for less than US$300. Another was banished to the countryside aged 5 ...

and Human Asia co-hosted the 2024 International Dialogue on North Korean Human Rights, which brought together scholars, experts, and officials to share the reality of North Korean human rights with ...

More PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty Images Kim's views are consistent with research I have conducted since 2020 for Human Rights Watch. We documented North Korea's persistent drive to control its ...

Human rights in North Korea are currently in the spotlight. In addition to a recent conference on North Korean human rights held in Honolulu, there’s also a new documentary, Beyond Utopia ...

The U.N. Security Council will hold a public meeting in mid-June on human rights in North Korea while South Korea holds the council’s rotating presidency. “Some countries have some ...

The most terrifying aspect of North Korea's power-based human rights violations is the deliberate manipulation of the collective cognitive framework of its citizens for malicious purposes.

Details of the case were released in the 2024 Report on North Korean Human Rights by South Korea’s unification ministry on Thursday, which included testimonies from 649 North Korean defectors.