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

Whoever wins the South Korean presidential polls has the responsibility to speak up about their violations in North Korea ...

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

South Korea's New Reform Party responded to a Human Rights Watch questionnaire on key human rights issues facing the South Korean people, Human Rights ...

Speaking out to break the information barrier inside the North Korean dictatorship is in itself nothing new, and usually quickly forgotten. North Korean exiles, friendly governments, and humanitarian ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that an appointment process is taking place to find the "right" person to ...

We have been working on human rights issues in the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) for more than 30 years. To ensure that human rights ...

Statement by Archie Young, UK Ambassador to the UN General Assembly, at the UN General Assembly meeting on Human Rights ...

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

Curiously, human rights issues are often subsumed under the broader category of “North Korea problems” in South Korean debates, often framed in terms of national security, ideological rivalry, or ...

WASHINGTON, May 20 (Yonhap) -- North Korean escapees, activists and supporters made an emphatic call for global action to ...