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

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

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

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 ...

When human rights activist Eunju Kim was 11, her mother and older sister left, telling her they were going in search of food.

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

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 ...

Eunju Kim and Gyuri Kang both gave evidence to the United Nations general assembly with horrific stories of deaths and ...

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 ...

I write about international human rights and national security. October 18 th marked 20 years since the North Korean Human Rights Act (NKHRA) was signed into law. The NKHRA is landmark legislation ...