Tag: North Korea
North Korea measures to stem COVID-19 worsen abuses, hunger, UN expert...
Deaths by starvation have been reported, as has an increase in number of children and elderly people begging
North Korea enslaving political prisoners to fund weapons program, report says
UN estimates up to 200,000 people are held in a vast network of gulags run by Stasi-like secret police
North Korea cracks down on foreign media, speaking styles
Measures include up to 15 years in a prison camp for those caught with media from South Korea
North Korea still tops countries where Christians face most persecution
‘Being discovered as a Christian in North Korea is a death sentence,’ says Open Doors report
Ex-North Korea diplomat says South’s anti-Pyongyang leaflet ban ‘great mistake’
During the daytime, North Koreans are shouting 'long live Kim Jong Un', but at night they all watch South Korean dramas and movies, he says
Christians in North Korean prisons suffer worst treatment
When a Christian is discovered in North Korea they’re arrested and sent to a labor camp
South Korea passes law to ban anti-North Korea leaflets amid activists’...
More than 20 defectors and rights groups in South Korea vowed to challenge the law's constitutionality
South Korea set to criminalize sending of activist balloon packages into...
South Korean govt should abandon its strategy of trying to win favor with Kim Jong Un by cracking down on its own citizens, rights group says
North Korea treats detainees ‘less than an animal’
Mistreatment in custody is a standard feature of the country’s criminal justice system, says Human Rights Watch report
North Korean women faced torture, rape, malnourishment in detention, says UN...
Women tell investigators how they were abused and treated in North Korean detention centers and prison camps
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