A report by an international human rights organization has revealed that individuals caught watching South Korean dramas or ...

Elizabeth Salmon, the U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in N. Korea, began a five-day visit to S. Korea, meeting vice minister-level officials ...

North Korea is carrying out arbitrary punishments, including executions, against citizens caught watching South Korean television, an Amnesty International report released Wednesday says.

In 2025, the North Korean government increased surveillance, information controls, and restrictions on market activity despite deepening food insecurity and inequality.

A Japanese court on Monday held North Korea responsible for the human rights violations of four plaintiffs lured to the North ...

Executive Director’s Note: Robert Collins is a senior advisor for the Committee of Human Rights in North Korea. He has ...

In a January 26 ruling, a Japanese district court held the North Korean government liable for grave human rights violations against Koreans and Japanese citizens lured to North Korea through its ...

North Korea’s human rights situation has deteriorated over the past decade, with capital punishment broadened and increasingly enforced for offenses such as distributing foreign media, according to a ...

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea will co-sponsor an annual U.N. resolution that raises concerns over North Korea's human rights situation, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday, defying some expectations ...

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