The resolution increases resources for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to focus on accountability in North Korea. It stresses the link between North Korea’s weapons ...

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

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 ...

Key actions should include placing human rights on every negotiating agenda with North Korea; supporting international accountability mechanisms for regime officials; expanding support for North ...

Featured speakers and panelists will discuss accountability for North Korean human rights abuses, feature new data and research ... to deepen understanding of the human condition in North Korea and ...

Satellite images reveal a toppled North Korean warship, exposing serious damage and sparking a rare public probe ordered by ...

North Korea has accused a U.N. human rights expert of serving as a "puppet" of the United States, claiming she made "reckless remarks" about the country’s system. The North Korean Permanent ...

Seoul is also attempting to launch the government-run North Korea Human Rights Foundation, which has been on hold since 2016. "It is great that South Korea finally appointed a North Korea human ...

“What we’ve seen is that the human rights situation in North Korea has worsened,” Julie Turner, the State Department’s special envoy on the country’s human rights issues, told reporters ...

Ahead of South Korea’s upcoming presidential election, set to be held on 3 June 2025, the International Federation for Human ...

The Human Rights Council and UN General ... the mandate of the UN special rapporteur on North Korea and intensify its efforts to advance accountability. Sustained international pressure is ...

About 60 North Koreans in China were forcibly returned to North Korea in April, putting them at high risk of arbitrary detention, torture or degrading treatment, sexual violence, forced labor, and ...