Two women who fled North Korea have been telling the United Nations about the plight of people still living in the country and urging the world body to hold North Korea’s leader accountable for gross ...

May 21 (UPI) --Activists, officials and defectors highlighted North Korean human rights violations at a high-level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday, with many directly tying ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Song Sang-hyun said "the time is right" for Ukraine to file a complaint over North Korea's military assistance to Russia.

Lee Jae-myung was a child laborer with an arm deformity. He attempted suicide. He later made his way through university and ...

Salmón said North Korea’s closure of its borders worsened an already dire human rights situation, with new laws enacted since 2020 and stricter punishments, including the death penalty and ...

SEOUL – The United States imposed new sanctions on three top North Korean officials – including Kim Jong Un’s right-hand man – over the country’s continuing human rights abuses ...