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Report: N. Korea Holding Fewer Political Prisoners 
Date : June 26, 2014
The number of political prisoners in North Korea is significantly lower than previously thought; according to the Korea Institute for National Unification, South Korea
As World Attention Fades, A Fresh Call for North Korea "Genocide" Label 
Date : June 25, 2014
Three months have passed since a U.N. commission of inquiry into human rights abuses in North Korea produced a robust and lengthy report systematically detailin
UN: New Approaches Needed to Rein in NK Human Rights Abuses 
Date : June 23, 2014
Marzuki Darusman, the U. N special investigator on the human rights situation in North Korea, says it is time to move away from the old method of submitting reports an
Musan Teenager Kills Two over Remitted Cash 
Date : June 17, 2014
A couple in the northerly border town of Musan was murdered by a third family member in a fight over remittances from China or South Korea, according to Daily NK. An
China Deports North Korean Workers Forced Into Sex Trade 
Date : June 17, 2014
A group of female North Korean workers has been forcefully repatriated from China, where they were asked to work as prostitutes to gain foreign exchange revenue. Accord
Abductees in North Korea being indoctrinated' with propaganda 
Date : June 16, 2014
Abductees from Japan and South Korea are being force-fed ideological education and propaganda in Pyongyang to convince them of the superiority of the North Korean regime,
Officers Unhappy at Lack of Opportunity 
Date : June 16, 2014
Security service staff working along the border between North Korea and China are growing increasingly annoyed at attempts by the central governm
American Detained in North Korea Is a World Traveler 
Date : June 12, 2014
Jefferey Edward Fowle, the American citizen recently detained by North Korea, is a municipal road-maintenance man from southwestern Ohio. North Korea said on Friday
In final charge to UN rights council, top official urges universal protections f... 
Date : June 11, 2014
High Commissioner for Human Rights Nabi Phillay addressed the opening of the twenty-sixth session of the Human Rights Council. In her opening statement to the UN HRC
Prison Camp Satellite Analysis Reveals Life And Death 
Date : June 10, 2014
Satellite images taken by a committee in the United States, Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK), have released surprising facts about a North Korean pol
Try North Korean Leaders for Crimes against Humanity 
Date : June 10, 2014
Justice Michael Kirby has insisted that the leaders of North Koreas regime should be tried in an international court for crimes against humanity, according to the re
UN to Set up New Seoul Office 
Date : June 4, 2014
According to the Geneva-based Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, a new United Nations office is to be set up in South Korea to systematically investigate
The President Meets with the former UNCOI Chair Michael Kirby 
Date : June 3, 2014
President Park Geun-hye met with Michael Kirby, the former Chairman of the recent United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic Peoples Re
North Korean Workers Ditch Factories for Market Incomes 
Date : May 29, 2014
Poorly paid factory workers in rural North Korea are bribing managers to take leave of their official work units in order to pursue lucrative jobs in local marketplaces.&
Ten Things Learned from Michael Kirby's North Korea Reddit AMA 
Date : May 29, 2014
Ten things we learned from Michael Kirby's North Korea Reddit AMA The North Korea network invited the former chair of the UN COI on human rights violations in the D
 
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