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Defectors call NK rights draft 'lies, hypocrisy' 
Date : October 17, 2014
In February of this year, the U.N. Commission Of Inquiry released a report detailing the North Korean government's numerous human rights violations against its citizens.
N. Korea circulates its own draft U.N. resolution on human rights 
Date : October 16, 2014
North Korea circulated its own draft resolution on the country's human rights record at the United Nations on Wednesday in an effort to counter a separate proposal aimed
North Korea Mentions Its Labor Camps 
Date : October 15, 2014
For the first time, a North Korean official publicly acknowledged the existence of his country's "reform through labor" camps. This mention appeared to come in response t
N. Korea asked EU to soften resolution on human rights 
Date : October 14, 2014
North Korea asked the European Union to soften its resolution on human rights violations in the North, sources said Sunday, as the international community steps up pressu
North Korea Defends Rights Record at UN Briefing 
Date : October 10, 2014
North Korea is defending its human rights record, even while acknowledging it runs labor camps that have been slammed by rights groups as inhumane.The comments came Tuesd
Top Security Official Caught in 'Espionage Case' 
Date : October 5, 2014
A high-level official at a provincial State Security Department [SSD] unit was caught aiding a military supplies factory worker in defecting, an incident Pyongyang will t
U.S. envoy says North Korea rejects talks on prisoners 
Date : September 30, 2014
North Korea has rejected U.S. efforts to discuss the detention of three Americans, a U.S. diplomat said on Monday, adding the secretive state was missing a chance to buil
Kerry Slams N. Korea Human Rights Abuses 
Date : September 25, 2014
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has publicly slammed North Korea's human rights record and called on the reclusive state to close its labor camps.At a ministers' meeti
N. Korean defector named winner of human rights award 
Date : September 22, 2014
Shin Dong-hyuk, a North Korean defector born in a prison camp, has been selected as a winner of the Human Rights Watch's annual award for his efforts to promote the aware
Seoul still dodging the North human rights issue 
Date : September 16, 2014
As the international community tries to come down on Pyongyang for suppressing the rights of its people, South Koreas efforts are being criticized for being almost none
NK, Reports of Abuse Are Produced by Political 'Racket' 
Date : September 14, 2014
North Korea, a country widely condemned for egregious rights violations, issued its own report on Saturday on the state of human rights in the country, disputing outside
North Korea Sentences American to 6 Years of Hard Labor 
Date : September 14, 2014
The Supreme Court in North Korea on Sunday sentenced one of the three Americans known to be held in the country to six years of hard labor for committing hostile acts
US, SK working to set up high-level meeting on NK human rights 
Date : September 14, 2014
The United States and South Korea are working with the United Nations to set up a a meeting of foreign ministers attending the U.N. General Assembly in an effort to rally
New UN Rights Chief Urges N. Korean Accountability 
Date : September 10, 2014
The United Nations new High Commissioner for Human Rights has spoken on the situation in North Korea for the first time since taking office late last month.Prince Zeid
Task Force Forms to Find Defector Group 
Date : September 7, 2014
The North Korean authorities have launched a task force to track down any residents who abetted the "three-family defection" last month. A group of 16 North Koreans defec
 
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