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BBC director Tony Hall plans to start broadcasting radio in North Korea for the ... 
Date : October 27, 2015
The Korean Central News Agency provides the only source of information for all media outlets in North KoreaThe BBC is planning to start broadcasting daily news in North K…
N. Korea vows counteraction over proposed U.N. resolution on N.K. human rights 
Date : October 22, 2015
North Korea announced that it would take "the toughest counteraction" against a proposed U.N. resolution that targets North Korean leader Kim Jong-un over the North's dis…
S. Korean Official: UN Seeks New Action Over N. Korea Human Rights 
Date : October 22, 2015
The United Nations is seeking renewed ways to charge North Korean officials to the International Court of Justice (ICC), VOA (Voice of America) reported on Wednesday.&nbs…
North Korean Children Left Untreated After Tuberculous Meningitis Outbreak 
Date : October 20, 2015
A recent outbreak of tuberculous meningitis (a bacterial infection of the brain and spinal cord) in North Korea has left many children dead and others crippled after auth…
Hopes dashed- another sorry potato harvest 
Date : October 14, 2015
Many North Koreans restrained to a potato-only diet get sick with malnutritionSources within North Korea have revealed that the autumn potato harvest in Yanggang Province…
U.N. seeks inspection of North Korea for forced disappearances 
Date : September 9, 2015
UN found that 20 hundred thousand people around the world have been forcefully disappeared by North Korea.On December 2010, by its 65th General Assembly, UN decided to de…
North Korean Authorities Purge Border Guards After Shooting Incident, Defections 
Date : August 31, 2015
The North Korean authorities have recently set up a special inspection team and launched investigation over the officials and soldiers of the 25th brigade in the neighbor…
NK doubles efforts to choke off border 
Date : August 31, 2015
Pyongyang has issued an order to open fire on residents who approach the Sino-North Korean border outside of designated hours, as it steps up crackdowns on people trying …
North Korean Workers in Qatar Fired Over Labor Violations 
Date : August 27, 2015
Construction Development Company (CDC), a well-known construction firm in Qatar has fired its entire North Korean workforce, citing repeated violations of labor laws an…
Increase of North Korean Workers sent to Russia 
Date : July 31, 2015
It’s widely known that for the last 20 years that North Korean workers have been sent to Russia because of North Korea’s unemployment and impoverished circumstances. Ac…
“NK Worst Human Trafficking for 13th straight year” 
Date : July 29, 2015
On the 27th the US State department’s Trafficking in Person report ranked North Korea as the worst of a three tier ranking. This report makes it the thirteenth year in…
Security Agency Increasing Surveillance 
Date : July 28, 2015
Upcoming Workers’ Party's 70th Anniversary leads to Security Agency Increasing Surveillance North Korean authorities have reportedly delivered an instruction to the prov…
Foreign NK Human Rights Groups: 41 and Counting 
Date : July 27, 2015
Campaigning, lobbying, and conducting academic research etc., the number of North Korean human rights related organizations has reached over 40 throughout the world. On t…
Surveillance System Makes Reform Activities Impossible 
Date : July 27, 2015
On the 24th, Unification Media Group’s Daily NK held a seminar titled ‘The Prospect of Kim Jong-un’s Regime After Hyeon Yong-chol’s Execution’ in Tokyo, Japan. In th…
Female Workers’ Extension of Marital Leave 
Date : July 24, 2015
North Korea recently extended the maternity leave of female workers by 90 days. The original 90 day maternity leave policy has been extended to 180 days of holiday for th…
 
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