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UN General Assembly passes 20th consecutive resolution on North Korean human rights

The UN General Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution on North Korean human rights for the 20th consecutive year, calling for improvement in the reclusive state's human rights record.

2024-12-18

UN working group criticizes China for last year's repatriations of North Korean defectors

A United Nations working group concluded in a report that China's repatriation of North Korean defectors last year constitutes an "arbitrary deprivation of liberty" and urged China and North Korea to take steps to address the issue.

2024-11-20

North Korea finds many critics, and a few friends, at UN human rights review

North Korea’s human rights record was once again in the global spotlight as the United Nations conducted the fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the country’s human rights practices in Geneva.

2024-11-08

Seoul pushes North Korea rights agenda at Swiss forum ahead of U.N. talks

The unification ministry said Monday it will hold a two-day forum on North Korea's human rights situation in Switzerland this week ahead of the United Nations' review of the North's human rights record next month.

2024-10-28

A crusade for North Korean human rights

'We are praying for Korean unification under the democratic government [of the South].'

2024-10-21

Korean human rights commission 'phone confiscation in schools not a violation'

The National Human Rights Commission of Korea has reversed its stance from the past 10 years, ruling that the confiscation of students' mobile phones in high schools does not violate human rights.

2024-10-09

A blinking red light on the commission

Rather than starting a political fight over impeachment, isn’t it better to change the election system of the commissioners?

2024-09-09

Alarming insensitivity to protecting human rights (KOR)

The public security department of the prosecution, where he served, is infamous for human rights violations in the past. We cannot but wonder if the nominee can lead the human rights commission.

2024-09-04

Alarming insensitivity to protecting human rights

The time has come for Ahn to ask himself if he really deserves to serve in this position.

2024-09-03

North Korean defectors share inspiring tales from 'extraordinary' visit to United States

Six North Korean defectors flew across the Pacific to the United States, where they went busking on a Californian beach pier and shared their lives' trajectories before and after their escape with local college students.

2024-08-27