The North Korean take on human rights



Interviews The North Korean take on human rights Literature suggests the right to security outweighs individual freedom in the North Gianluca Spezza May 29, 2014 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON Eric Lafforgue Book Review: Human Rights Discourse in North Korea, by Song Jiyoung, London: Routledge, 2010. Not even North Korea says it’s against human rights, at least as they define them. It’s just that the North, on a war footing since the Korean War came to an unsatisfactory conclusion in 1953, believes that the threats to its survival mean suppressing individual rights in favor of promoting the right to survival. At least that’s what the literature suggests. Professor Jiyoung Song, who teaches human rights and migration at Singapore Management University, has explored North Korean publications in search of North Korean definitions of © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. Get the Daily Update & Podcast Updates Start your day with the North Korea stories that matter most – as selected by Trending

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The North Korean take on human rights

Literature suggests the right to security outweighs individual freedom in the North

Gianluca Spezza May 29, 2014

Eric Lafforgue

Book Review: Human Rights Discourse in North Korea, by Song Jiyoung, London: Routledge, 2010.

Not even North Korea says it’s against human rights, at least as they define them. It’s just that the North, on a war footing since the Korean War came to an unsatisfactory conclusion in 1953, believes that the threats to its survival mean suppressing individual rights in favor of promoting the right to survival. At least that’s what the literature suggests.

Professor Jiyoung Song, who teaches human rights and migration at Singapore Management University, has explored North Korean publications in search of North Korean definitions of

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Gianluca Spezza

Gianluca Spezza earned his PhD in 2017 from the University of Central Lancashire under the supervision of Professor Hazel Smith, on the strength of research on the cooperation between UNICEF and the DPRK in education and childcare. Dr Spezza is an assistant professor of international relations and a senior researcher at the DPRK Strategy Center at KIMEP University in Almaty, Kazakhstan; he is writing a monograph on education, international cooperation, and human capital in North Korea (Palgrave 2021). His work on the DPRK, articles or interviews, can be found, among others, on the websites of the BBC, The Guardian, The Diplomat, IRIN News, NK News, DR.dk, Newsweek Korea, and El Confidential.

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