South Korea’s Ministry of Unification (MOU) plans to establish an integrated online information management system on North Korean human rights, a tender proposal for potential bidders seen by NK News this week showed.

The ministry said it was necessary to accumulate data, including details on victims, perpetrators, and prison camps, to upgrade the Center for North Korean Human Rights Records’ previously “manual” information-gathering.

The center was launched in September 2016 to “collect and record information with the aim of improving human rights situation of the North Korean people based on Article 13 of the North Korean Human Rights Act,” which was made