March 28, 2024

Human Security / Human Rights

Information related to human security / human rights in North Korea

Why North Korea’s dreams of becoming a tourism hotspot were always doomed

Why North Korea’s dreams of becoming a tourism hotspot were always doomed

The Warmbier case is the latest disaster in a long-failing project

Why North Korea’s dreams of becoming a tourism hotspot were always doomed
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov June 19, 2017
Why North Korea is best described a “guerrilla state”

Why North Korea is best described a “guerrilla state”

The treatment of Otto Warmbier brings to mind the brutality of the DPRK's past

Why North Korea is best described a “guerrilla state”
Benjamin R. Young
Benjamin R. Young June 15, 2017
Why Pyongyang turned down humanitarian aid from the South

Why Pyongyang turned down humanitarian aid from the South

North Korea is testing the new government - Seoul no longer has room for strategic ambiguity

Why Pyongyang turned down humanitarian aid from the South
Cha Du-hyeogn
Cha Du-hyeogn June 14, 2017
DPRK blues: How I ended up working in development in North Korea

DPRK blues: How I ended up working in development in North Korea

In the first part of a series, former NGO staffer writes about arriving in the North

DPRK blues: How I ended up working in development in North Korea
Camila Stub June 12, 2017
Following dip, North Korea cereals imports increased in April
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Following dip, North Korea cereals imports increased in April

Numbers, however, still reflect a continuing downward trend for DPRK food imports

Following dip, North Korea cereals imports increased in April
Leo Byrne
Leo Byrne June 8, 2017
PUST: Science diplomacy in action, or a future N. Korean “hostage crisis”?

PUST: Science diplomacy in action, or a future N. Korean “hostage crisis”?

Chancellor Park Chan-mo is optimistic about his school's future, despite imprisonment of colleagues

PUST: Science diplomacy in action, or a future N. Korean “hostage crisis”?
Oliver Hotham
Oliver Hotham June 7, 2017
Time running out to improve North Korean human rights: Ambassador Lee

Time running out to improve North Korean human rights: Ambassador Lee

Post-Presidential elections, S. Korea's human rights ambassador to N. Korea looks forward

Time running out to improve North Korean human rights: Ambassador Lee
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll June 5, 2017
Why N. Korea’s human rights situation isn’t improving – and how it could change

Why N. Korea’s human rights situation isn’t improving – and how it could change

Former head of COI discusses information exchange, Kaesong, and why the DPRK is "uniquely worrying"

Why N. Korea’s human rights situation isn’t improving – and how it could change
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll June 1, 2017
The 1967 speech that set North Korean totalitarianism in stone

The 1967 speech that set North Korean totalitarianism in stone

Today marks 50 years since a speech by Kim Il Sung which would define the DPRK forever

The 1967 speech that set North Korean totalitarianism in stone
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy May 24, 2017
Could foreign media break the grip of Pyongyang’s propaganda?

Could foreign media break the grip of Pyongyang’s propaganda?

A new book offers illuminating insights into the power of foreign media on everyday North Koreans

Could foreign media break the grip of Pyongyang’s propaganda?
Jonathan R. Corrado
Jonathan R. Corrado May 24, 2017