Human Security / Human Rights
Information related to human security / human rights in North Korea
Civic vs. Social: How politics holds back Seoul’s North Korean human rights law
Efforts to craft law drags on for a decade, with debate over which rights to prioritize
Author of book on North Korea’s founding addresses Shin controversy
Author emphasizes efforts to make updated version of Shin story available, plus trauma's effect on memory
Volunteer excavators at Korean War massacre site seek govt. support
Investigation team says indifference reflects Seoul government's unwillingness to face past
Studying abroad with your family held hostage
Few North Koreans can go to foreign countries at all, and those who do leave family behind as leverage
Children of North Koreans, living between borders
A generation of half-Korean children, denied full legal rights, come of age in China
Is no news good news in North Korea?
Northerners are blocked from exposure to international news, even in the black market
Songbun and the five castes of North Korea
Source indicates that social classification system has more classes – and criteria – than previously thought
When North Korean women become brides in China
Many women see arrangement, while potentially abusive, as relatively stable
Engagement with North Korea again? Perhaps
A year after the COI report engagement – and the need for it – continues
The N. Korea-Japan abduction issue: prospects for 2015
Expert says report will not be forthcoming, pressure to mount on Abe
