Kim Young-hwan: From Juche Evangelist to North Korean Human Rights Activist
In a continuation of their North Korean Human Rights Speaker Series, the Network for North Korean Democracy and Human Rights (NKnet) invited Kim Young-hwan to talk about his experiences as a student...
View ArticleHas Another Senior North Korean Figure Gone Missing?
Just a week after NK News reported on the public disappearance of Kim Jong Un’s wife, the South Korean press is reporting on the seeming departure of Ri Myong Su (pictured left), North Korea’s Minister...
View ArticleWhy Do People Keep “Re-Defecting” To North Korea?
The recent “re-defection” of a young family from South to North Korea is raising fresh questions about what motivates people to return to the DPRK after investing so much in originally leaving. Their...
View ArticleGoodbye Northern Sun: An Interview With the Producer
Artistic Gurus are currently making an animated film about life in North Korea. We caught up with producer Frank Freeman to learn more about the anime film, titled “Goodbye Northern Sun”. NKNEWS: So...
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From Middle-Kingdom to Middle-Classdom: North Korean Defectors in London
Just around the corner from the Acton Town railway it seems as if there is some corner of an English field that is forever North Korean.Approximately one hundred books have been laid out on the...
View ArticleGoogle’s Schmidt Touches Down In Pyongyang, Despite The Critics
Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt and Bill Richardson, the former governor of New Mexico, today arrived in North Korea following days of heated debate about their trip. While it’s the seventh...
View ArticleGoogle Delegation Return Without Access To Detained American
Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and Google boss Eric Schmidt have returned from Pyongyang empty handed after wrapping up a “private humanitarian mission” that had hoped to secure the release...
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NK NEWS Joins Forces With Two Charities Working Inside North Korea
NK NEWS is happy to announce two new partnerships with organizations that are both working on the ground in the DPRK to improve the lives of North Koreans across society. Love North Korea Children...
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A Turning Point in the N. Korea Human Rights Issue
By Kim Young-ho With a global consensus slowly emerging, calls are growing for an independent inquiry mechanism to carry out an in-depth investigation into egregious human rights violations committed...
View ArticlePerilous Passages: Human Trafficking and the “Underground Railroad”
by Brian Marten NEW YORK, NY – Involuntary and voluntary trafficking in North Korea continues across the 880 miles of border with China, says Human Rights Activist Steven Kim and author Melanie...
View ArticleSouth Korea Supports UN N. Korea Human Rights Investigation
South Korea announced its official support for an in-depth investigation by the United Nations into human rights violations in North Korea on Wednesday. The resolution only needs majority support from...
View ArticleHuman Rights Abuses “Don’t Exist” In North Korea, KCNA Says
WASHINGTON DC – State media outlet KCNA claimed yesterday that “there does not exist human rights abuses and they can not exist” in North Korea. Angry over a UN inquiry announced last week to...
View ArticleWhy North Koreans Should Be Allowed Asylum Beyond South Korea
North Korean re-migrants are in a precarious position, sometimes offered asylum, other times deported as illegal immigrants. Until now, it has been taken for granted that because a majority of these...
View ArticleWhy North Koreans Should Be Allowed Asylum Beyond South Korea – A Response
By Jack Kim The following is a response to “Why North Koreans Should Be Allowed Asylum Beyond South Korea“, an article by Markus Bell that appeared on these pages last week. Let me preface this...
View ArticleKim Young-hwan: From Juche Evangelist to North Korean Human Rights Activist
In a continuation of their North Korean Human Rights Speaker Series, the Network for North Korean Democracy and Human Rights (NKnet) invited Kim Young-hwan to talk about his experiences as a student...
View ArticleHas Another Senior North Korean Figure Gone Missing?
Just a week after NK News reported on the public disappearance of Kim Jong Un’s wife, the South Korean press is reporting on the seeming departure of Ri Myong Su (pictured left), North Korea’s Minister...
View ArticleGoodbye Northern Sun: An Interview With the Producer
Artistic Gurus are currently making an animated film about life in North Korea. We caught up with producer Frank Freeman to learn more about the anime film, titled “Goodbye Northern Sun”. NKNEWS: So...
View ArticleNorth Korea’s Famine: A UN Representative Looks Back
A United Nations representative to the DPRK during the nation’s horrific mid-1990s famine believes that the arrival of aid from foreign donors saved many lives, but that distrust prevented sustainable...
View ArticleSouth Korea Supports UN N. Korea Human Rights Investigation
South Korea announced its official support for an in-depth investigation by the United Nations into human rights violations in North Korea on Wednesday. The resolution only needs majority support from...
View ArticleWhy North Koreans Should Be Allowed Asylum Beyond South Korea
North Korean re-migrants are in a precarious position, sometimes offered asylum, other times deported as illegal immigrants. Until now, it has been taken for granted that because a majority of these...
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