Home > News > NK Human Rights Issues

NK doubles efforts to choke off border 
Date : August 31, 2015
Pyongyang has issued an order to open fire on residents who approach the Sino-North Korean border outside of designated hours, as it steps up crackdowns on people trying …
North Korean Workers in Qatar Fired Over Labor Violations 
Date : August 27, 2015
Construction Development Company (CDC), a well-known construction firm in Qatar has fired its entire North Korean workforce, citing repeated violations of labor laws an…
Increase of North Korean Workers sent to Russia 
Date : July 31, 2015
It’s widely known that for the last 20 years that North Korean workers have been sent to Russia because of North Korea’s unemployment and impoverished circumstances. Ac…
“NK Worst Human Trafficking for 13th straight year” 
Date : July 29, 2015
On the 27th the US State department’s Trafficking in Person report ranked North Korea as the worst of a three tier ranking. This report makes it the thirteenth year in…
Security Agency Increasing Surveillance 
Date : July 28, 2015
Upcoming Workers’ Party's 70th Anniversary leads to Security Agency Increasing Surveillance North Korean authorities have reportedly delivered an instruction to the prov…
Foreign NK Human Rights Groups: 41 and Counting 
Date : July 27, 2015
Campaigning, lobbying, and conducting academic research etc., the number of North Korean human rights related organizations has reached over 40 throughout the world. On t…
Surveillance System Makes Reform Activities Impossible 
Date : July 27, 2015
On the 24th, Unification Media Group’s Daily NK held a seminar titled ‘The Prospect of Kim Jong-un’s Regime After Hyeon Yong-chol’s Execution’ in Tokyo, Japan. In th…
Female Workers’ Extension of Marital Leave 
Date : July 24, 2015
North Korea recently extended the maternity leave of female workers by 90 days. The original 90 day maternity leave policy has been extended to 180 days of holiday for th…
Freedom of Speech Banned for Foreigners in NK 
Date : July 22, 2015
All media criticizing either Kim Jong Un or the regime has been banned for diplomats residing in Pyongyang. North Korea media has been monitored for a long time yet now t…
Camp 607, Military Labor-training Prison 
Date : July 13, 2015
Scores of detainees in 'Camp 607,' a military labor-training camp under the Korean People’s Army Defense Security Command, are dying from starvation according to a local…
US: “NK human rights, the worst in the world” 
Date : June 27, 2015
US: “NK human rights, the worst in the world”The State Department of the US released ‘Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2014’ on the 26th. It evaluated th…
UN Human Rights Chief opened new office in Seoul 
Date : June 27, 2015
UN Human Rights Chief opened new office in SeoulThe UN Human Rights Office has opened in Seoul on the 23rd. The Seoul Office’s focus lies on the monitoring and the docum…
NK Human rights worst in the world 
Date : June 19, 2015
US Ambassador to the UN “NK Human rights- one of the worst in the world” Samantha Power, the US permanent Representative to the United Nations, testified before th…
Assaults in the army worst under Kim Jong Un 
Date : June 19, 2015
KPA assaults worst under Kim Jong UnViolence and brutality in North Korea’s armed forces have surged after Kim Jong Un came into power, with severe beatings of lower ran…
Sen. Cory Gardner, “More sanctions against NK are necessary” 
Date : June 15, 2015
Senator Cory Gardner, “More sanctions against NK human rights abuses are necessary”Last month U.S. Senator Cory Gardner of Colorado introduced a resolution that would l…
 
   31  32  33  34  35  36  37  38  39  40    
and or