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China Deports North Korean Workers Forced Into Sex Trade 
Date : June 17, 2014
A group of female North Korean workers has been forcefully repatriated from China, where they were asked to work as prostitutes to gain foreign exchange revenue. Accord…
Abductees in North Korea being ‘indoctrinated' with propaganda 
Date : June 16, 2014
Abductees from Japan and South Korea are being force-fed ideological education and propaganda in Pyongyang to convince them of the superiority of the North Korean regime,…
Officers Unhappy at Lack of Opportunity 
Date : June 16, 2014
Security service staff working along the border between North Korea and China are growing increasingly annoyed at attempts by the central governm…
American Detained in North Korea Is a World Traveler 
Date : June 12, 2014
Jefferey Edward Fowle, the American citizen recently detained by North Korea, is a municipal road-maintenance man from southwestern Ohio. North Korea said on Friday …
In final charge to UN rights council, top official urges universal protections f... 
Date : June 11, 2014
High Commissioner for Human Rights Nabi Phillay addressed the opening of the twenty-sixth session of the Human Rights Council. In her opening statement to the UN HRC…
Prison Camp Satellite Analysis Reveals Life And Death 
Date : June 10, 2014
Satellite images taken by a committee in the United States, Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK), have released surprising facts about a North Korean pol…
Try North Korean Leaders for Crimes against Humanity 
Date : June 10, 2014
Justice Michael Kirby has insisted that the leaders of North Korea’s regime should be tried in an international court for crimes against humanity, according to the re…
UN to Set up New Seoul Office 
Date : June 4, 2014
According to the Geneva-based Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, a new United Nations office is to be set up in South Korea to systematically investigate…
The President Meets with the former UNCOI Chair Michael Kirby 
Date : June 3, 2014
President Park Geun-hye met with Michael Kirby, the former Chairman of the recent United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Re…
North Korean Workers Ditch Factories for Market Incomes 
Date : May 29, 2014
Poorly paid factory workers in rural North Korea are bribing managers to take leave of their official work units in order to pursue lucrative jobs in local marketplaces.&…
Ten Things Learned from Michael Kirby's North Korea Reddit AMA 
Date : May 29, 2014
Ten things we learned from Michael Kirby's North Korea Reddit AMA The North Korea network invited the former chair of the UN COI on human rights violations in the D…
The Hopes of NK ‘Black Market Generation’ 
Date : May 27, 2014
Yeon-mi Park reflects on her experiences as a North Korean refugee. As changes take place from “the bottom up,” Park expresses hope of returning to her home country one…
Shin Dong Hyuk Receives Honorary Doctorate 
Date : May 22, 2014
Shin Dong-Hyuk, a North Korean defector born inside political prison Camp 14 (Kwanliso), received an honorary doctorate degree from Dalhousie University.Dong-Hyuk gr…
100 Exiled for Foreign Content Exposure 
Date : May 14, 2014
According to the Daily NK, at least 100 Pyongyang citizens have been exiled to a rural part of the country after government investigators discovered that they had viewe…
Security Fears Rise on Bugs and Break-ins 
Date : May 14, 2014
North Korean state security have secretly raided and bugged residences along the border of China. This differs from normal North Korean method of operation of openl…
 
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