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NK's New Economic System Could Reduce State Control 
Date : October 4, 2013
According to the Dong-A Ilbo, North Korea has introduced a new economic system plan, which, if carried out, could bring a huge change to North Korean society.  Some …
Powerful Agencies Avoid Potato Tasks 
Date : October 4, 2013
Every year, the North Korean government mobilizes the populace to take part in the potato harvest. In return for their hard work, laborers receive a few kilograms of pota…
1 out of Every 3 People in NK Suffer from Malnutrition 
Date : October 2, 2013
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported that the number of people in North Korea who suffer from malnutrition hit 7,600,000. This means…
Yuan in North Korea Precedes Dollar 
Date : October 2, 2013
As the yuan is extensively spreading in North Korea, preference of it is also preceding dollar. Since the March of Tribulation, dollarization in North Korea has been grad…
Defectors Give Testimony in Canada 
Date : October 1, 2013
An Myeong Chul, a former North Korean guard at Camp 22, spoke out this week against human rights abuses in North Korea at the Council for Human Rights in North Korea held…
NK: "Receive a Bribe, But Report a Defector..." 
Date : September 30, 2013
The North Korean authorities carried out various measures to stop defection, but defection wasn't stopped due to bribery, so now the authorities are offering soldiers of …
Young Children Mobilized in Production of Drugs 
Date : September 27, 2013
While the North Korean authorities are increasing the level of pressure on the North Korean populace to earn foreign currency, it has been reported that children have bee…
Workers’ Party Orders ‘A Letter of Apology for Violating the Ten Principles’ 
Date : September 27, 2013
The North Korean authorities recently revised the “Party’s Ten Principles for the Establishment of the One-Ideology System” to deify Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, and h…
Abductions by NK Carried Out All Over East Asia 
Date : September 25, 2013
According to a recent blog entry by a reporter for Al Jazeera, abductions by the North Korean government were carried out in numerous East Asian countries, not just Japan…
North Korean Laborers Dispatched Overseas are in Poor Condition 
Date : September 24, 2013
Yonhap News reported that North Korean laborers dispatched overseas are in extremely poor condition and some laborers are even dying.  The source in Yonhap’s articl…
New Check Card Showcases Excessive Wealth of Few 
Date : September 24, 2013
After North Korean authorities issued a check card, called ‘Narae,’ some children of senior officials have been showing off their wealth with its use, Radio Free Asia r…
Ideology Censorship on NK Laborers 
Date : September 24, 2013
Recently, the North Korean authorities conducted ideology censorship on laborers who work at the Kaesong Industrial Complex. As a result of their findings, five thousand …
COI Urges International Action on NK Human Rights Abuses 
Date : September 24, 2013
On March 21, 2013, the United Nations Human Rights Council established the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. It mandates…
Launch of the Lawyers for Human Rights and Unification of Korea 
Date : September 24, 2013
On September 10, 2013, the LHUK held its inaugural meeting at Seoul Lawyers’ Educational Cultural Center (located at Seocho-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, the Republic of Korea…
NK Senior Official’s Daughter Flees to South Korea 
Date : September 23, 2013
The daughter of a senior official in Pyongyang recently fled to South Korea, the Donga Ilbo reported.  The president of NK Refugees Human Rights Association of Korea…
 
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