North Korea routinely denounces any criticism of its human rights record, most recently a statement by the UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres, calling on North Korea to “investigate, prosecute and ...

A decade after a landmark UN report concluded North Korea committed crimes against humanity, a UN official investigating rights in the isolated state told Reuters many abuses continue, exacerbated ...

Russian and North Korean officials violated U.N. resolutions regarding arms, troops and refined petroleum shipments ...

Oct. 2 (UPI) --Two U.S. officials will co-host an international workshop in South Korea that will examine human rights violations by North Korea.U.S. Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights ...

Salmón said North Korea’s closure of its borders worsened an already dire human rights situation, with new laws enacted since 2020 and stricter punishments, including the death penalty and ...

Human Rights Watch recently reported that this crackdown “has effectively closed off North Korea from the rest of the world and stopped almost all cross-border movement of people, formal and ...

North Korean defectors working as human rights activists and policy researchers discussed U.S. policy towards North Korean human rights violations at an event hosted by the Hudson Institute.

North Korea's embassy in London did not answer phone calls seeking comment. The government has in the past denied abuses and accused the U.N. and foreign countries of trying to use human rights as ...

The government has in the past denied abuses and accused the U.N. and foreign countries of trying to use human rights as a political weapon to attack North Korea.

A decade after a landmark U.N. report concluded North Korea committed crimes against humanity, a U.N. official investigating rights in the isolated state told Reuters many abuses continue ...