Peru's Congress has passed a law granting "humanitarian" amnesty to nearly 900 military and police officers convicted or ...

GNA-The Founder and Executive Director of Human Rights Reporters Ghana (HRRG), Dr. Joseph Kobla Wemakor, will on Friday, July 16, deliver a keynote address at the International Seminar on Enhancing ...

Choi Min-kyung, a North Korean defector, intends to file a lawsuit against Kim Jong-un and four others—including officials ...

Choi Min Kyung says she suffered physical and sexual abuse in North Korean detention after being repatriated from China ...

A defector from North Korea is preparing to take legal action against Kim Jong Un, accusing him of human rights abuses.

The European Court of Human Rights delivered two of four rulings against Russia in an international inquiry brought by ...

South Korean authorities plan to investigate the border crossing and did not immediately say whether they view the incident as a defection attempt.

North Korea slammed on Friday the Quad grouping of the United States, India, Japan and Australia for insisting North Korea denuclearise, according to its state media KCNA.

The Trump administration should embrace a North Korea strategy that aims to contain escalation, not keep a white-knuckled grip on a failed policy.

North Korean defectors who testified this week at a two-day public hearing in Seoul hosted by the United Nations Human Rights Office described increasing fear, repression and corruption since the ...

SEOUL — Six Americans were detained Friday in South Korea for trying to send 1,600 plastic bottles filled with rice, miniature Bibles, $1 bills and USB sticks toward North Korea by sea, police said.