Essay: “We cannot look away” – the international community must end its complacency in responding to the repression of the North Korean regime
ELLIS HEASLEY, of UK-based religious freedom advocacy CSW, says that 10 years after a landmark UN report highlighted human rights abuses in North Korea, there remain significant barriers to holding the ruling regime to account…
North Korea developing nuclear, missile programs in 2021 – UN report
United Nations Reuters North Korea continued developing its nuclear and ballistic missile programs during the first half of 2021 in violation of international sanctions and despite the country’s worsening economic situation, according to an excerpt of a confidential United Nations report seen by Reuters on Friday. The report by a panel of independent sanctions monitors […]
Two-thirds of North Koreans suffer from food insecurity, malnutrition and lack of access to healthcare and sanitation, says UN official
Two-thirds of the 25 million people in North Korea suffer from food insecurity, malnutrition and a lack of access to basic healthcare and sanitation services in a “largely forgotten or overlooked” crisis, according to a senior UN official. Tapan Mishra, UN resident coordinator for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), said in a document assessing the […]