Eight mainly Western nations accused North Korea on Friday of using the pandemic “to crack down further on the human rights of its own people,” pointing to reports of …
Europeans, U.S. Accuse North Korea of Using Pandemic to Crack Down on Rights
The United Nations Security Council discussed on Friday human rights abuses in North Korea after the issue was raised by seven members who accused Pyongyang of using the coronavirus pandemic “to crack …
Life of labour: North Korea ordeals of South’s POWs
He spent the next 50 years in North Korea, toiling for decades in a coalmine like thousands of his compatriots. Like us on Facebook to see similar stories Please give an overall site rating: …
U.S. secondary sanctions hurting North Korea, defector says
The United States’ secondary sanctions on firms conducting trade with North Korea have had an impact on the Kim Jong-un regime, but more pressure needs to be applied, a defector said.
‘Is this Seoul, or Pyongyang?’: in Moon’s Korea, defectors from North face jail for propaganda fliers
For more than a decade, Park Sang-hak has flown leaflets attacking North Korea’s ruling Kim dynasty across the heavily militarised border that divides the Koreas. Like other North Korean …
State Department No. 2 hits North Korea over lack of negotiations, acknowledges Biden win
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s second in command has become the latest Trump administration official to acknowledge that President-elect Joe Biden will take over the White House in January.Deputy …
Kim Yo Jong: What We Know About Kim Jong Un’s Sister and Her Role in North Korea
Star power of dictator’s sister has risen after appearances at 2018 Winter Olympics, two nuclear summits and as a signatory in state media.
U.S. North Korea envoy calls on Pyongyang to return to talks
The top U.S. diplomat for North Korea urged Pyongyang to return to diplomatic engagement as it prepares to hold its Eighth Party Congress in January.
US deputy secretary of state says North Korea ‘squandered’ opportunity to improve relations
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun Thursday said North Korea “squandered” opportunities to engage with the United States and improve relations.
South Korea to criminalize sending leaflets into North Korea, bowing to regime
Opposition slams “disgraceful submission” to Kim Jong Un’s sister, while human rights group say the Moon government is stifling free speech.