On January 14 Navi Pillay, the High Commissioner of Human Rights of the United Nations, criticized the lack of improvement of human rights abuses in North Korea and called for an international investigation on the country’s abuses that has lasted decades. After the death of Kim Jong Il in December 2011, it was hoped that… Continue Reading »
Many people ask me how they can get involved with human rights work here in Korea. There are many options that I won’t get into here, but I want to announce an event with another group I work with called Justice for North Korea. They’ll be having a Fall Fundraiser this Saturday so if you’re… Continue Reading »
The UN Security Council’s resolution against the Syrian regime has been vetoed by Russia and China, and negotiations have fallen into a stalemate. So far, an estimated 13,500 people have been slaughtered by the regime as the bloodshed and the violation of human rights worsens day by day. In supporting the citizens fighting against a… Continue Reading »
Four South Korean activists are set to be released after more than three months of captivity in a detention facility in Dandong, China. South Korean authorities, as well as much of the international community, have been pressuring the Chinese government for their release, calling their detainment a human rights violation. Kim Young-Hwan, a prominent South Korean… Continue Reading »
On June 29th, the North Korean government held a press conference for a defector who returned to Pyongyang this May. Pak Jong-Suk, 66 years old, condemned life in the South, claiming she was tricked into leaving her home by South Korean agents. The press conference was held in the People’s public palace of culture in Pyongyang,… Continue Reading »
The Asan Institute for Policy Studies held the 2012 Asan North Korea Week, titled “Life on the Other Side: Insights into North Korea,” from June 20th until June 22nd. Free and open to public, various events including lectures on North Korean economy and politics, a piano recital featuring the North Korean defector Kim Cheol-woong, talks… Continue Reading »
Soo Kyeong Lim, a member of the Democratic United Party, was blamed for cursing at a university student who was a North Korean Defector after making controversial remarks about North Korean Defectors. Mrs. Lim’s remarks have become the object of controversy when she met the student in a pub on June 1st. She cursed the student, Joseph… Continue Reading »
The National Human Right Commission of Korea (NHRCK) announced the release of North Korea’s infringement of human right case study in April. The case study is a compilation of cases that have been reported to NHRCK’s North Korea Human Right Infringement Report Center since March 15th of last year. NHRCK have been operating the… Continue Reading »
North Korean defectors testified about severe tortures in North Korean concentration camps. Inmates suffer from various corporal punishments depicted in the picture above. Added to these, pregnant women are forced to abort. Drugs were injected into their bellies-babies survived were put to death. Starvation is also a common thing. Their sandyish meal consists of mainly… Continue Reading »
According to the report by SBS (Seoul Broadcasting System) it was reported that some of the North Korean defectors being held by the Chinese authorities in China were forcibly returned to North Korea. As a response, the South Korean government is going to raise the issue to the United Nations Human Rights Committee starting on… Continue Reading »