A human rights group says it has identified hundreds of locations where North Korea allegedly carried out public executions as a way to intimidate citizens.
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News about the struggle for better democracy in North Korea. North Korea is not an electoral democracy. According to Freedom House, "corruption and violence is believed to be endemic at every level in the most repressive dictatorship in the world". Also see our articles on and Kim Jong Un.
Reports: Kim Jong Un’s Sister Reappears in Public After Lengthy Absence
The younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has reappeared in public for the first time in more than 50 days amid questions about her status.
Another North Korea Purge? Experts Are Divided
Report Friday that North Korea executed its top envoy to the United States following February’s failed summit between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump.
UN Report Says North Korean People Trapped In Cycle Of Corruption
The United Nations human rights report also accuses Kim Jong-un’s government of economic mismanagement, leaving its people fighting to get the basics.
North Korea Sells Tens Of Thousands Of Its Women Into China Sex Trade
Tens of thousands of North Korean women and girls are trafficked and sold into the sex trade in China where they are forced to endure systemic rape.
Sanctions Threaten North Korea’s Old and New Elites
North Korea’s cash-strapped economy is under crippling international sanctions, it means traditional elite, rising merchant class may be feeling pinched
South Korea Works for Safety of 7 Defectors Held in China
South Korea’s foreign ministry is doing all it can to ensure the safety of seven North Koreans who were detained in China after fleeing their homeland.
Activists Urge China to Not Repatriate North Korean Defectors
Activists are urging China not to repatriate seven North Koreans who were detained in an eastern Chinese province after leaving their homeland.
16 Countries Are Most ‘Egregious’ Violators of Religious Freedom
An independent U.S. watchdog named 16 nations “countries of particular concern” for engaging in “systematic, egregious violations” of religious freedom.
Daimler Says It Has No Idea How Kim Jong Un Got His Limos
German automaker Daimler, which makes armored limousines used by N. Korean leader Kim Jong Un, says it has no idea where he got them .