Anything to break the information blockade in North Korea should be encouraged, from USB drives containing foreign films to radios that can be tuned to news broadcasts from abroad,… Read more »
Since the mid-1990s, when an estimated one million people died from starvation or hunger-related illnesses during the famine that plagued North Korea, jangmadang (private markets) have emerged as a critical means of… Read more »
Too often in the past the issue of human rights in the DPRK has been treated as a separate or even a secondary concern to the security situation, notes the… Read more »
A groundbreaking hearing will feature live testimony from three North Korean defectors—a former prisoner and two former state security officials who helped to oversee North Korea’s network of political prisons…. Read more »
Although North Korea is often referred to as “the hermit kingdom,” over the past two decades, many cracks have appeared in the wall that the state has built around its… Read more »
The Korean peninsula is always dangerous, but the next few months are especially so. An erratic, nuclear-armed North still covets prosperous South Korea, which is enduring a presidential impeachment crisis… Read more »
A new documentary reveals secret audio tapes of late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il talking openly about his frustrations with the country’s propaganda and film production, CNN reports: He… Read more »
North Korea’s Kim Jong-un wears several “hats”—or holds several positions of authority—that enable him to command the challenging, albeit ruthless, issues that come with being a totalitarian dictator, analyst Robert… Read more »
The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) announces a Request for Statements of Interest (RSOI) from organizations interested in submitting Statements of Interest (SOI) for programs that support… Read more »
For over forty years, the Korean Peninsula has been trapped in a dangerous cycle of provocation, The Council on Foreign Relations notes: A Sharper Choice on North Korea: Engaging China… Read more »