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North Korean human rights a global issue, speakers tell U.N. General Assembly
Activists, officials and defectors highlighted human rights violations in North Korea at a high-level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday, with many directly tying Pyongyang's syste ...
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North Korean women who escaped reveal horror as they beg UN to take Kim Jong-Un down
Eunju Kim, who escaped starvation in North Korea in 1999, and Gyuri Kang, who fled the North during the COVID-19 pandemic, ...
North Korean Defectors Urge the UN to Hold the Country's Leader Accountable for Rights Abuses
Two women who fled North Korea have been telling the United Nations about the plight of people still living in the country and urging the world body to hold North Korea’s leader accountable for gross ...
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The 20th Anniversary of the North Korean Human Rights Act
On October 18, 2004, President George W. Bush signed into law the North Korean Human Rights Act. The president’s statement, issued on his signing of the law, said the legislation “provides us ...
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20 Years On, The North Korean Human Rights Act Remains Lapsed
I write about international human rights and national security. October 18 th marked 20 years since the North Korean Human Rights Act (NKHRA) was signed into law. The NKHRA is landmark ...
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It's time to shift the focus to 'human rights’ on Korean Peninsula
Whoever wins the South Korean presidential polls has the responsibility to speak up about their violations in North Korea ...
From 'Oppa' to 'Comrade': Smuggled phone shows how North Korea uses tech to censor its people
A human rights report by South Korea’s Unification Ministry revealed that North Korean authorities publicly executed a ...
North Korean defectors call on UN to try Kim Jong-un for crimes against humanity
Eunju Kim and Gyuri Kang both gave evidence to the United Nations general assembly with horrific stories of deaths and ...