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Defectors speak during a panel discussion on essentials and rights in North Korea at an event marking International Human Rights Day in Seoul on Monday afternoon. [SEO JI-EUN]

Human rights are about 'having a dream,' North Korean defectors say at UN panel discussion in Seoul

North Korean defectors underscored that human rights weren’t an abstract ideal but the ability to speak, make choices and imagine a future in everyday life during a panel in Seoul on Monday to mark International Human Rights Day.

2025.12.15

A North Korean defector speaks during an event hosted by the Seoul office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (Ohchr) held at the Global Center in Jung District on June 25. [YONHAP]

Heart emoji banned, K-pop punished: Defectors share details on North Korea’s brutal controls

North Korean defectors have been revealing chilling details about the regime’s relentless efforts to purge foreign cultural influence — and the deadly consequences of defiance.

2025.6.26

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This captured image shows the latest report from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on North Korea's human rights violations. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

North Korea tightens surveillance of citizens for possession of outside info: UN human rights report

A UN office has published a report carrying testimonies from North Korean defectors about their country's heightened surveillance of citizens for possession of outside information and subsequent public trials, including execution by firing squad.

2025.2.6

Irene Khan, UN special rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, speaks to reporters in a virtual press conference Friday on Korea’s draconian press arbitration bill. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

UN special rapporteur warns media law is 'seriously detrimental'

Irene Khan, the UN special rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, warned that Korea’s controversial media bill could not only be “seriously detrimental” for freedom of press in the country, but also impact its international standing.

2021.9.24

The front page of the JoongAng Ilbo on Dec. 12, 1969, the day after a South Korean plane was hijacked and forced to land in Wonsan, east of the North Korean capital of Pyongyang. [JOONGANG ILBO]

North continues to deny kidnapping of passengers from 1969 KAL flight

After half a century, North Korea still insists it did not kidnap the South Korean passengers aboard Korean Air Lines flight YS-11 in 1969, according to a letter released by a United Nations human rights agency Monday...

2020.5.19

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Human rights are about 'having a dream,' North Korean defectors say at UN panel discussion in Seoul

Heart emoji banned, K-pop punished: Defectors share details on North Korea’s brutal controls

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North Korea tightens surveillance of citizens for possession of outside info: UN human rights report

UN special rapporteur warns media law is 'seriously detrimental'

North continues to deny kidnapping of passengers from 1969 KAL flight