The new Japanese government should take a leadership role in helping to improve human rights conditions in North Korea.

President Barack Obama should take a strong stance on North Korean human rights issues during talks in South Korea on November 18 and 19, 2009.

We write to urge you to take a more proactive role in addressing human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the situation of North Korean refugees.

For several years, Burma’s ruling State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) and Kim Jong Il’s government in North Korea have been slowly strengthening their diplomatic and military ties, largely beneath the international radar.

I am writing to you on behalf of Human Rights Watch to draw your attention to the plight of children from North Korea living in China and children born to Chinese fathers and North Korean mothers living in China.

Despite the deteriorating relations between North and South Korea since early last year, the Gaeseong Industrial Complex remained largely unchanged.

Human Rights Watch submitted a written statement to the UN Human Rights Council for consideration in the Universal Periodic Review of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

"So, what do you think Secretary Clinton should tell Kim Jong-il if they ever have a chance to meet?" When I posed this question to a North Korean woman living in Seoul, she gave me an unexpected answer: "I would like her to tell him to allow North Korean women to wear pants and ride bicycles," she said.