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December 15, 2020 News Release

South Korea: Promote Human Rights in North Korea

Coalition Urges President Moon to Take Stronger Stance on Abuses

December 5, 2020 News Release

South Korea: Scrap Bill Shielding North Korean Government

Law Would Block South Koreans from Sending Materials North

People watch a news program showing an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, right, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea on Friday, Sept. 25, 2020.

November 24, 2020 News Release

Asian Nations Reject UN Vote Against Death Penalty

11 Asia-Pacific Governments Oppose 120 States on Capital Punishment Moratorium

A view of the United Nations General Assembly, at UN headquarters, October 1, 2018.

October 28, 2020 Dispatches

North Korea’s Unlawful ‘Shoot on Sight’ Orders

Lethal Force at Border Needs to Comply with Human Rights Law

A North Korean flag flutters in the wind at a military guard post seen from the South Korean city of Paju, at the border with North Korea, May 3, 2020.

October 19, 2020 News Release

North Korea: Horrific Pretrial Detention System

Torture, Lack of Due Process, Arbitrary Punishment, Corruption Rampant

An overhead illustration of people in a crowded jail cell

August 21, 2020 Dispatches

Unprecedented Glimpse of Crisis in North Korea

Kim Jong Un Announces Rare Workers’ Party Congress

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during a plenary meeting of the Workers’ Party in Pyongyang, North Korea, August 19, 2020.

July 31, 2020 News Release

South Korea: Stop Intimidating North Korean Human Rights Groups

Political Crackdown with Targeted Reviews, Inspections Prompts Fears

Activist Park Sang-hak holds a leaflet depicting the death of Kim Jong Nam, half-brother to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, during a press conference in Seoul on July 6, 2020. © 2020 Photo by ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images

June 10, 2020 Dispatches

Shigeru Yokota, Tireless Fighter for Daughter Abducted, Dies

Leaders Should Renew Commitment to Addressing North Korea’s Rights Violations

An April, 2005 photo shows Shigeru Yokota and his wife Sakie at a meeting in Tokyo to demand North Korean abductees' return.

April 29, 2020 Dispatches

Mystery Surrounding Kim Jong Un Highlights North Korea’s Totalitarianism

Information Lockdown a Reminder of Continuing Abuses

March 9, 2020 Statement

Advancing Accountability in North Korea

Item 4 Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the DPRK

March 3, 2020 News Release

South Korea: Stand With North Korean Victims

Coalition Urges President Moon to Toughen Position on Human Rights

South Korean President Moon Jae In delivers a speech in Seoul on March 1, 2020, in a ceremony to mark the 101st anniversary of the founding of a Korean independence movement against Japanese colonial rule.

February 18, 2020 News Release

Japan: Stand Firm on Rights in North Korea

Abe Should Lead Efforts to Hold Pyongyang Accountable

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe enters into the prime minister's office in Tokyo on January 20, 2020. House of Councilors Plenary session starts on the same day.

February 17, 2020 Letter

Letter to Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan

Joint Open Letter on Japan’s Recent Disengagement in Addressing Human Rights Abuses in North Korea

January 14, 2020 News Release

North Korea: Systematic Repression

Totalitarianism Empowered with Absence of International Pressure

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sits in his vehicle after arriving at a railway station in Dong Dang, Vietnam, February 26, 2019.

December 17, 2019 News Release

South Korea: Stand Up for Human Rights

Don’t Disengage from Human Rights in North Korea

South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks during a joint press statement briefing at the First Mekong-Republic of Korea Summit in Busan, South Korea, Wednesday, November 27, 2019.

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