North Korean defectors seek more UN monitoring of abuses
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters North Koreans defectors spoke at a UN event in Geneva on Friday to expose human rights violations in a country one of them described as “hell” and to advocate for a strengthened UN mandate to investigate and document them. The defectors came to the UN in Geneva where diplomats say the UN […]
Documentary: Pastor rescues North Korean defectors on foot in new documentary ‘Beyond Utopia’
KATHRYN POST, of Religion News Service, reports that the film features rare footage of the rescue missions led by Pastor Seungeun Kim and his ministry, Caleb Mission…
Up to 600 North Korean defectors deported by China “vanish” – rights group
Seoul, South KoreaReuters Up to 600 North Koreans have “vanished” after being forcibly deported by China in October, a Seoul-based human rights group said on Thursday, warning they may face imprisonment, torture, sexual violence and execution in the isolated state. The report by the Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG) came about two months after South […]
Closed off: North Korea spent the pandemic building a huge border wall
JOSH SMITH and SUDEV KIYADA, of Reuters, report…
Essay: Kim Jong-un’s decade in power – Starvation, repression and brutal rule – just like his father and grandfather
In an article first published on The Conversation, SUNG-YOON LEE, professor of Korean Studies at Tufts University in the US, looks at King Jong-un’s 10 years as North Korean leader…
Escapee’s “living hell” in North Korean prisons
World Watch Monitor North Korean guards on the Yalu River border with neighbouring China. PICTURE: World Watch Monitor. A North Korean Christian woman has revealed the horrors she experienced in ten different prisons before successfully fleeing the country. Hea Woo*, once one of an estimated 200,000 prisoners held captive in North Korea, described to Christian Today the […]
Assistant of pastor who helped North Korean defectors sentenced to 15 years in labour camp
World Watch Monitor New evidence has shed more light on the murder of a Korean-Chinese pastor who helped North Korean refugees as one of his deacons was sentenced to 15 years hard labour. Pastor Han Choong Yeol, well-known for helping North Korean defectors in his church in the border town of Chiangbai, was found dead on 30th […]
China urged not to repatriate North Korean defectors
BosNewsLife Christian rights activists have urged China not to forcibly repatriate ten North Korean defectors, including a four-year-old child, who were detained by police in Shenyang city. Their appeal came while US President Donald Trump issued a direct and personal warning to North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un, saying continued nuclear provocation could result in the […]