North Korea News News North Korea » Social: Delivering Social Justice for North Korean Refugees in South Korea: The Role of Civil Society and Opportunities for U.S.-South Korea Cooperation
Park Gil-sung is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute of Social Research at Korea University. Moon Chun-sang is former Program Officer at The Asia Foundation Korea office. The image of ...
News North Korea » Social: A North Korean spring: evaluating the likelihood of political change in the hermit kingdom
Dec. 31 (UPI) --Executive director's note: This paper is extracted from Mathew Ha's ongoing Ph.D. research. Abstract This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the overall social and political ...
News North Korea » Social: After Trump gave North Korea what it wants, a key senator accuses him of ‘appeasement’
Sen. Jack Reed condemned the curtailment of military exercises with South Korea as “another inane, haphazard decision” by the Republican administration.
News North Korea » Social: Korean unification and human rights: old, new challenges
April 16 (UPI) --Since its inception three decades ago, the North Korean human rights movement has been facing some familiar challenges. Human rights in North Korea are often outcompeted by political, ...
News North Korea » Social: North Korea’s Execution State: When Law Becomes a Tool of Terror
At the Fifth East Asian Forum for the Abolition of the Death Penalty in Tokyo, participants emphasized that abolishing capital punishment is crucial for protecting human dignity, calling it “state ...
News North Korea » Social: What is Happening to North Korea’s Jangmadang Free Markets?
For decades, the black market economy has been a lifeline for North Korean citizens. It enabled them to trade goods and services in ways that both ensured their survival while offering some a chance ...