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North Korea’s Execution State: When Law Becomes a Tool of Terror

This stark contrast symbolically demonstrates that the death penalty in North Korea continues to function as a political tool ...
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(LEAD) Lee vows to respect N. Korea's political system, won't pursue unification by absorption

SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung said Friday that he would respect North Korea's political system and will not pursue unification by absorption while pledging to take steps to ...
Human Rights Watch

Submission on North Korea’s Implementation of Recommendations from the Third and Fourth Cycles of the Universal Periodic Review for the Special Rapporteur’s Report

Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to assess the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) implementation of selected Universal Periodic Review (UPR) recommendations from the third (2019 ...
UPI

President Trump must not be persuaded by President Lee's views on 'respect' for the North Korean political system

Aug. 18 (UPI) --President Trump, as you sit down with President Lee Jae Myung on Aug. 25, you must not be swayed by his dangerously naive stance on "respect" for North Korea's political system. I say ...
UPI

The real threat on Korean Peninsula: Chinese, North Korean political warfare

July 30 (UPI) --Amid escalating tensions between conservatives and liberals in South Korea, and as the world fixates on North Korea's menacing nuclear arsenal, a more insidious threat is shaping the ...

U.N. panel adopts resolution condemning North Korea’s rights abuses

A U.N. committee adopted a resolution condemning North Korea's human rights violations, Seoul said Thursday, with 61 ...
Reuters

North Korea enslaving political prisoners to fund weapons programme - South Korea rights group

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has been enslaving political prisoners, including children, in coal production to boost exports and earn foreign currency as part of a system directly linked to its ...
Talking Points Memo

North Korea: Popularity Of ‘Fire And Fury’ Shows ‘Trump’s Political Demise’

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The Hill

North Korea says its latest missile tests demonstrate a new hypersonic system

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Thursday that its latest missile tests involved a new hypersonic system aimed at strengthening its nuclear war deterrent, as leader Kim Jong Un continues to ...
The National Interest

Russia May Have Given North Korea a Pantsir-S1 Air Defense System

Russia’s gift of the Pantsir-S1 to North Korea is a force multiplier for Pyongyang’s already massive air defense posture. Talk about the horrific gift that keeps on giving every year, all year round.
The New York Times

The Communist Warrior Stranded for Decades in an ‘American Colony’

Ahn Hak-sop was captured during the Korean War by the South and imprisoned for more than 40 years. Now 95, he wants to return to the North to die. Ahn Hak-sop was captured during the Korean War by the ...