Prisons in North Korea (often referred to by Western media and critics as "North Korean gulags") have conditions that are unsanitary, life-threatening...

are widespread in political prisons in North Korea. Unverified testimonies describe secret and public executions in North Korean prisons by firing squad...

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The human rights record of North Korea is widely considered to be among the worst in the world and has been globally condemned, with the United Nations...

Brief has limited info on North Korea. See info about detainees, and alleged detainees, at Prisons in North Korea. World Prison Brief has limited info on...

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North Korea ranks among some of the most extreme censorship in the world, with the government able to take strict control over communications. North Korea...

demographics of North Korea are determined through national censuses and international estimates. The Central Bureau of Statistics of North Korea conducted...

Racism in North Korea is a phenomenon that is relatively poorly understood.[citation needed] The North Korean media and government's usage of Korean ethnic...

people in North Korea may face social challenges due to their sexuality or gender identity. However, homosexuality is not illegal. Other LGBT rights in the...

North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula...

Prostitution in North Korea is illegal and is not visible to visitors. Accounts given by some North Korean defectors say that a collection of women called...

Haengyong concentration camp) was a death camp in North Korea that was reported to have been closed in 2012. The official name was Kwalliso (penal labour...

Freedom of religion in North Korea (DPRK) is officially a right in North Korea. In 2022, the UN secretary-general reported that the country's "right to...

Supreme Leader. In addition to its internal security duties, it is involved in the operation of North Korea's concentration camps, prisons and various other...

Kwalliso (Korean: 관리소) or kwan-li-so is the term for political penal labor and rehabilitation colonies in North Korea. They constitute one of three forms...

defect from North Korea for political, material, and personal reasons. Defectors flee to various countries, mainly South Korea. In South Korea, they are...

The mass media in North Korea is amongst the most strictly controlled in the world. The constitution nominally provides for freedom of speech and the...

pregnant in China and were forcibly repatriated to North Korea. As early as 2002, there were reports of forced abortions and infanticide in prisons. Victims...

experimentation in North Korea has been described by several North Korean defectors, including former prisoner Lee Soon-ok, former prison guards Kwon Hyok...

There are no known official statistics of religions in North Korea. Officially, North Korea is an atheist state, although its constitution guarantees...

single nation that was annexed by Japan in 1910, the Korean Peninsula has been divided into North Korea and South Korea since the end of World War II on 2...

political prisoners who defected to South Korea by Shimizu, depicts a family held captive in a prisons in North Korea in English. Produced over 10 years, spented...

an embassy in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang and a consulate general in Chongjin. The embassy of North Korea in China is located in Beijing's Chaoyang...

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the most famous North Korean defectors in the world". She fled from North Korea to China in 2007 at age 13 before moving to South Korea, then to the United...

camps, while criminal offenders are incarcerated in correctional facilities and prisons. North Korean attorneys must join the Choson Bar Association. The...

concentration camp (/ˈjoʊdʌk, -dɒk, -doʊk/; Korean pronunciation: [jo.dʌ̹k̚]) was a kwalliso in North Korea. The official name was Kwan-li-so (penal labour...

South Koreans were taken to North Korea during the Korean War. In addition, South Korean statistics claim that, since the Korean Armistice Agreement in 1953...