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North Korea human rights
![Don’t Forget: North Korea Is a Country, Too Don’t Forget: North Korea Is a Country, Too](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-08-18_13-47-30.jpg)
Don’t Forget: North Korea Is a Country, Too
By Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein
North Korea is more than its negotiators and official statements on the state news agency.
![What Do North Korean Defectors Think of the Recent Peninsula Diplomacy? What Do North Korean Defectors Think of the Recent Peninsula Diplomacy?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-north-korea-2662076_1280.jpg)
What Do North Korean Defectors Think of the Recent Peninsula Diplomacy?
By Clint Work
Getting a sense of what an under-represented constituency might think of the North Korean overtures.
![North Korea Human Rights, 4 Years After the UN Inquiry North Korea Human Rights, 4 Years After the UN Inquiry](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-1026126623_7ff5b30b99_z.jpg)
North Korea Human Rights, 4 Years After the UN Inquiry
By Benedict Rogers
In the past decade, the people of North Korea have changed, but the nature of the regime certainly hasn’t.
![The Strongest Weapon Against Kim Jong-un: 'Nose Cards' The Strongest Weapon Against Kim Jong-un: 'Nose Cards'](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-03-16_19-23-44.jpg)
The Strongest Weapon Against Kim Jong-un: 'Nose Cards'
By Jongkyun Mok and Hwan Kang
Former North Korean diplomat Thae Yong-ho reveals how outside cultural influence works against the Kim regime.
![The Case for Restoring Australia-North Korea Relations The Case for Restoring Australia-North Korea Relations](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-1026976538_17e1b0044d_b.jpg)
The Case for Restoring Australia-North Korea Relations
By Tom Corben
Growing military tensions and an ambitious human rights agenda require a cost-benefit recalibration from Canberra.
![Should North and South Korea Co-Host the 2018 Winter Olympics? Should North and South Korea Co-Host the 2018 Winter Olympics?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-rtx16j46.jpg)
Should North and South Korea Co-Host the 2018 Winter Olympics?
By Troy Stangarone
What to make of South Korea's idea to shift some Olympic events to North Korea's Masikryong ski resort?
![Kim Jong-nam's Assassination Is a Wake-Up Call to the World Kim Jong-nam's Assassination Is a Wake-Up Call to the World](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-12-23_14-58-22.jpg)
Kim Jong-nam's Assassination Is a Wake-Up Call to the World
By Jose Ramos-Horta and Benedict Rogers
"The North Korean regime is not simply a pariah to be ridiculed, but a dangerous threat to the world."
![North Korea: A Modern-Day Slave State North Korea: A Modern-Day Slave State](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-08-18_13-47-30.jpg)
North Korea: A Modern-Day Slave State
By Lee Min-yong
Kim Jong-un's tyranny has led to untold abuses against North Koreans. It's time for the world to hold him to account.
![Former North Korea Diplomat Begins New Life as Regime Critic Former North Korea Diplomat Begins New Life as Regime Critic](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-12-23_14-58-22.jpg)
Former North Korea Diplomat Begins New Life as Regime Critic
By John Power
Thae Yong-ho, once one of North Korea's highest-ranking diplomats, pledges to devote his life to reunification.
![How to Really Bring Change to North Korea, My Home Country How to Really Bring Change to North Korea, My Home Country](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-12-16_21-25-59.jpg)
How to Really Bring Change to North Korea, My Home Country
By Seongmin Lee
Sanctions don't scare Kim Jong-un. The thought of his own people, educated and awakened, does.
![UN Again Takes Up North Korea's Human Rights Abuses UN Again Takes Up North Korea's Human Rights Abuses](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-10-08_16-21-16.jpg)
UN Again Takes Up North Korea's Human Rights Abuses
By Cholpon Orozobekova
North Korea's human rights situation is highlighted at the UN Security Council and in a recent UN report.
![North Korea's Prison Camps Continue to Cast Dark Shadow North Korea's Prison Camps Continue to Cast Dark Shadow](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-09-06_22-58-17.jpg)
North Korea's Prison Camps Continue to Cast Dark Shadow
By John Power
North Korea's notorious prison camps remain a "cornerstone" of state control, according to a new report.