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North Korea: New restrictive law on language issued while regime punishes access to foreign media, international calls
- Published at
- 17.05.2023
- Country
- North Korea
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- surveillance
- restrictive law
- censorship

North Korean authorities have used the pandemic to increase border security and further repress citizens
- Published at
- 08.12.2022
- Country
- North Korea
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- surveillance

North Korea cracks down on anti-socialist behaviour, detains critics of its COVID-19 policies
- Published at
- 12.07.2022
- Country
- North Korea
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- surveillance
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law

North Korean citizens punished severely for using mobile phones and watching foreign films
- Published at
- 07.03.2022
- Country
- North Korea
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law

Increasing crackdown on ‘anti-socialist behaviour’ in North Korea as new political prison camp built
- Published at
- 07.10.2021
- Country
- North Korea
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- torture/ill-treatment
- censorship
- surveillance
- restrictive law

Expansion of prison camps in North Korea as people suffer from COVID-19 restrictions
- Published at
- 25.05.2021
- Country
- North Korea
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- torture/ill-treatment
- labour rights

Serious abuses in North Korean camps documented by NGOs while radio broadcasts jammed
- Published at
- 18.01.2021
- Country
- North Korea
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- torture/ill-treatment
- labour rights
- censorship

UN condemns North Korea for denial of freedoms through ‘absolute monopoly on information’
- Published at
- 21.09.2020
- Country
- North Korea
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- surveillance
- harassment
- censorship
- women
- torture/ill-treatment

North Korea intensifies surveillance of its citizens to prevent defections amid the pandemic
- Published at
- 18.05.2020
- Country
- North Korea
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- surveillance
- torture/ill-treatment

North Korea develops new systems to increase surveillance and block outside information
- Published at
- 23.01.2020
- Country
- North Korea
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- surveillance

Sustained repression in North Korea with crackdown on international calls and foreign media content
- Published at
- 28.08.2019
- Country
- North Korea
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- surveillance