North Korea: Escalation in targeting of families of defectors by regime and mobile surveillance as the UN General Assembly convenes Published at 31.07.2025 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment censorship restrictive law Read more
North Korea: Regime maintains its control of society through bans on foreign media and cross-border communications, surveillance and repressive laws Published at 31.01.2025 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship surveillance restrictive law intimidation Read more
North Korea: Laws used to crack down on access to foreign media and mobile phones with harsh punishments Published at 26.09.2024 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: youth torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship surveillance Read more
North Korea: Thousands held in prison camps while authorities maintain control over speech and clothing Published at 07.05.2024 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: youth harassment torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship surveillance Read more
North Korea: Regime continues to use harsh measures to block communication and foreign content Published at 30.01.2024 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling internet restriction torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship surveillance Read more
North Korea: Citizens arrested and executed for watching foreign films as authorities wiretap communication and block defections Published at 12.09.2023 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship surveillance torture/ill-treatment restrictive law Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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: censorship surveillance torture/ill-treatment restrictive law Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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: harassment censorship women surveillance torture/ill-treatment Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
Ongoing crackdown on foreign media content and increased surveillance at the border Published at 10.04.2019 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship surveillance travel ban Read more
Residents protest failure to deliver on housing in Ryanggang Province Published at 10.12.2018 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship women surveillance protest Read more
Issue of 2.6 million modern day slaves should be raised as part of diplomatic talks, says NGO Published at 03.10.2018 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship torture/ill-treatment labour rights Read more
Despite diplomatic talks civic space remains closed in North Korea Published at 12.07.2018 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment censorship political interference bureaucratic restriction Read more
