UN Human Rights Council appoints Peruvian scholar as Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea.
Despite these regular reports in North Korean state media about its COVID outbreak, Pyongyang has shown little interest in international aid.
The mass mobilization of medical personnel suggests Pyongyang is deeply concerned about the outbreak but it may not be able to easily access outside help.
The United Nations has begun the process of selecting a new Special Rapporteur to focus on the situation of human rights in North Korea.
There is a long tradition of considering North Korean leaders’ public appearances as a potential source of information on the regime’s priorities.
Will the food price shock unleashed by the war in Ukraine find its way into the North Korean economy?
Pyongyang using chemical weapons during a war is something that experts say is a very real possibility.
In North Korea’s world view, 200,000 Russian troops invading Ukraine and Russian missiles raining down on its cities is the fault of the United States.
The general lesson that North Korea may be learning from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is that the international system is not reasonable but barbarous.
No matter the immediate posture of North and South Korea, the Ukraine crisis has already informed new security realities on the Korean Peninsula.