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Ambassador Robert King is currently a Non-Resident Fellow at the Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI) and a Senior Advisor to the Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Prior to joining KEI, he was the Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights Issues following confirmation by the United States Senate in November 2009. Ambassador King worked as the leading U.S. official on human rights and humanitarian affairs for North Korea. Prior to his appointment, he worked on Capitol Hill for 25 years. He was concurrently Staff Director of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U. S. House of Representatives (2007-2008), Democratic Staff Director of the Committee (2001-2007), and had held various professional staff positions on the Committee since 1993. He has authored five books and more than 40 articles on international relations. Ambassador King holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
You’ve probably heard the Korean War referred to as an unfinished conflict – but that’s not just a reference to the frozen war on the Peninsula. The sudden outbreak of…
Should the international community suspend advocacy for human rights in favor of cooperation with odious regimes to fight the COVID-19 pandemic? This appears upon first glance like a trade-off, but…
The UN Human Rights Council continued its scrutiny of North Korea this month, with UN Special Rapporteur Elizabeth Salmón presenting a sobering assessment. She noted that over the past decade, the human rights situation in North Korea showed no improvement and, in many instances, “had degraded.” Salmón detailed the expansion of border fences, stricter restrictions…
The Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), North Korea’s only political party and the ruling party, held its Ninth Party Congress in Pyongyang on February 19–23, 2026. The congress, held every five years for the past several decades, establishes the country’s direction and policy focus for the next five years. This year’s party congress established the…
The number of North Korean refugees reaching South Korea in 2025 held steady at 224, roughly the same as the prior two years. But those who made it are increasingly satisfied with their decision, a shift that matters because it suggests North Koreans are successfully integrating into South Korean society despite significant barriers. A new…
For the twentieth year in a row, the UN General Assembly condemned North Korea’s human rights violations and did so at a moment when changing governments in the United States and South Korea raised real questions about whether the streak would hold. Instead, the vote underscored how deeply rooted global concern over Pyongyang’s abuses has…
