TOKYO -- A Japanese court on Monday held North Korea responsible for the human rights violations of four plaintiffs lured to the North by Pyongyang's postwar false promise of living in "paradise on Earth," ordering its government to pay them $143,000 each ...

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Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to assess the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) implementation of selected Universal Periodic Review (UPR) recommendations from the third (2019) and fourth (2025) cycles. Drawing on research from ...

At the Fifth East Asian Forum for the Abolition of the Death Penalty in Tokyo, participants emphasized that abolishing capital punishment is crucial for protecting human dignity, calling it “state violence masked as justice.” However, around the same ...

Explore North Korea's command economy, its challenges, and its China ties. Uncover insights into this secretive economic structure.

South Korea’s ousted leader, Yoon Suk Yeol, was accused of trying to stoke military tensions to justify his short-lived martial law last December. By Choe Sang-Hun Reporting from Seoul A South Korean special counsel on Monday charged the ousted president ...

North Korea opened its ruling party congress in a mood of increased confidence, with national priorities on the agenda, including nuclear ambitions and economic planning. The event, held every five years,

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un cited a new era of "upsurge" in national development as he reported works by the North's ruling party on the third day of its ninth congress, state media reported Sunday.