North Korea’s prisons are ‘worse than Auschwitz’ claims war crimes judge who survived Nazi death camps as a child

A NAZI concentration camp survivor has said North Korea’s brutal political prisons are worse than Auschwitz. Thomas ...
Stars and Stripes

No ‘free life’ in North Korea, even for the elite, former diplomat says in Tokyo

A senior North Korean diplomat who defected two years ago painted a grim picture of life in the hermit kingdom as he ...
Human Rights Watch

China: No Letup in Forced Returns to North Korea

Chinese authorities since 2024 have forcibly returned at least 406 people to North Korea, where they are at grave risk of ...
Yahoo

Kim Seong-Min, defector whose radio broadcasts relayed foreign news to North Korea, dies at 63

FILE - North Korean defector Kim Seong-Min, then-the head of Free North Korea Radio, shouts slogans during a rally to improve human rights condition in North Korea, in Seoul, South Korea, on Nov. 14, ...
The Diplomat

Inside the Story of America’s Failure to Disarm North Korea

In this episode of the Diplomat’s Asia geopolitics podcast, hosts Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) and Katie Putz (@LadyPutz) welcome Joel Wit, a distinguished fellow at the Stimson Center, to the show to ...

North Korea’s ruling party turns 80 with foreign leaders in attendance

North Korea is celebrating the 80th anniversary of the ruling party and foreign dignitaries and leaders will be part of the ...