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Archive for June 20th, 2019

North Korea’s Long-term Re-education through Labor Camp (Kyo-hwa-so) No. 4 at Kangdong

This report is part of efforts to monitor North Korean political prison camps by satellite imagery and former prisoner interviews.

North Korea’s Long-term Re-education through Labor Camp (Kyo-hwa-so) at Pokchŏng-ni

This report is part of efforts to monitor North Korean political prison camps by satellite imagery and former prisoner interviews.

Denied from the Start: Human Rights at the Local Level in North Korea

This report describes North Korea’s human rights denial through the incorporation of regime-centered ideology into local institutions.

Universal Periodic Review of the DPRK (May 2019) HRNK Submission

This report reviews North Korea’s system of political imprisonment, restrictions on movement, and social and political discrimination.

An Investigation into the Human Rights Situation in North Korea’s Political Prison Camps: Testimonies of Detainee Families

This report investigates the situation in North Korea’s political prison camps based on testimony from family members of those detained.

From Cradle to Grave: The Path of North Korean Innocents

This report explains North Korea’s ideological controls and how North Koreans are detained inside political prison camps.

The Parallel Gulag: North Korea’s “An-jeon-bu” Prison Camps

This report describes a parallel system of labor re-education camps in North Korea, where detainees are also subject to human rights abuses.

North Korea Camp No. 25 Update 2

This report is part of a joint undertaking to use satellite imagery to understand human suffering in North Korea’s political prison camps.

Gulag, Inc.: The Use of Forced Labor in North Korea’s Export Industries

This report examines North Korea’s forced and slave labor practices in mining, highlighting the exploitation of marginalized social groups.

Pyongyang Republic: North Korea’s Capital of Human Rights Denial

This report explains how North Korean politics contribute to a connection between a “Pyongyang Republic” and human rights denial.

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