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| Activist Groups Petition UN to Investigate North Korea Prison Camps |
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| Date : April 4, 2012 |
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| "Human-rights groups are petitioning the United Nations to investigate suspected prison camps in North Korea. Activists say thousands of North Koreans have died from starvation and forced labor in the gulag-like facilities."Source: Voice of America |
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| UN Urged to Investigate Prison Camps in North Korea |
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| Date : April 5, 2012 |
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| "An international organization of more than 40 human rights groups around the world on Tuesday urged the U.N. Human Rights Council to address the issue of North Korean prison camps.The International Coalition to Stop Crimes against Humanity in North Korea, or ICNK, submitted a petition to call on the U.N. to carry out an investigation and report on the gulags."Source: The Korea Herald |
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| Human Rights Groups Call on UN over N. Korea Gulag |
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| Date : April 5, 2012 |
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| "In a press conference Tuesday, [the ICNK] called on the UN to carry out a special investigation of North Korean gulags and said it submitted a petition to the UN Human Rights Council."Source: The Chosun Ilbo |
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| North Korea’s dehumanizing treatment of its citizens is hiding in plain sight |
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| Date : April 4, 2012 |
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| With President Obama in Korea this week, we will hear a lot about the dangers of North Korea’s nuclear aspirations.
We’re unlikely to be hear about a young man named Shin Dong-hyuk, who was bred, like a farm animal, inside a North Korean prison camp after guards ordered his prisoner-parents to mate. But Shin arguably has as much to teach about Korea’s past and future as about the cycle of negotiation, bluster and broken promises over the nuclear issue.
Source: The Washington Post |
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| China Arrests Ten Defectors, Guide |
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| Date : March 23, 2012 |
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| "Chinese authorities have arrested 10 North Korean defectors and their guide, sparking fears that they could face persecution and even execution back home if repatriated, according to a source who assists refugees in China."
Source: Radio Free Asia |
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| China returns 31 N. Korean refugees: Seoul activists |
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| Date : March 9, 2012 |
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| "China has repatriated all 31 North Korean refugees it arrested last month despite international pressure against the move, activists said Friday, warning they could face severe punishment."
Source: Agence France-Presse |
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| Progressives show support for N.K. defectors |
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| Date : March 7, 2012 |
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| "The country’s progressive academics, often seen as reluctant to criticize the North Korean regime and its ally China, appear to be joining the cause to stop China from repatriating North Korean defectors."
Source: The Korea Herald |
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| China to Repatriate 'Hundreds' of N.Koreans |
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| Date : February 28, 2012 |
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| "Hundreds of North Korean defectors were awaiting repatriation as of last Friday after being arrested in various parts of China, rights activists say."
Source: The Chosun Ilbo |
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| One-time defectors say repatriation could be fatal |
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| Date : February 27, 2012 |
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| "As pressure rises over the repatriation of North Korean defectors in China, others who have previously crossed the border into the South told the Korea JoongAng Daily that the defectors stand a high chance of being killed if they are sent back."
Source: Korea JoongAng Daily |
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| 9 N. Korean defectors repatriated to their homeland |
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| Date : February 24, 2012 |
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| Nine North Korean defectors who were detained in China were repatriated to their homeland over the weekend as South Korea ratcheted up pressure on China not to send North Korean defectors to their communist country, informed sources said Thursday.
Source: The Korea Herald |
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| China set to repatriate 33 North Korean defectors |
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| Date : February 15, 2012 |
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| Thirty-tree North Korean defectors have been caught by the Chinese Public Security Ministry and reportedly face repatriation.
This is the first time that such defectors have been arrested en masse in China after Pyongyang openly threatened to kill three generations of the family of a defector following the inauguration of new leader Kim Jong Un.
Source: The Dong-A Ilbo |
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| N. Korean Dynasty's Authority Challenged |
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| Date : February 14, 2012 |
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| Major structures built to promote the personality cult of North Korea's Kim dynasty have been damaged as isolated pockets of resistance begin to grow, according to reports. A statue of Kim Jong-suk, former leader Kim Jong-il's mother, in Hoeryong, North Hamgyong Province was damaged in October and a monument in Pyongyang was destroyed in April last year.
Source: The Chosun Ilbo |
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| The Long Search of Oh Kil Nam |
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| Date : February 1, 2012 |
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| The Belgian newspaper La Libre chronicles Dr. Oh Kil Nam's long search for his wife and daughters, who have been imprisoned in North Korea since 1986.
Source: La Libre Belgique
Language: French |
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