[REUTERS/YONHAP] A UN General Assembly committee on Wednesday passed a resolution on North Korean human rights for the 20th consecutive year, calling for the UN system as a whole to continue to ...

For the first time in its history, the United Nations General Assembly held a high-level meeting addressing the human rights ...

Two women who fled North Korea have been telling the United Nations about the plight of people still living in the country ...

Whoever wins the South Korean presidential polls has the responsibility to speak up about their violations in North Korea ...

The neighbouring countries have long been embroiled in a war of information. But has there been a recent shift in who has the ...

Statement by Archie Young, UK Ambassador to the UN General Assembly, at the UN General Assembly meeting on Human Rights ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that an appointment process is taking place to find the "right" person to ...

Ahead of South Korea’s upcoming presidential election, set to be held on 3 June 2025, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the (…) ...

There are now more North Korean ... had called him "human scum" and accused him of crimes including embezzlement. The defectors offer a rare look into the highly secretive regime under leader Kim Jong ...

The adoption came as Seoul and Washington have stressed the importance of improvement in the ... on the human rights situation, including that of separated families, following the announcement of the ...