Activists, officials and defectors highlighted human rights violations in North Korea at a high-level meeting of the United ...

Lee Jae-myung was a child laborer with an arm deformity. He attempted suicide. He later made his way through university and ...

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

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

We have been working on human rights issues in the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) for more than 30 years. To ensure that human rights ...

Curiously, human rights issues are often subsumed under the broader category of “North Korea problems” in South Korean debates, often framed in terms of national security, ideological rivalry, or ...

SEOUL, South Korea — (AP) — South Korea's liberal opposition candidate Lee Jae-myung was elected president early Wednesday, a ...

SEOUL, South Korea — (AP) — Lee Jae-myung, who rose from childhood poverty to become South Korea's leading liberal politician ...

Song Sang-hyun said "the time is right" for Ukraine to file a complaint over North Korea's military assistance to Russia.

North Korean escapees, activists and supporters made an emphatic call for global action to enhance the human rights situation ...

SEOUL – The United States imposed new sanctions on three top North Korean officials – including Kim Jong Un’s right-hand man – over the country’s continuing human rights abuses ...