The ministry said it opposes any forced transfer of North Korean POWs to Russia or North Korea and has communicated this position to Ukrainian authorities.

A North Korean escapee told a Paris congress she first witnessed a public execution at age 9, highlighting Pyongyang's death penalty abuses.

North Korea, rattled by UN condemnation of its human rights record, urged the Security Council Wednesday to censure the United States for its use of “inhuman torture” methods. Reacting to the release ...

In North Korea today, a mother can be condemned to die in a prison camp because she dared to whisper a prayer over her sleeping toddler.