Democratic People's Republic of Korea

• Abduction 6
• Arbitrary arrest and detention 6
• Armed attacks on camps 2
• Armed forces / Military 10
• Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 21
• Border conflict 2
• Buddhist 5
• Ceasefire 9
• Child soldiers 2
• Children's rights 2
• Children-at-risk 4
• Christian 15
• Civil war 5
• Combatants / Former combatants 2
• Communal conflict / Social conflict 9
• Conflict resolution 1
• Conflict situation 1
• Corruption 4
• Country of origin information (COI) 3
• Coup d'état 1
• Crimean Tatars 2
• Crimes against humanity 2
• Death penalty 14
• Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 5
• Elections 28
• Extrajudicial executions 2
• Forced labour 2
• Forced marriage 2
• Forced relocation 1
• Foreign occupation 3
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 2
• Freedom of assembly and association 8
• Freedom of expression 13
• Freedom of information 8
• Freedom of religion 4
• Freedom of speech 5
• Good governance 2
• Honour killings 1
• Human rights activists 3
• Human rights and fundamental freedoms 2
• Humanitarian assistance 4
• Internal armed conflict 16
• Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 1
• International courts and tribunals 2
• International criminal law 2
• Jehovah's Witness 1
• Kachin 1
• Kurd 7
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 11
• Migrants 4
• Military operations 14
• Muslim 23
• One-child policy / Family planning 2
• Opposition 7
• Palestinian 9
• Peace agreements 9
• Peace process 4
• Peacekeeping 10
• Persecution based on political opinion 10
• Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 9
• Police 4
• Political parties 5
• Political situation 24
• Polygamy 2
• Protection of civilian persons in time of war 4
• Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 12
• Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 1
• Reconciliation 2
• Referendum 4
• Refugee / Asylum law 1
• Refugee camps 2
• Refugees 5
• Religious discrimination 2
• Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 3
• Right to self-determination 1
• Rohingya (Arakanese) 2
• Roma 1
• Safe country of origin 2
• Salafi 2
• Sanctions 1
• Security forces 7
• Security situation 37
• Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 5
• Shia 8
• State of emergency 2
• Sunni 2
• Tamil 1
• Tatars 2
• Terrorism 26
• Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 2
• Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 2
• Uighur 11
• Voluntary repatriation 2
• War crimes 2
• Women's rights 2
• Yazīdī 2

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• Amnesty International - North Korea
• Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC)
• Committee for Human Rights in North Korea
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Democratic People's Republic of Korea
• Human Rights Watch (HRW) - North Korea
• International Committee of the Red Cross - The ICRC regional delegation in Beijing
• International Crisis Group (ICG) - North Korea
• Life Funds for North Korean Refugees
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - Democratic People's Republic of Korea
• Radio Free Asia (RFA) - Korea
• ReliefWeb - Democratic People's Republic of Korea (the)
• UNHCR - Democratic People's Republic of Korea
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
• United States Department of State - North Korea
• United States Department of State: Congressional Research Service Reports (CRS) and Issue Briefs
• World Food Programme (WFP) - Korea, Democratic People's Republic (DPRK)
• World Health Organization (WHO) - Democratic People's Republic of Korea