(Seoul) – Chinese authorities since 2024 have forcibly returned at least 406 people to North Korea, where they are at grave risk of persecution and ill-treatment, Human Rights Watch said today. The ...

Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to assess the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) implementation of selected Universal Periodic Review (UPR) recommendations from the third (2019 ...

More than 100 South Korean women forced to work as prostitutes for US soldiers stationed in the country have filed a landmark lawsuit accusing Washington of abuse, their lawyers said Tuesday.

The National Human Rights Commission announced a probe into the high-profile case last month, after the top UN human rights official on North Korea met some of the women and urged an investigation.

Oct. 1 (UPI) --North Korea remains one of the world's most repressive regimes, systematically violating the rights of its 26 million people. For decades, U.S. and allied policy has focused primarily ...

Korea Future, an NGO, detailed the experiences of detainees, including one forced to abort her child when she was at least seven months pregnant.

Oct. 27 (UPI) --At a time when authoritarian regimes are advancing, democracies are wavering and human rights are increasingly treated as optional rather than essential, one small organization ...

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SEOUL — It’s a worldwide shift that has taken political scientists and sociologists by surprise: the growing ideological divide between young men and women. In the recent U.S. presidential election, ...

July 29 (Reuters) - Defending champions China have been drawn to face North Korea, Bangladesh and Uzbekistan in the group phase of the 2026 Women's Asian Cup with hosts Australia opening the ...