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

South Korea's New Reform Party responded to a Human Rights Watch questionnaire on key human rights issues facing the South Korean people, Human Rights ...

Speaking out to break the information barrier inside the North Korean dictatorship is in itself nothing new, and usually quickly forgotten. North Korean exiles, friendly governments, and humanitarian ...

Demographic pressure is fueling a demand for trafficked brides and sex workers, both from within China and from abroad.

Lee Jae-myung, the liberal South Korean politician favoured to become the country's next leader, has overcome a knife attack, ...

SEOUL, May 23 (Yonhap) -- The following is a summary of external news on North Korea this week. ------------ (2nd LD) Seoul says USFK reduction is matter requiring bilateral consultation ...

North Korea has detained three shipyard officials over an accident during the launch of a new warship on Wednesday, state ...

North Korea has strongly criticized a recent high-level UN General Assembly meeting on the country’s human rights situation, calling it a case of “politically motivated provocation.”A ...

North Korea on Friday decried a recent high-level U.N. Assembly meeting on the country's human rights situation as a ...

South Koreans are turning out in record numbers for early voting today in the country’s snap presidential election set to take place on 3 June. The election comes in the aftermath of the worst ...

In his only interview on the campaign trail, the presidential frontrunner talks Trump, North Korea, and leading a fractured nation through mounting economic and geopolitical challenges.