North Korean human rights abuses
At a Glance
22-02-2018
In February 2018, the world was exposed to cheerful images of Kim Jong-un's sister, Kim Yo-jong, smiling and shaking hands with the South Korean president Moon Jae-in, and of North and South Koreans marching together under the same flag, while an all-female squad of cheerleaders dressed in red occasionally upstaged the athletes at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. Against this charm offensive, a few dozen kilometres north, far from the spotlight, up to 120 000 political prisoners continued experiencing atrocities in inhumane political prison camps, known as kwanliso.
At a Glance
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- Asia and Oceania
- China
- concentration camp
- dictatorship
- economic geography
- EMPLOYMENT AND WORKING CONDITIONS
- GEOGRAPHY
- human rights
- international affairs
- international negotiations
- INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- international sanctions
- Japan
- LAW
- North Korea
- organisation of work and working conditions
- political framework
- POLITICS
- politics and public safety
- rights and freedoms
- UN Human Rights Council
- United Nations
- working conditions