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This picture shows a North Korean guard in a watchtower on the border in the North Korean village of Hyesan as seen from Changbai in China's northeast Jilin province. (Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP) / To go with China-NKorea-politics, REPORTAGE (Photo by PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty Images)

The Growing Threat from North Korea

A decade after a major UN human rights report, abuses are escalating, and they are integrally connected to the country's nuclear program.
A worker sits at a sewing machine at a shoe factory in Pyongyang on June 12, 2018. Additional workers sit in rows behind her. They all wear pink uniforms.

Sanctions on North Korea are Counterproductive

Amidst increasing evidence that sanctions are having a negative impact on ordinary North Koreans, and could even strengthen the regime, a new approach to diplomacy with North Korea…
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un shakes hands with US President Donald Trump at the start of their historic US-North Korea summit, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore on June 12, 2018.

Why Trump Needs to Raise Human Rights with North Korea’s Kim

President Donald Trump and his administration have dramatically softened their diplomatic posture on North Korea’s human rights record. But human rights can and should be raised…

Sanctions, Human Rights and the Upcoming North Korea Nuclear Summit

With less than a month to go before the June 12th summit between President Donald Trump and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un, the Trump administration is grappling with whether…
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