Increasingly over the years, North Korean defectors have cited South Korean television dramas (K-dramas for short) as an impetus for their escape from the Hermit Kingdom. The experiences of ordinary people depicted in K-dramas – romantic, uninhibited, exciting, indulgent – sow the seeds of doubt in North Koreans’ minds. Is it possible that the Great Comrade Kim […]
Last week, we shared with you the reality of life as a woman in North Korea. Daily routines rarely vary, and weeks blend into months and years. At the crack of dawn, mothers scrounge up what little resources they have – grain, herbs, cornmeal, and tofu dregs – to concoct a porridge breakfast that can barely sustain their lives and the
Exploited and Surveilled: North Korean Refugee Women in China Read More »
This August, we submitted our annual written contributions on the human rights experiences of North Korean women – in their home country, in China as migrants, and in South Korea as hopeful compatriots. And, like in previous years, we had little progress to report on; in fact, in some respects there has been a regression
WASHINGTON, D.C.,22 August 2026 | On occasion of the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief, 22nd August 2026, over 30 members of the International Religious Freedom Roundtable (IRF RT) in DC, the Religious Liberty Partnership and several key actors in the religious freedom space have signed onto a letter to the Ambassador
Justice for Deborah Read More »
This is the final installment of our reporting on our new publication, Stolen Girls, which seeks to document patterns of forced conversion, abduction, child marriage, and sexual violence affecting minority girls in Pakistan, and to highlight the legal gaps and institutional failures that allow these abuses to continue. You can click the links to view
Stolen Girls Part 5: Pakistan’s Shameful Track Record Read More »
This is the fourth installment of our reporting on our new publication, Stolen Girls, which seeks to document patterns of forced conversion, abduction, child marriage, and sexual violence affecting minority girls in Pakistan, and to highlight the legal gaps and institutional failures that allow these abuses to continue. You can click the links to view
Stolen Girls Part 4: Musarrat and Sataish versus a Broken Justice System Read More »
This is the third installment of our reporting on our new publication, Stolen Girls, which seeks to document patterns of forced conversion, abduction, child marriage, and sexual violence affecting minority girls in Pakistan, and to highlight the legal gaps and institutional failures that allow these abuses to continue. You can click the links to view
Stolen Girls Part 3: Mixed Signals Read More »
