Moving forward on the COI+10: Accountability avenues for international crimes
On Wednesday, February 21st, NK Watch attended the Moving foward on the COI+10: Accountability avenues for international crimes conference held by the Office of the
On Wednesday, February 21st, NK Watch attended the Moving foward on the COI+10: Accountability avenues for international crimes conference held by the Office of the
“The worst human rights blind spot, political prison camps” A political prison camp called a ‘special dictatorship target zone’ (total control zone) in North Korea.
Mobilizing medical students across the country to collect drugs? | The reality of drugs in North Korea North Korea’s main source of money is the
Rachel Stine, “NGO releases paper solidifying links between NK’s Kim family and crimes against humanity,” Korea Times, 2023. 08. 01. https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/01/103_356000.html Nonprofit organization NK Watch
On this coming Tuesday, July 25th, 2023, NK Watch (Myeongchul Ahn, Executive Director), a non-profit advocating for North Korean human rights, along with the NDI
The North Korean Democratic Youth Student Forum held the 2023 Seoul International Youth Conference for Advancing Children’s and Youth Human Rights of North Korea on
“I didn’t know a place like this existed” North Korean political prisoner camp where people are taken without knowing their crime. NK Watch Executive Director
“The North is still very much a world unknown to the South as well as to the international community,” Ahn Myeong Chul said in an
On June 28, 2022, Myeongchul Ahn delivered a gift to Thomas O’Hea Quintana, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on North Korean Human Rights, who was
On December 10, 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that “All human beings..
For the day when humans can live like human beings, we call for the dismantlement of political prison camps. NK Watch Executive Director Myeongchul Ahn
On September 28th, program director Kwanhyung Lee and Haein Nam, international manager of NK Watch, had a luncheon together.
On Monday, September 27th, NK Watch held an international conference regarding advocacy and accountability for human rights violations in North Korea. The venue was prepared
NK Watch Director, Myeongchul Ahn, gave the welcome address at Monday’s Conference on international advocacy to act to ensure accountability for north korea’s human rights
At Monday’s Conference on international advocacy to act to ensure accountability for North Korea’s human rights violations, the lawyers of the Geoffrey Nice Foundation –
NK Watch, an NGO specializing in investigating and documenting the harm of North Korean human rights violations, will hold an international conference, the Conference on international
“… a former prison guard at Hoeryong-Area prison in North Korea. He worked at four different camps and discussed with NBC News the atrocities he
The Quest for Justice: A Former Prison Guard from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea speaks out. Executive Director Ahn Myeongchul’s interviews with the Office
Ahn Myeongchul’s escape and the process of entering Korea changed in an instant.Ahn was a security guard at the 22nd Political Prison Camp (Total Control
On November 14, 2014, Executive Director Myeongchul attended “Brilliant Minds,” a convention for individuals with transformative ideas to make the world more sustainable, creative, and
On October 22, NK Watch has submitted 768 petitions gathered from 2013 to 2019 regarding human rights violations in North Korea, including concentration camps and
Myeongchul Ahn, Executive Director of NK Watch, has worked tirelessly to inform the international community of the reality of North Korea’s political prison camps and
On August 4, 2014, Executive Director Myeongchul Ahn interviewed at the George W. Bush Center. In an interview with the U.S. George W. Bush Center,
In 2014, Ahn Myeong Chul, North Korean former prison guard turned defector and human rights activist, addressed the 6th Annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights
NK Watch Program Director Kwanhyung Lee attended the Diplomatic Briefing on the Results of the Universal periodic Review (UPR) 3rd Cycle and DPRK at the
On October 13th, Executive Director Myeongchul Ahn attended the 17th Overseas Provincial Assembly (ASEAN, Europe) hosted by the Advisory Council on Democratic and Peaceful Unification,
Naomi Conrad, “North Koreans in Berlin,” DW, 2015.09.23 https://www.dw.com/en/in-berlin-north-korean-defectors-remember-their-past/a-18736209 “North Korea is one of the world’s most repressive, brutal regimes. But over the years, some
Recently, there have been reports of human rights violations for North Korean workers who have been sent overseas to earn foreign currency. NK Watch has
Andrew Salmon, “Former foes unite against Pyongyang’s rule,” Al Jazeera, 2015.01.06 https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2015/1/6/former-foes-unite-against-pyongyangs-rule “In a twist of fate, defected North Korean prison guard and former inmate
Lisa Schlein, “N. Korea Defectors Urge Switzerland to Freeze Leaders’ Funds,” Voice of America, 2014.11.17 https://www.voanews.com/a/north-korea-defectors-urge-switzerland-to-freeze-leadership-money/2523035.html “A group of 20 North Korean defectors urged Switzerland
High Dream’s 2nd Youth Reporter’s Ceremony and North Korea Human Rights Talk Concert This year’s theme: The Light of Hope That Brightens the Darkness The