» by GI Korea May 16th, 2012 at 3:28 am » Comments (2)

It looks like the Chinese are continuing with their crackdown on groups assisting North Korean refugees within China: South Korea's foreign ministry says China has been holding four of its citizens ...more »

» by GI Korea May 14th, 2012 at 3:24 am » Comments (8)

Long time Korea correspondent Donald Kirk has a good article published in the Christian Science Monitor that continues to highlight the often ignored human rights abuses going on in North ...more »

» by GI Korea May 3rd, 2012 at 5:52 pm » Comments (2)

Over at One Free Korea he has some good commentary about what should happen in regards to the Chen Guangcheng disgrace: My sense is that it’s too early to be certain, ...more »

» by GI Korea December 6th, 2011 at 9:17 am » Comments (0)

Here is information via One Free Korea of protests planned in 5 countries against the ongoing massive human rights violations in North Korea: This is an international call to protest on ...more »

» by GI Korea October 20th, 2011 at 5:32 pm » Comments (30)

What a lot of people don't realize is that the North Korean regime is economically dependent on the slave labor provided by their concentration camps especially for natural resource extraction:  Up ...more »

» by GI Korea September 8th, 2011 at 10:06 pm » Comments (1)

A recent North Korea related documentary I watched on my Netflix que was Kimjongilia.  If you are wondering where the title of the movie comes from, it is named after ...more »

» by GI Korea May 5th, 2011 at 6:20 pm » Comments (3)

Via One Free Korea comes an opportunity for those that want to learn more or get involved in North Korean human rights causes: For those interested you can read more over ...more »

» by GI Korea May 4th, 2011 at 6:48 pm » Comments (2)

Amnesty International was recently able to take some time off of their advocating for the return of Bradley Manning's blanket to issue are report about the hundreds of thousands of ...more »

» by GI Korea April 30th, 2011 at 9:07 am » Comments (7)

Via a reader tip comes this video posted on YouTube recently of South Koreans protesting against the Kim Jong-il regime: Hundreds of North Korean defectors and civic group members gathered at ...more »

» by GI Korea April 26th, 2011 at 6:54 pm » Comments (26)

Here is a story of a Korean-Australian hoping to increase awareness of North Korean human rights abuses: Artists often use their work to call attention to various causes, whether personal or ...more »