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• North Korea to deport U.S. citizen detained since October for illegal entry

  North Korea will deport a U.S. citizen detained since October after he entered illegally from China and told his captors he was manipulated by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the North Korean state news agency reported on Friday.

  World

  Nov 16, 2018
  
• North Korea defector says prisoners fed to dogs, women forced to have abortions

  A North Korean defector spoke out about the horrors she experienced under the regime, tearfully explaining she was forced to have an abortion when she was three months pregnant.

  World

  Dec 12, 2017
  
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• Sanctions blocking cancer medication, wheelchairs from North Korea: UN rapporteur

  International sanctions against North Korea are harming ordinary civilians, according to the UN's special rapporteur on human rights in North Korea.

  World

  Oct 26, 2017
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• North Korean prisons: UN reports torture, starvation and execution

  There are an estimated 200,000 people, including children, imprisoned in North Korea, according to a report by the UN Commission of Inquiry’s on Human Rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

  World

  Aug 9, 2017
• Who is the Canadian pastor that was imprisoned in North Korea?

  Canadian citizen, Hyeon Soo Lim headed to North Korea in 2015 for a humanitarian mission. Months later he was imprisoned for trying overthrow Kim Jong Un’s authoritarian regime.

  Canada

  Aug 9, 2017