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Our research report "Financing Oppression and Weapons Program: Russia-North Korea Joint Venture Through Military and Security Forces" has been cited twice in a new report by the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT). Released on September 16, the report on North Korea’s overseas labour program examines the continued deployment of North Korean workers abroad despite UN sanctions prohibiting the practice. 1️⃣ MSMT referred to our report’s identification of over 110 com

We're grateful to the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on North Korea for supporting our latest report. 📸 We sincerely thank Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP, Co-Chair of the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on North Korea, and Timothy Cho, Secretariat of the APPG on North Korea, for showing their support for our latest report, "Sailing Sanctions: Minerals from North Korea's Forced Labor Mines and Maritime Trade Expansion with China and Russia". 🤝 Their support builds on our ongoin

📢 New Report: “Sailing Sanctions” Minerals from North Korea’s Forced Labor Mines and Maritime Trade Expansion with China and Russia A year-long investigation by the Citizens’ Alliance for North Korean Human Rights (NKHR), supported by expert maritime analysis from Data Desk (UK) and combining vessel-tracking analysis of 47 ships, has found that sanctioned North Korean vessels are now making more foreign port calls than at any point since before the pandemic. Based on testimo

NKHR released a new investigative report exposing a Russia-based network funding North Korea’s weapons programs through modern forms of slavery - "Financing Oppression and Weapons Program: Russia-North Korea Joint Venture Through Military and Security Forces". ➡️ Deployed to Russia on student visas to bypass UN sanctions: North Koreans, including military personnel, sent as “students.” Over 100 North Korean companies deployed forced labor in Russia to earn foreign currency f

📢 The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on North Korea hosted a briefing titled "The North Korea-Russia-China Axis: Risks and Enablers" The event featured Joanna Hosaniak from Citizens’ Alliance for North Korean Human Rights (NKHR), who shared findings from 9 years of investigations by NKHR into the roles of China and Russia in enabling grave human rights abuses in North Korea. This includes their involvement in modern slavery and direct partnerships with North Korean sec

The 2025 NKHR Annual Report is here! 📢 Explore our latest milestones in campaigns, education, and support activities for North Korean human rights. Check out how we made an impact this past year! 🌏✨ Click this Link: https://en.nkhr.or.kr/?act=board&bbs_code=report&bbs_mode=view&bbs_seq=3515