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A Human Rights Challenge in Access to Education in North Korea: Contradiction Between Laws and Reality

This two-part report, conducted by Daily NK and Unification Academy (UA) in partnership with NKnet, shows the systematic barriers and current discriminatory practices that exist in North Korea that limit access to education for all citizens. In addition, both reports reveal the intertwined nature of human rights issues that are embedded within the education system such as discrimination against children and women, forced labor, and songbun and social classification system 53.

Cart Without A Horse: North Korea, Human Rights, and Sustainable Development

The two should go hand-in-hand: sustainable development and human rights. But too often authoritarian regimes embrace development, while brushing aside human rights. Such is the case in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

Civil Society Spotlight Report 2021: A Human Rights-based Approach to the Sustainable Development Goals in North Korea

Executive Summary of NDI's CSO Spotlight Report 2021: A Human Rights-based Approach to the SDGs in the DPRK

NDI Remembers Former South Korean President Kim Young Sam

Citizen Participation and Technology: An NDI Study

The recent, rapid rise in the use of digital technology is changing relationships between citizens, organizations and public institutions, and expanding political participation. But while technology has the potential to amplify citizens’ voices, it must be accompanied by clear political goals and other factors to increase their clout.