North Korea

US Government Reports

U.S. Department of State	Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999 Country Reports on Terrorism - 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 International Religious Freedom Report - 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 Trafficking in Persons Report - 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001
CIA	Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments The World Factbook - North Korea
U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)	Annual Reports - 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000 Organized Persecution: Documenting Religious Freedom Violations In North Korea – July 2021 Can Human Rights Advocacy Resolve the North Korea Nuclear Impasse? - July 2020
Library of Congress	Country Studies/Area Handbooks Program
Library of Congress-Congressional Research Service (CRS)	North Korea-Russia Relations: Current Developments - May 2024 U.S.-North Korea Relations - Mar. 2024, April 2023, Dec. 2022 North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons and Missile Programs - Dec. 2023. Jan. 2023, Dec. 2021 Nuclear Negotiations with North Korea - Dec. 2023 Congress and U.S. Policy on North Korean Human Rights and Refugees: Recent Legislation and Implementation - Oct. 2008

Foreign Government Reports

Non-Government Organization Reports

BBC	Timeline
Country Maps	University of Texas at Austin - Map Collection
Election Guide	Recent Elections
Freedom House	Freedom in the World - 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 Worst of the Worst: The World's Most Repressive Societies - 2012
Human Rights Watch	“A Sense of Terror Stronger than a Bullet” The Closing of North Korea 2018–2023 - Mar. 2024 “Worth Less Than an Animal” Abuses and Due Process Violations in Pretrial Detention in North Korea – Oct. 2020 A Matter of Survival: The North Korean Government’s Control of Food and the Risk of Hunger - May 2006 The Invisible Exodus: North Koreans in the People's Republic of China - November 2002
International Crisis Group	North Korean Succession and the Risks of Instability - July 2012
World Health Organization	Webpage

Country Profiles

Amnesty International	BBC
Freedom House -2023	Human Rights Watch - 2022/23

Updated June 17, 2024