Reading Material
Books
- The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag by Kang Chol-Hwan, Pierre Rigoulot, and Yair Reiner
- The Great North Korean Famine by Andrew S. Natsios
- The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Understanding North Korea (The Complete Idiot’s Guide) by Dr. C. Kenneth Quinones and Joseph Tragert (Paperback - Feb 3, 2004)
- Famine in North Korea: Markets, Aid, and Reform by Stephan Haggard and Marcus Noland
- In the Absence of Sun: A Korean American Woman’s Promise to Reunite Three Lost Generations of Her Family by Helie Lee
Websites
- Liberty in North Korea Official Site
- US Committee for Human Rights in North Korea
- Citizen’s Alliance for North Korean Human Rights
- Democracy Network Against NK Gulags
- NK Net
- NK Freedom Coalition
Background on North Korea
- US CIA The World Factbook – North Korea 2004
- US State Department Bureau of Consular Affairs Consular Information Sheet (8/11/04)
- US State Department Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs Background Note (8/04)
- General Laws
- Library of Congress Area Handbook 1993
- UNHCHR: Concluding Observations of the Human Rights Committee (8/27/01)
- UNHCHR: Second periodic report of the DPRK on its implementation of the International Convenant on Civil and Political Rights (4/5/00)
- UNHCHR: Situation of human rights in the DPRK 1998
- UNHCHR: Situation of human rights in the DPRK 1997
- UNHCHR: Decisions adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (10/31/95)
Human Rights Reports:
- The North Korean Refugee Crisis: Human Rights and International Response, eds. Stephen Haggard and Marcus Noland (12/7/06)
- HRNK: Failure to Protect (10/30/06)
- ICG: Perilous Journeys (10/26/06)
- North Korean Civil-Military Trends, prepared by Ken E. Gause (10/4/06)
- Human Rights Watch: A Matter of Survival (5/06) (10/4/06)
- “Thank you, Father Kim Il Sung” prepared by David Hawk (11/15/05)
- HRNK: Hunger and Human Rights, Stephen Haggard and Marcus Noland (2005)
- Starved of Rights: Human Rights and the Food Crisis in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (1/17/04)
- Refugees International-Trafficking of North Korean Women in China (7/28/03)
- Human Rights Watch-The Invisible Exodus: North Koreans in the People's Republic of China (11/02)
- The Hidden Gulag: Exposing North Korea’s Prison Camps, David Hawk (10/22/03)
US Government Reports and Statements:
- State Department Annual Report on Activities of the Special Envoy (7/06)
- USAID Report on Assistance Provided Inside North Korea (4/06)
- State Department response to 2/21/06 Member Letter (3/06)
- State Department Fact Sheet: FAQ on Refugee Aspects of NKHRA (3/06)
- USAID Report on Humanitarian Assistance to North Koreans (4/05)
- USAID Report on Assistance Provided Inside North Korea (4/05)
- BBG Report on U.S. Broadcasting to North Korea (3/05)
- State Department Report on U.S. Policy Toward North Korean Refugees (3/05)
The North Korean Human Rights Act:
Congressional Hearings and Statments:
- North Korea: Human Rights Update and International Abduction Issues (4/27/06)
- Letter to Secretary Rice on NKHRA funding and implementation (2/21/06)
- An Update on the Implementation of the North Korean Human Rights Act (10/27/05)
- The North Korean Human Rights Act: Issues and Implementation (4/28/05)
- North Korea: Human Rights, Refugees, and Humanitarian Challenges (4/28/04)
- North Korea: Humanitarian and Human Rights Concerns (5/2/02)