South Korea: District Court Orders North Korea to Compensate Veterans of Second Battle of Yeonpyeong and Their Families
On August 23, 2022, the Seoul Central District Court ruled in case 2020 Gadan No. 5256869 (on file with author) that North Korea and its leader, Kim Jong-un — the defendants in the case — should each pay 20 million won (about US$14,700) to the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs were seven veterans of the Second Battle … Continue reading “South Korea: District Court Orders North…
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Umeda, Sayuri
Date:2022-12-21
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South Korea: Amended Law Criminalizes Sending Leaflets to North Korea by Balloon
(Jan. 19, 2021) On December 14, 2020, the South Korean National Assembly passed a bill to amend the Development of Inter-Korean Relations Act (Act No. 7763, Dec. 29, 2005). The amendment, Act No. 17763, was published in Gwanbo (official gazette) on December 29, 2020. The amendment added a provision that prohibits acts that violate an […]
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Umeda, Sayuri
Date:2021-01-19
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United Nations/North Korea: Additional Sanctions Adopted
(June 7, 2017) On June 2, 2017, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2356 (2017), sponsored by the United States, “to extend the number of individuals and entities targeted by sanctions first imposed under resolution 1718 (2006) — an asset freeze and travel ban for those involved in the Democratic People’s Republic of […]
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Zeldin, Wendy
Date:2017-06-07
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North Korea: Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Law Adopted
(May 19, 2016) On April 20, 2016, the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) issued a decree on the adoption of the Law on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Financing of Terrorism. The Law has 40 articles divided among six chapters. (Revision: KCNA: North Korea Adopts New Law […]
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Zeldin, Wendy
Date:2016-05-19
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North Korea; United Nations: Human Rights Office Dedicated to Monitoring North Korea Opened
(June 29, 2015) On June 23, 2015, the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, announced the opening of the U.N. Human Rights Office (Seoul) in the Republic of Korea (ROK, South Korea), dedicated to monitoring human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK, North Korea). (Opening Remarks by […]
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Zeldin, Wendy
Date:2015-06-29
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North Korea: Foreign-Funded Business and Banking Laws Amended
(Feb. 17, 2012) The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) amended its law on registration of businesses that have foreign funding. The change came via a decree issued on December 21, 2011, by the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly. The 34-article law covers registration of the founding, residence, taxation, and customs payments of […]
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Johnson, Constance
Date:2012-02-17
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North Korea: Revision to the Constitution
(Oct. 20, 2009) The Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) of North Korea unanimously adopted the ordinance of the SPA On Revising and Supplementing the Socialist Constitution of the DPRK [Democratic People's Republic of Korea” on April 9, 2009. The contents of the revision have not been made public by the North Korean government. However, in late […]
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Umeda, Sayuri
Date:2009-10-20
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Japan; North Korea: Defectors Return to Japan
(Dec. 2, 2007) After Japan's defeat in the Second World War, Koreans who had entered Japan during the war, in many cases against their will, returned to the Korean peninsula. Those that remained in Japan immediately after 1945 could not return to South or North Korea during the Korean War (1950-53). From 1959 to 1984, […]
