South Korean Report Reveals ‘Gruesome’ Human Rights Abuse in North Korea

North Korea executed pregnant woman, experimented on people with disabilities

A North Korean flag flutters in the wind atop a 160-meter tower in North Korea's village Gijungdongseen, as seen from the Taesungdong freedom village inside the demilitarized zone in Paju, South Korea, on April 27, 2018. Lee Jin-man via AP

South Korea has released a report detailing “gruesome” human rights abuses in North Korea, including executions of people caught watching South Korean videos and human experiments on disabled people.

The 445-page report, published by the South Korean Unification Ministry on March 30, was based on the testimony of 508 North Korean defectors between 2017 and 2022.