We advance justice by delivering evidence-based insights to help policymakers respond more effectively to North Korea
Global Impact x Local Insights
Korea Future is the leading organisation advancing justice for North Korean survivors, and remains the sole organisation that has so far secured accountability on their behalf.
Through targeted investigations and expert analysis, we provide governments and multilateral institutions with the evidence needed to enable targeted human rights sanctions, improve political resolutions, and foster strategic, coordinated responses to North Korea.
We have a deep-rooted collaboration with North Korean survivor communities across Europe and in South Korea that enables us to document recent violations and provide unique, real-time insights. Through sustained capacity building, we teach survivors how to gather and interpret evidence, and contribute meaningfully to justice processes.
Board
Victoria Nida
Oliver Windridge
Mitra Motlagh
Selected Press
07.2024
In een Noord-Koreaanse grensgevangenis krijg je dertig maïskorrels per dag, NRC
12.2023
In North Korea, torture awaits those deported from China, Deutsche Welle
03.2023
Torture, forced abortions and insects for food: Life inside North Korean jails, CNN
03.2024
Rapport legt 'systeem van massageweld' in gevangenissen Noord-Korea bloot, NOS
03.2023
Martelingen, hongersnood en seksueel geweld in gevangenissen Noord-Korea, De Telegraaf
03.2022
Beatings and forced abortions: Life in a North Korea prison, BBC
03.2022
Group identifies 600 alleged North Korean rights abusers, Al Jazeera
Selected Partners
Connect: North Korea
Embassy of Canada to the Republic of Korea
Embassy of the Netherlands to the Republic of Korea
Global Rights Compliance
Harvard Law School
Human Rights First
Improving North Korean Human Rights Center
Justice Rapid Response
KDB Future Strategy Research Institute
Korea Hana Foundation
Korea University
Korea Women's Associations United
Leiden University North Korean Defectors Mother and Disabled Support Association North Korean Human Rights Union
Open Society Justice Initiatives Redress
Seoul Women’s University
The Advocates for Human Rights
Tongil Moms’ Association
Tongilsomang
University of Amsterdam
University of Groningen
University of Pennsylvania
Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice
Selected Work
01.2025
Arbitrary Detention in the DPRK and Accountability Avenues for Rights Violations
12.2024
Double Vulnerability: Religious Women and Gender-Based Violence in the DPRK Prison System
12.2024
Systematic Detention and Specific Treatments of Repatriated Citizens in the DPRK Penal System
10.2024
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Guide for North Korean Exiles
10.2024
Survivor-Centred Justice: North Korean Perspectives
09.2024
Criminal Proceedings and the Role of the Ministry of Social Security
12.2023
Progress Made on Accountability for Serious Human Rights Violations in North Korea
03.2023
The Accountability Imperative: Torture & Ill Treatment in the Penal System
03.2022
North Korean Prison Database: Volume 1
09.2021
Documenting religious freedom violations in North Korea