A Japanese court on Monday held North Korea responsible for the human rights violations of four plaintiffs lured to the North ...

The plaintiffs said North Korea was marketed to them as "paradise on Earth".

Plaintiffs argue those who relocated to North Korea through repatriation program were not allowed to leave country - Anadolu ...

The court ruled the four plaintiffs had “most of their lives taken away” by Pyongyang. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

In a January 26 ruling, a Japanese district court held the North Korean government liable for grave human rights violations against Koreans and Japanese citizens lured to North Korea through its ...

A Japanese court has ordered North Korea to pay at least €440,000 in compensation to four people who were lured to the country by a fantastical propaganda scheme promising a "paradise on Earth".

For the families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korean agents decades ago, this week is perhaps the best shot they’ve had in years of substantive progress. Not only does Japan have a new prime ...