Statements
NKnet positions, declarations, etc.
Chinese Government Should Release Forcibly Incarcerated South Korean Activists
Read in Korean [Press Release] Committee for the Release of North Korean Human Rights Activist Kim Young Hwan Contact: 02-723-6711, 010-8004-4849 “Chinese Government Should Release Forcibly Incarcerated South Korean Activists” •Four North Korean human rights activists, including Mr. Kim Young … Continue reading
On the South Korean Government Sending Condolences to North Korea
Read in Korean. Ryu Woo Ik, Minster of Unification, said in a statement on Tuesday that, “The South Korean government will not send an envoy of condolence,” but “will allow the family members of the late president Kim Dae Jung … Continue reading
Statement On the Death of Kim Jong Il
Read in Korean. An unprecedented dictator, Kim Jong Il is dead. Korean Central Television reported today that Kim Jong Il died on the morning of the 17th in his personal train. We now cannot put a man – who killed … Continue reading
ICNK Letter to Kim Jong Il
Last week NKnet joined many other human rights groups to form a coalition to seek the establishment of a UN Commission of Inquiry. Below is the letter the member organizations sent to Kim Jong Il, head of the North Korean … Continue reading
On Sending Unification Balloons to North Korea
Condemning North Korea’s 3rd Generation Succession of Power: Our Position on Sending Unification Balloons to North Korea We are gathered as the tragic news of the announcement of the 3rd generation succession of power in North Korea is nearing reality. … Continue reading
We Strongly Condemn North Korea’s Military Provocation
North Korea rained down several hundred artillery shells on Yeonpyeong-do Island in the West Sea on November 23 around 14:34. At least one South Korean marine died and fourteen more are wounded. Since the artillery hit villages, it is worried … Continue reading
With Deep Sadness We Mourn the Loss of Hwang Jang Yop
Hwang Jang Yop, 87, former secretary of North Korea’s Workers Party, chairman of the Committee for the Democratization of North Korea and adviser to NKnet, passed away at his home on the morning of October 10th. We offer our deepest … Continue reading
Kim Jong Il Must Immediately Stop the 3rd Generation Succession
The North Korean Workers Party’s Convention held on Sep. 28. was eventually nothing more than a way to declare Kim Jong Il’s establishment of 3rd generation succession to his 3rd son, Kim Jong Eun. Not only was 27 year old … Continue reading
We Will Always Remember the Men of the Cheonan
We will remember your names. We mourn those who died because of the Cheonan Incident. We will never let the deaths of forty-six sailors pass in vain. We will remember the forty-six heroes forever. We will try our best to … Continue reading
North Korea Must Apologize and Prosecute Those Who Tried to Murder Hwang Jang Yop
Two spies who were ordered to assassinate Hwang Jang Yop, chairperson of the North Korea Democratization Committee, were imprisoned on Tuesday. Kim Young Chul, chief of General Directorate of Surveillance of the Ministry of People’s Armed Forces, reportedly ordered them … Continue reading



