Human Rights investigation

In Geneva the United Nation's 47 nations Human Rights Council did a reunion to keep investigating on North Korea's crimes against humanity. By 30 votes in favor, six against and 11 abstentions The UN adopted the alternatives presented by Japan and the EU. China, Cuba, Pakistan, Russia, Venezuela and Vietnam voted against it. This vote allow the UN to continue where the international commission left off last month. The commission's report published testimony from victims in North Korea. These victims ask for government leaders in North Korea to face the International Criminal Court. 

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/un-renews-north-korea-human-rights-investigation/2014/03/28/3964a5fe-b677-11e3-9eb3-c254bdb4414d_story.html

South Korea sized North Korean fishing boat

Earlier today, South Korea's military sized a North Korean fishing boat that had crossed the maritime border between the North and the South Korea. Despite the warnings, this event keeps growing tensions between the two Koreas. This incident happened as North Korea faces international community after launched two mid-range missile on wednesday. The same day, Japan, South Korea and the United State agreed to reduce there ambitions about nuclear weapons. Thursday, The UN Security Council discussed about possible sanctions of North Korea's actions. North Korea refuses to recognize the naval boarder since the Korean civil war in 1953. It is not the first time that a vessel from north crosses this line. It happened in 1999 and 2002 where an unidentify number of sailors were killed. A South Korean official said that "If North Korea tries provocation with the excuse that we seized the vessel that crossed the line, we’ll be sure to come back with punishment pretty decisively.”

Source: http://indianexpress.com/article/world/asia/south-korea-seizes-north-korean-boat-amid-hightened-tensions/

Japan and North Korea Informal Talk

According to Martin Fackler of the New York Times, on Thursday, North Korea and Japan agreed to talk for the first in over a year Japanese and North Korean diplomats met in the city of Shenyang in china. The reason for such a long period of silence between the two states is due to the launching of long range rockets over Japan in December 2012 by North Korea, this created huge controversy between the two states. According to Japanese officials the discussions will include topics such as their nuclear and ballistics weapons programs, but the main goal would be to smooth over tensions between the two countries.

  http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/21/world/asia/japan-and-north-korea.html?_r=0

Rockets fired toward the Sea of Japan

Today, March 16, North Korea has launched 10 missiles into the Sea of Japan. One South Korean official said that "[They] estimate the rockets traveled about 70 kilometers into the open waters." North Korea responded that "It is justifiable self-defense behavior for us to conduct these military exercises in order to preserve peace in the region and to protect the safety of our people and our country." 

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/16/world/asia/nkorea-missile-launches/

North Korea get around UN sanctions

Recently, North Korea found a way to avoid UN sanctions by using there embassies to trade illegal weapons. According to the UN's report, it happens on July 2013 during a mission in Cuba and Singapore. There are suspicions about an illegal shipment of Cuban fighter jets and missiles pieces were seized on an industrial boat in Panama last July. Panama seized the ship which had two MiG-21 jet fighters under a big amount of sugar. North Korea did big efforts to hide the origin of there ships by renaming them. Most of the ships are registered to small companies. North Korea is banned from shipping and receiving cargo related to nuclear programs.

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/11/us-korea-korea-un-idUSBREA2A08020140311

The Juche Idea

The Juche idea is the ideology by which the population of North Korea is guided. This idea implemented by the time North Korea took distances from the Soviet Union and inspired by the Stalinist policies was inaugurated by Kim Ilsung in 1955. Mixed up with Marxism, Stalinism, Maoism and Leninism , this ideology involves that their ain't no god but an eternal president. All the power is administered to him and makes the country distinct of any other country in the world, immune to any international laws and norms and independent economically. 

Key Resolve and Foal Eagle

Exercises for military preparations are in progress in Korea in order to test their state of war. Three times, in the night of monday to tuesday, a North Korean ship crossed the navy border in the South Korean zone. One time, the ship even entered the zone from 3,7 km which is a lot before any interventions from the other zone. After the third time, they had tested enough so that they fought back in their zone. Until april 18th, there will be other kinds of exercises going on in the peninsula. The first one is named ''Key Resolve'' and will last one week. Its main objective is to simulate data processing attack on computers. The second one named ''Foal Eagle'' will last 8 weeks and will mobilize the three kinds of army ; navy, landed and air force. Experts confirmed that the exercises will be less damaging then last year due to the lack of aircraft carriers and bombers.

Shocking revelations

At dawn of a change, more and more confessions are being heard at the congress of Geneva where the human rights are debated. Recently, Ahn Myong-Chol, after 8 years of hard labour in concentration camps has been interviewed by the commission. Witness, victim and driver in the concentration camp, Ahn tells us about his horrible journey and more specifically about the atrocities taking over the human warmth. Encouraged to kill and even rewarded, Ahn admits he never killed no one. The most horrible thing he shares with us is the lack of empathy of the guardians of the camps. The story of the 3 dogs that escaped from their master and killed 5 poor children is to bloodcurdling us. Ahn finishes his story on a good note, leaving us with the hope that there are still few chances for them to escape even though this is not easy, Ahn did.