FILE PHOTO: A view shows the city from the top of N Seoul Tower, in Seoul, South Korea, August 7, 2025. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo
GENEVA (Reuters) -Repression in North Korea has deepened across many areas, with heightened surveillance, expanded use of forced labour and more frequent executions, making it the most restrictive country in the world, a U.N. human rights report said on Friday.
The sweeping U.N. review comes over a decade after a landmark U.N. report found that North Korea had committed crimes against humanity. The new report, covering developments since 2014, is based on interviews with more than 300 witnesses and victims who fled the country and reported a further erosion of freedoms.
