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Trafficking and sexual exploitation of female refugees from North Korea

Korea HIST 291 Guide

NGO Reports

Human Rights Watch
Anti-Slavery International

Human Rights Watch

____. (2002). North Korea : the invisible exodus : north koreans in the people's republic of china.

____. (2018). “You Cry at Night but Don’t Know Why": Sexual Violence against Women in North Korea.

____. (2020). “Worth Less Than an Animal”: Abuses and Due Process Violations in Pretrial Detention in North Korea.

Anti-Slavery International

Muico, Norma Kang. (2005). An Absence of Choice: The sexual exploitation of North Korean women in China. Anti-Slavery International

Muico(2005) exposes the vulnerability of North Korean women who flee to China to trafficking. A wide range of case studies documents trafficking into sexual exploitation and forced and ‘arranged’ marriages. It makes a case for North Koreans in China to be considered refugees and concludes with recommendations of what action needs to be taken.