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NKHR Larchiveum

Addressing the ongoing human rights violations in North Korea, because 'Never Again' is too late

Larchiveum = Library + Archive + Museum

1. Digital archive of the 130,000 entries on North Korean human rights violations documented in NKDB's Unified Human Rights Database

2. Collection of resources, NGO reports, books and academic material on North Korean human rights 


3. Display of information and testimonies from victims of human rights violations


4. Various online exhibitions from the history of the North Korean human rights movement to interactive simulations of defecting from North Korea


5. Showcasing activities of North Korean human rights NGOs and digital resources


6. Updates of issues, news and events related to human rights in North Korea

Library

  • Houses over 5,000 resources on North Korean human rights from NGO reports, UN documents, academic articles, North Korean escapee memoirs and books
  • Glossary of terminology related to North Korean human rights violations

Archive

  • Data collected by NKDB and documented in the NKDB Unified Human Rights Database
  • Over 84,000 cases of human rights violations classified by 16 human rights categories broken down by location, time period and cause of human rights violation

Museum

  • Curation of resources related to the North Korean human rights movement

Museum - Directory of North Korean Human Right NGOs

Museum - Timeline of the North Korean human rights activist movement

  • Begins with the first ever report written about the human rights situation in North Korea published by Amnesty, to the first NGO established to focus on North Korean human rights issues and the establishment of the Commission of Inquiry

Museum - North Korean Human Rights Incidents Calendar

  • Real cases extracted from NKDB's Unified Human Rights Database

Museum - Portal

  • Collection of online resources created by NGOs, governments and other stakeholders on North Korean human rights issues

Museum - North Korean Human Rights Activists

  • Interviews with some of the pioneers of the North Korean human rights movement

Interactive

  • A space to engage on North Korean human rights issues

Interactive - North Korean Human Rights Events Calendar

  • A catalog of online and offline events being held on North Korean human rights issues from conferences, campaigns, volunteering opportunities and more.

Interactive - Idea Forum

  • A 'reddit' type of forum where users can engage with each other on issues related to North Korean human rights after reading a news article on the issue

Interactive - 'Ask Me Anything'

  • Users can submit a question which will be answered by an NGO practitioner or North Korean escapee

Interactive - 'The North Korean Me'

  • Users can select their age and gender and read and listen to an excerpt of a testimony from a North Korean escapee

Digital Exhibitions

A mother’s letter to her son in North Korea.

Following the footsteps of the North Koreans who take the leap of faith to escape.

An interactive simulation where users have to choose their next step to determine their destiny.

A historical timeline of information dissemination efforts into North Korea from radio broadcasts, leaflets to CDs, USBs and other material.

A POW’s re-telling of his capture to North Korea, a life working in the mines in North Korea to his eventual escape and return to his home in South Korea.

Larchiveum of North Korean Human Rights strives to one day provide both an online and offline space to remember the stories of the North Korean people.