Lina Yoon
Lina Yoon is a senior researcher at the Asia division focused on the Korean peninsula, mostly North Korea. Her research focuses on the North Korean government’s endemic and widespread rights violations, including arbitrary detentions, lack of due process, torture, forced labor, and discrimination against at-risk groups including women, children, and people with low socio-economic and political status. In addition, Yoon has worked on international advocacy campaigns to create paths for accountability for victims of human rights violations.
Prior to joining Human Rights Watch, Yoon was as a journalist for 12 years. She visited North Korea three times since 2003 and has met with over 400 North Koreans outside the country. She has written for the Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, and El País, and produced broadcast materials for CBS News, BBC, Al Jazeera International, and CNN International. She has a double bachelor’s degree in politics and mass media from Yonsei University in Seoul and a master’s degree in communication from Tsinghua University in Beijing.
Features
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March 7, 2024
Articles Authored
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September 2, 2021
North Korea Controls Youth Through ‘Hard Labor’
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July 22, 2021
China Restarts Forced Returns of Refugees to North Korea
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July 14, 2021
North Korea Takes UN Hypocrisy to New Heights
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June 17, 2021
Kim Jong Un Acknowledges Food Crisis in North Korea
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April 12, 2021
North Korea’s Leader Warns of Famine
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February 9, 2021
UN Finds Torture, Forced Labor Still Rampant in North Korean Prisons