Books
- Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea, by Barbara Demick (2009)
- Escaping North Korea, by Mike Kim (2008)
- The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag, by Kang Chol-Hwan and Pierre Rigoulot (French version, 2000; English version, 2001)
Movies/Documentaries/Videos
- Kimjongilia (2009) – N.C. Heikin’s excellent film featuring many interviews with a variety refugees and defectors.
- Official Selection 2009 Sundance Film Festival
- Best Film 2010
One World Festival Brussels & Human Rights and Democracy Network
- On the Border (2008) – A South Korean documentary following North Korean refugees. Secretly filmed in China and several other countries.
- Crossing (2008) – A South Korean movie based in part on various true stories about North Korean refugees.
- Born and Raised in a Concentration Camp (2008) – a Google TechTalk with Shin Dong-hyuk
Reports
- Database Center for North Korean Human Rights
- Denied Status, Denied Education: Children of North Korean Women in China
- Report of the commission of inquiry on human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
News
Blogs
- Witness to Transformation – written by economists Marcus Noland and Stephan Haggard, who have researched and written extensively about North Korea
- Helping Hands Korea – written by Seoul-based activist Tim Peters
- One Free Korea – Written by a former U.S. military lawyer who served in Seoul. This site comes with lots of commentary (it is a blog, after all), but whether you agree or disagree with his political opinions, you will learn a lot from the posts and many of the commenters.