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Understand North Korea. Help free its people.
The map, the military picture, the history and the groups doing the work, plus clear things you can do today. The regime survives on keeping its people in the dark and everyone else uninterested. This site is for fixing both.
26Mpeople living under the Kim regimeUN estimate
80–120kheld in political prison campsUN Commission of Inquiry, 2014
224escapees reached South Korea in 2025Unification Ministry
~60assembled nuclear warheadsSIPRI, Jan 2026
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FreeMail your old USB drivesThey get wiped, loaded with films and news, and smuggled into North Korea. 140,000+ so far.Flash Drives for Freedom 
$3,000 = one personFund a rescueLiberty in North Korea has brought 1,400+ people from China to safety. Any amount counts toward the next one.Donate to LiNK ContextKnow what changed in 2025Radio Free Asia’s Korean service closed and many groups lost funding. The pipeline into the country is at its weakest in years.Read the explainer Explore
PeopleThe Kim family tree and the officials who run the country, with sources and sanctions.- Missile testsAll 357 missile and space launches since 1984, with flight paths.
- MilitaryNukes, missiles, artillery, cyber theft, and the war in Ukraine.
OrganizationsWho is doing the work in 2026 and how to help each one.
LibraryEscapee memoirs, documentaries, UN reports and open data.
Questions people ask
How can North Korea be freed?Five ways the regime could end or open up, how likely each one is, and which ones ordinary people can actually push on.9 min read
Is it possible to free North Korea?Why the regime has lasted since 1948, the cracks that are already there, and what history says about "permanent" dictatorships.7 min read
How to help North Korean peopleConcrete things that work, with costs. Rescues, USB drives, tutoring escapees, documentation, and pressure on governments.6 min read
How North Koreans escapeThe river crossing, hiding in China, the 3,000-mile route to Southeast Asia, and why only 224 people made it in 2025.6 min read© Esri, MaxarNorth Korea's prison campsThe kwanliso system: where the camps are, why whole families end up inside, and what satellite imagery and survivors show.7 min read
How outside information gets into North KoreaUSB drives, SD cards, shortwave radio and balloons. What still works after the 2025 cuts, and how to support it.6 min read
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