sexual harassment white paper” to improve the efficiency of investigations into and remedial actions for sexual harassment. The Commission recommended making improvements related to sexual harassment and wage discrimination against foreign crews on deep-sea fishing vessels, fulfilling its role as an independent agency in charge of investigations into sexual harassment and sexual discrimination. Also, the Commission studied the status of sexual harassment and sexual violence in universities and tied the results of the study into discussions with experts of sexual harassment and sexual violence in universities in 2011. Korea is a society that, for its diverse number of religions, has a comparatively peaceful state of existence between the different religions; however, discrimination based on religion needs to be eliminated as it has become a social issue. In 2012, the Commission studied the status of religion-related discrimination and improvement measures in order to prevent such a kind of discrimination in schools established by religion, and plans to facilitate projects to improve and take remedial actions against religion-related discrimination in the process of performing public service, using educational facilities and employment. 2. Special Task and Featured Projects A. Improving North Korean Human Rights The NHRCK is responsible for establishing and implementing a variety of human rights policies so that all people including North Koreans can live in a world of dignity for all. In this sense, the Commission included the goal of improving North Korean human rights as a special task in the 3rd phase Action Plan for the Promotion of Human Rights (hereafter, “the Action Plan”). In detail, the special task covers the objectives of i) 26 Part I. Introduction