National Human Rights Commission of Korea Annual Report 2017 65 defectors. To prevent redundancy, the Commission refined its plan for the North Korean Human Rights Infringement Report Center, which would focus its surveys and interviews on special topics. From October 2017, the center interviews two female North Korean defectors every month to keep track of women’s situation in North Korea. ●Survey of traumatic human rights infringements suffered by North Korean defectors North Korean defectors are reportedly exposed to post-traumatic stress disorders. Previous studies report various channels of discriminations and human rights violations that North Korean women experienced in North Korea, a third country, or South Korea during their escape and settlement. Some point out that the difficulties North Korean defectors have in settling in escaping or settling in a third country. association between human rights violations suffered in North Korea, during escape, and after arriving in South Korea, and the psychological trauma, and analyze the impacts that these traumatic experiences have on how defectors adapt to the society, including inter-personal relations, life in the workplace, and daily lives. Based on the findings, the Commission will review institutional improvement options to promote the rights of North Korean defectors. 3) Increasing international cooperation activities ● International symposium on North Korean human rights Since 2004, the Commission has organized international symposiums on its activities and roles to improve the human rights situation in North Korea, discuss policy directions and strategies, and strengthen cooperation with the international community on this matter. In 2017, the Commission held the symposium on 18 May in London jointly with the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The symposium featured three sessions: Session 1 moderated by Alistair Coleman of BBC Monitoring on the inflows and outflows of information and North Korean human rights; Session 2 moderated by Senator Baroness Cox on protecting Commission's Major Activities Thus, the Commission conducted a survey of North Korean defectors to understand the Part 2 South Korea can be attributed to their psychological and physical traumatic experiences while