2022 National Human Rights Commission of Korea The Report on Human Rights Situation in the Republic of Korea VI. Human Rights in North Korea 1. Human Rights Status 2022 326 2. Main Topics A. Status of North Korea-Related Cases: Death of a Public Official in the West Sea, and the Repatriation of North Korean Fishermen 328 B. Blind Spot in Support for North Korean Youths Born in a Third Country 333 C. Incidents of North Korean Defectors Going Back to North Korea, and the System to Support Adaptation of North Korean Defectors 337 D. Status and Significance of Legal, Institutional and International Organization Recommendations on North Korean Human Rights 342 Part 3 Looking Back to the Principles of Human Rights in 2022 349