The constitution of North Korea guarantees freedom of expression, freedom of religion, the right to a fair trial, and the right to elect government officials. According to human rights organizations, in practice these rights are

Not followed there

North Korea is one of the most isolated countries in the world. Official data and statistics from the region are usually not released internationally, which leaves a certain mystery about how the regime manages to stay on a mainly capitalist globe.

This isolation also contributes to limiting information about the country - and further speculation about what is really going on inside. Often there is still a caricatured construction of the country that bears prejudice from a Western - and anti-Communist - view of the world.