[1] Along with regularly releasing books and reports, the organization hosts as well as participates in seminars that analyze and contextualize such incidents of human rights violation.

In April 2020, the South Korean Ministry of Unification refused to renew an annual contract which gave NKDB access into Hanawon.

[1] NKDB conducted research of North Korean Defectors since 2003, with interviews from the Hanawon serving as the core of its annual White Paper.

[1] With human rights violations not being systematically documented within North Korea, a function of the Archives is to serve as evidence for any future opportunities of transitional justice.

[12] Publications based on the Archives contribute to the list of fact-finding reports on human rights in North Korea.

There are 8 working groups within the North Korean Human Rights Watch Functions, based on areas recognized by NKDB as needing further research and policy recommendations.

These opportunities include academies - a series of lectures by distinguished guests - and forums to encourage discourses within the broader society.