Is North Korea 'offering LGBT memberships'? Here are the facts
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people in North Korea may face social challenges due to their sexuality or gender identity. Homosexuality is not illegal in statute, but instances of criminalization and execution for homosexuality have been reported. Other LGBTQ rights in the country are not explicitly addressed in North Korean law. Source: CNN. Days of North Korea's Kim are numbered: defector.
‘I could not even dream’
Jang Yeong-jin's remarkable story as North Korea's only openly gay defector was covered by the international media after he published his autobiography. Now, almost a quarter of a century after. Jang Yeong-jin's remarkable story as North Korea's only openly gay defector was covered by the international media after he published his autobiography. Now, almost a quarter of a century after fleeing the country, he tells the BBC that he plans to marry his American boyfriend. 
LGBTQ rights in North Korea
“North Korea society treats these people as abnormal.” Reading a magazine in a doctor’s surgery in , not long after he arrived in South Korea, Jang saw an article about homosexuality. Contrary to popular belief, homosexuality is not against the law in North Korea, and people from the LGBT community are more than welcome to travel here — in fact, openly gay tour guides have frequently led tours here without issue. That being said, North Korea is a sexually conservative country, and this applies to sexuality anywhere on the spectrum.
A defector tells what it's like to be gay in North Korea
LGBT Rights in North Korea: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal gender, donating blood, age of consent, and more. . LGBT Rights in North Korea
A post on Young Pioneer Tours, a travel company based in mainland China and specialising in travel to North Korea, offers an optimistic overview of travelling to the country as a queer person. “Contrary to popular belief, homosexuality is not against the law in North Korea, and people from the LGBT community are more than welcome to travel here. In fact, openly gay guides have frequently led. . Do we even know what it's like to be gay in North Korea?
In , the state news agency denigrated the sexuality of a gay man who reported on the situation of human rights in North Korea through the United Nations Human Rights Council. The state news agency further denied that any consensual same-sex sexual intimacy occurred in the country. . WATCH
The film '' boldly explores isolation & queer desire within a community of North Korean defectors. . 
Homosexuality in North Korea
A year later he returned to North Korea and crossed the mine-covered demilitarised zone, or DMZ, to South Korea, where he now lives. Being the only openly gay defector has made settling in difficult. .