By Donald Kirk Published May 4, 2026 at 4:00 AM ET Free speech is in jeopardy in South Korea under the left-leaning government that took power in Seoul nearly a year ago. A former American air force intelligence officer and a member of the academic council of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, Tara O, described the loss of freedom in Korea at a congressional hearing recently conducted by the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission on rights in both North and South Korea. “There are more an... Read more

By Christianity Daily Published April 30, 2026 at 4:34 EDT Co-chaired by Smith and McGovern; testimony from Tara Oh and Suzanne Scholte highlights restrictions on information flow into North Korea and limits on defector-led activities The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, a bipartisan human rights body under the U.S. Congress, held a hearing on North Korean human rights at 12:30 p.m. on the 28th at the Rayburn House Office Building near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., focusing on the imp... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus and leader of a congressional amicus brief in support of Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill, issued the following statement in response to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling in The State of Louisiana v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which halted the Biden Administration’s dangerous mail-order abortion pill policy while litigation continues: “Today’s ruling, which takes effect nationwide, underscores th... Read more

By Voice of America, Mandarin Service Published April 30, 2026 “I don’t understand why anyone in the world would want to emulate Xi Jinping,” said U.S. Representative Chris Smith, a Republican, on April 28 during a hearing on human rights in North Korea, criticizing the South Korean government’s alleged abandonment of human rights. He stated that immediate action was needed, “otherwise we will hand South Korea over to the Communist Party—and that would be extremely disastrous.” The hearing, host... Read more

By Jeanne Wall Published April 30, 2026 at 3:02 AM WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), founder and co-chair of the Congressional Autism Caucus and author of five comprehensive autism laws, earlier this month, welcomed advocates from across the country to Capitol Hill as part of ongoing efforts to advance autism research and support services. The visit took place during Autism Awareness/Acceptance Month, a time when communities nationwide focus on increasing understanding of autism s... Read more

By Kim Eun-joong Published April 29, 2026 The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, a bipartisan human rights organization within the U.S. Congress, held a North Korean human rights hearing on the 28th after several years. At the hearing, titled “North Korean Human Rights Movement: Current Prospects and Obstacles,” Republican Congressman Chris Smith, the commission’s chairman, stated, “North Korea is one of the most oppressive regimes in the world” and criticized it for operating a “horrifying sys... Read more

By Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) and Adrian Zenz, Opinion Contributors - 04/29/26 2:00 PM ET The cute, collectible Labubu dolls flying off shelves come in “blind boxes” — buyers don’t know which figure they’ve purchased until they open it. But the ugly truth about these popular toys remains hidden: the cotton inside is tied to state-imposed forced labor in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. The New York Times reports that independent testing of Labubu dolls bought in the U.S. found that 16 o... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ)—who, with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), led a bicameral amicus brief defending the rights of First Choice Pregnancy Resource Centers—welcomed the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision this morning in First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Davenport, handing the faith-based pregnancy resource center network a victory and finding that a subpoena by the New Jersey Attorney General had violated their constitutional right to association. Smith, Co-Chair of the Congressional Pro-Life C... Read more

By Elise Winland Published April 29, 2026 Republican Rep. Chris Smith of New Jersey, a Catholic, said April 28 that the North Korean human rights movement is facing increasing pressure from both inside North Korea and from recent policy shifts in South Korea. Speaking at an April 28 hearing dedicated to the prospects and challenges facing North Korea’s human rights movement, Smith described the regime as “what may well be the most comprehensively repressive government in the world.” He cited the... Read more

By Raymond Wolfe Published Wednesday, April 29, 2026 - 10:43 AM EDT WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously backed a group of faith-based pregnancy centers suing New Jersey for trying to force them to turn over massive amounts of donor information and confidential internal documents. The justices ruled that First Choice Women’s Resource Centers could challenge in federal court New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin’s subpoena demanding 28 categories of d... Read more