The chairman of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea stressed on Wednesday that protecting North Korean human rights should be a “primary objective” of inter-Korean policy, regardless of Pyongyang’s rejection of ties with the South.
Ahn Chang-ho delivered the remarks at the NK Insider Forum in Seoul, a human rights conference that featured testimony from DPRK defectors about abuses stemming from cooperation with Russia and discussion about how best to hold the regime’s leadership accountable.
The chairman of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea stressed on Wednesday that protecting North Korean human rights should be a “primary objective” of inter-Korean policy, regardless of Pyongyang’s rejection of ties with the South.
Ahn Chang-ho delivered the remarks at the NK Insider Forum in Seoul, a human rights conference that featured testimony from DPRK defectors about abuses stemming from cooperation with Russia and discussion about how best to hold the regime’s leadership accountable.
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