The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has confirmed on Thursday that a UN office will be set up in South Korea, dedicated to monitoring the human rights situation in North Korea.

The South Korean foreign ministry also confirmed to local media on Thursday that they had accepted the OHCHR request for the field based structure to be located in South Korea.

The office will function as a long term field-based structure that will continue the work of the UN Commission of Inquiry in investigating and collecting evidence of the human rights abuses in North Korea.

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