North Korea has seized on an admission of inaccuracies in the story of defector Shin Dong-hyuk, saying this unravels the UN Commission of Inquiry report on human rights in the country.

Referring to Shin as “Sin Tong Hyok,” a KCNA emphasized the role of Shin’s testimony before the COI in crafting the report, issued last spring, which has catalyzed a push toward human rights awareness culminating in a UN General Assembly vote in the fall to refer the North to the International Criminal Court.

“It has been disclosed that the ‘report of the Commission of Inquiry’ on the human rights