March 28, 2024
Analysis

Civic vs. Social: How politics holds back Seoul’s North Korean human rights law

Efforts to craft law drags on for a decade, with debate over which rights to prioritize

South Korea has a ministry solely devoted to the North Korea issue. It has an elite committee chaired by the president on how to bridge its divide with North Korea.

It even appoints governors for the five provinces of North Korea since the North is, according to its constitution, legitimately part of one Korean nation.

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