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About the Author
Nate Kerkhoff
Nate Kerkhoff studies international security at Yonsei Graduate School for International Studies in Seoul. He is a Young Scholar at the Pacific Forum at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Analysis
How South Korea – and the U.S. – can engage North Korea on human rights
Kim Jong Un must be made to see the benefits of reform and opening up
Anyone who attends one of the many North Korean human rights conferences that are held in Seoul (and many other cities) every year would be encouraged by the level of discussion. Experts from around the world speak to crowded rooms about new legal and scientific methods to potentially investigate the North Korean state and hold its leaders accountable for its egregious crimes.
The mainstream media plays its part as well. In the weeks before and after the Kim-Trump summit on June 12, plenty of journalists, academics, and activists penned articles reminding the public that while engagement with North Korea is good, the international community must not overlook the issue of human rights. The subject certainly deserves the spotlight.
