A South Korean state-funded watchdog in a statement on Friday urged the Ministry of Unification (MOU) to improve human rights education for North Korean defectors.

The National Human Rights Commission of Korea today announced that the organization has recommended the unification ministry upgrade its curriculum and develop new teaching materials to help escapees from the DPRK enhance their understanding of human rights.

The commission said Hanawon — a settlement support center responsible for handling defectors arriving in the ROK — only provides a two-hour education course on human rights out of a total of 406-hour training over 12 weeks.

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