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UN renews DPRK human rights resolution, raising routine ire from Pyongyang

South Korea did not cosponsor the resolution for the second year in a row, but still supported it in a U.N. meeting

The United Nations General Assembly renewed a resolution on North Korean human rights for the 16th year in a row on Wednesday. 

The resolution, which began in 2005, calls for better human rights in the DPRK and details the abuses many North Koreans face, including murder, political and religious persecution, torture, forced imprisonment, forced labor and forced abortions.

For the second year in a row, South Korea did not cosponsor the resolution, but it still supported it in a U.N. General Assembly meeting on Wednesday.

The resolution condemned “the systematic, widespread and gross violations” of human rights in North Korea