A North Korean soldier in Pyongyang on Sept. 9, 2015 | Image: NK News
Holding Pyongyang accountable for abuses should be a priority when addressing North Korea human rights, Seoul’s new envoy for international cooperation on DPRK human rights told NK News in an exclusive interview this week.
But Lee Shin-wha said that providing humanitarian assistance is also an important part of efforts to constructively engage the country, emphasizing the need to work with the U.N., U.S. and both “like-minded and not-like-minded countries” to improve the human rights situation in North Korea.
Holding Pyongyang accountable for abuses should be a priority when addressing North Korea human rights, Seoul’s new envoy for international cooperation on DPRK human rights told NK News in an exclusive interview this week.
But Lee Shin-wha said that providing humanitarian assistance is also an important part of efforts to constructively engage the country, emphasizing the need to work with the U.N., U.S. and both “like-minded and not-like-minded countries” to improve the human rights situation in North Korea.
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Jeongmin Kim is the Lead Correspondent at NK News and Editorial Director at KOREA PRO, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean relations and North and South Korean foreign and military affairs. Kim has covered the 2022 ROK presidential election on the ground, and prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency’s Seoul bureau.