The outside world should actively seek creative ways to send information into North Korea, Seoul’s new ambassador for DPRK human rights said in her first press conference with foreign media on Wednesday.

Lee Shin-wha stressed that the “right to know” and the right to information are universal human rights that apply to all North Koreans.

“I do believe that disseminating information through various means to North Korean citizens is very important,” she said. “Ordinary North Korean people have the full right to have open, transparent information about what’s going on around the world,” she stressed. 

Lee’s remarks came as prominent