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Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer is a Seoul Correspondent at NK News. He has worked on investigations for The Guardian and The Observer and previously wrote features on Korea for Dutch newspaper NRC.
The U.N. General Assembly condemned North Korea’s poor human rights record for the 18th consecutive year on Tuesday, as the international community seeks to keep up pressure on the regime to improve accountability and transparency.
The “Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea resolution” passed the Assembly by consensus after clearing the U.N.’s Third Committee in November.