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Jooheon Kim
Jooheon Kim is a Correspondent at NK News. He previously worked at Aju News Corporation where he covered South Korea's economy and tech sectors, K-pop and inter-Korean relations.
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News New tribunal could prosecute North Korean officials over Ukraine war: ExpertsEU-backed event promotes Seoul’s participation in effort to hold DPRK and Russia accountable for invasion
The North Korean leader’s sister Kim Yo Jong and other top officials could face prosecution under a special tribunal set to be established on aggression against Ukraine, human rights experts said Thursday, calling attention to Pyongyang’s support for Russia’s invasion. The experts made the assessment at a conference in Seoul on Thursday promoting South Korea’s participation in setting up the tribunal next year. The event was organized by human rights groups, the Ukrainian Embassy and other European diplomatic missions. Larissa van den Herik, an international law professor at Leiden University, explained at the event that the top three leaders of © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |