SEOUL — The leader of the main South Korean opposition party on Wednesday expressed support for the North Korean human rights law pending in the National Assembly.

Rep. Moon Jae-in of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy said that the party needs a “forward-looking” approach to the North Korean human rights law in a closed-door session with party leadership on Wednesday, the Yonhap News Agency reported.

“Our party has always taken a forward-looking stance on the North Korean human rights law,” Moon told Yonhap.

However, Moon does not agree in whole with the human rights bill submitted by the