North Korea Human Rights
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U.S.-North Korea tension looms as leaders from China, Japan, South Korea meetPyongyang has grown increasingly frustrated that its halt of nuclear and long-range missile tests has not ended the crippling economic sanctions against it.WorldDec 21, 2019
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UN report reveals gross human rights violations to North Korean prisonersSecretary-General António Guterres says in a new report that prisoners who tried to escape or steal have reportedly been publicly executed, and detainees have been subject to sexual violence and severely beaten with clubs and metal rods.WorldAug 2, 2019
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Over 43 per cent of North Koreans are malnourished: UN reportThe report said that “widespread undernutrition threatens an entire generation of children, with one in five children stunted due to chronic undernutrition.”WorldMar 7, 2019
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Donald Trump dodges Kim Jong Un’s human rights record, says he’s ‘a smart guy’U.S. President Donald Trump defended North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s human rights record following his historic meeting with the dictator, saying Kim is “a very smart guy.”PoliticsJun 14, 2018
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State of the Union address ‘worst message’ Trump could deliver to North Korea short of military threat: analystDonald Trump's speech came just after a favoured candidate for ambassador said he warned the U.S. administration against a pre-emptive strike on North Korea.WorldJan 31, 2018
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Treat Kim Jong Un like the gangster that he isHow to deal with Kim Jong Un's belligerence? View him as a thug — understand how he makes money and what really scares him.CommentaryJan 10, 2018
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UN committee condemns North Korea for building missiles as people starveNorth Korea is diverting resources to the military at its people's expense, says the UN general assembly's human rights committee.WorldNov 14, 2017
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Sanctions blocking cancer medication, wheelchairs from North Korea: UN rapporteurInternational sanctions against North Korea are harming ordinary civilians, according to the UN's special rapporteur on human rights in North Korea.WorldOct 26, 2017
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North Korea says US ‘declared a war’ with new sanctionsNorth Korea says U.S. sanctions on leader Kim Jong Un and other top officials for human rights abuses are tantamount to declaring war.WorldJul 7, 2016
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