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US Could "Pay Dearly" For Human Rights Criticism, Says North Korea
North Korea lashed back at the United States for taking issue with its human rights record on Saturday, saying Washington's "malicious words" would only aggravate tensions on the Korean Peninsula, state news agency KCNA reported.
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United Nations Condemns North Korean Human Rights Violations
The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution Monday condemning the "systematic, widespread and gross" human rights violations in North Korea.
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Why Is US Student Otto Warmbier In Coma: UN Asks North Korea
A United Nations human rights investigator called on North Korea on Friday to explain why an American student was in a coma when he was returned home this week after more than a year in detention there. Otto Warmbier, 22, has a severe brain injury and is in a state of "unresponsive wakefulness", his Ohio doctors said on Thursday.
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North Korea Boycotts 'Politically Motivated' UN Human Rights Session
North Korea boycotted a U.N. review of its human rights record on Monday, shunning calls to hold to account the Pyongyang leadership for crimes against humanity documented by the world body.
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UN Council Meets On North Korea Human Rights Despite China Opposition
The United Nations Security Council discussed on Friday what a senior UN official described as "appalling human rights violations" in North Korea, despite a failed attempt by China to stop the third annual meeting on the issue.
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South Korean Parliament Passes North Korea Human Rights Law
South Korea's National Assembly on Wednesday passed its first legislation on human rights in North Korea, in a move that is expected to enrage its northern rival.
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Investigator Asks UN To Notify North Korea's Kim Jong Un Of Probe For Crimes Against Humanity
UN North Korea human rights expert Darzuki Marusman has asked the United Nations officially to notify North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that he may be investigated for crimes against humanity.
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UN Warns of Coming Hunger in North Korea
A drought in North Korea could lead to huge food shortages this year, the top UN official in the country told Reuters in an interview.
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UN Official Supports Defector's Version of North Korean Abuses
The United Nations' official in charge of investigating human rights violations in North Korea said he stands by UN findings of widespread abuses there despite recent backtracking by a prominent defector on the details of his life in the North's prison system.
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North Korean Camp Survivor Says Guilt Made Him 'Suicidal'
A prominent North Korean prison camp survivor said on Tuesday he had contemplated suicide after Pyongyang broadcast what he insisted was a coerced TV interview with his father.
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South Korea Finally Mulls Bills on North Korea Human Rights
South Korean lawmakers opened formal discussions on Monday on long-stalled bills regarding human rights in North Korea, galvanized by the adoption of a landmark UN resolution condemning Pyongyang's rights abuses.
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US Could "Pay Dearly" For Human Rights Criticism, Says North Korea
North Korea lashed back at the United States for taking issue with its human rights record on Saturday, saying Washington's "malicious words" would only aggravate tensions on the Korean Peninsula, state news agency KCNA reported.
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United Nations Condemns North Korean Human Rights Violations
The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution Monday condemning the "systematic, widespread and gross" human rights violations in North Korea.
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Why Is US Student Otto Warmbier In Coma: UN Asks North Korea
A United Nations human rights investigator called on North Korea on Friday to explain why an American student was in a coma when he was returned home this week after more than a year in detention there. Otto Warmbier, 22, has a severe brain injury and is in a state of "unresponsive wakefulness", his Ohio doctors said on Thursday.
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North Korea Boycotts 'Politically Motivated' UN Human Rights Session
North Korea boycotted a U.N. review of its human rights record on Monday, shunning calls to hold to account the Pyongyang leadership for crimes against humanity documented by the world body.
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UN Council Meets On North Korea Human Rights Despite China Opposition
The United Nations Security Council discussed on Friday what a senior UN official described as "appalling human rights violations" in North Korea, despite a failed attempt by China to stop the third annual meeting on the issue.
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South Korean Parliament Passes North Korea Human Rights Law
South Korea's National Assembly on Wednesday passed its first legislation on human rights in North Korea, in a move that is expected to enrage its northern rival.
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Investigator Asks UN To Notify North Korea's Kim Jong Un Of Probe For Crimes Against Humanity
UN North Korea human rights expert Darzuki Marusman has asked the United Nations officially to notify North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that he may be investigated for crimes against humanity.
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UN Warns of Coming Hunger in North Korea
A drought in North Korea could lead to huge food shortages this year, the top UN official in the country told Reuters in an interview.
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UN Official Supports Defector's Version of North Korean Abuses
The United Nations' official in charge of investigating human rights violations in North Korea said he stands by UN findings of widespread abuses there despite recent backtracking by a prominent defector on the details of his life in the North's prison system.
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North Korean Camp Survivor Says Guilt Made Him 'Suicidal'
A prominent North Korean prison camp survivor said on Tuesday he had contemplated suicide after Pyongyang broadcast what he insisted was a coerced TV interview with his father.
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South Korea Finally Mulls Bills on North Korea Human Rights
South Korean lawmakers opened formal discussions on Monday on long-stalled bills regarding human rights in North Korea, galvanized by the adoption of a landmark UN resolution condemning Pyongyang's rights abuses.
