UN adopts N. Korea human rights resolution for 24th year

The United Nations Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution condemning North Korea’s human rights violations for the 24th consecutive year, with South Korea joining as a co-sponsor, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. According to the ministry, the resolution was adopted Monday by consensus at the council’s 61st session in Geneva. A total of 50 countries, including South Korea, participated as co-sponsors. The resolution condemns what it describes as “systematic, widespread and gross” human

By The Korea Herald