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All posts tagged "human rights"

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  N. Korea responsible for 1,400 public executions since 2000

  North Korea is responsible for publicly executing 1,382 individuals since 2000 for a wide range of reasons from accusations of espionage to watching South Korean dramas according to a new report by the Korea Institute for National...

  • Posted July 1, 2015
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  N. Korea says opening of UN human rights office in South will lead to war

    Ever since the United Nations opened up a human rights office in South Korea on June 23, North Korea has felt the need to publicly rebuke the move on several occasions. The U.N. made it clear...

  • Posted June 29, 2015
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  N. Korea’s human rights record “remains among the worst in the world’: US report

  WASHINGTON, June 25 (Yonhap) — North Korea’s human rights record “remained among the worst in the world” last year with public executions, political prison camps, torture and other abuses, the U.S. State Department said in its annual...

  • Posted June 26, 2015
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  N. Korea’s Peaceful Reunification Committee vows to ‘punish’ S. Korea over human rights office

  SEOUL, May 29 (Yonhap) — North Korea threatened on Friday to retaliate against South Korea over the U.N.’s plan to open a Seoul office in order to monitor the North’s dismal human rights records. The North will...

  • Posted May 29, 2015
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  China defends N. Korea on human rights record

  BEIJING, March 17 (Yonhap) — China on Tuesday urged the world to take what it calls “an objective and fair” attitude toward North Korea’s human rights record, again defending its traditional ally against growing international criticism over...

  • Posted March 17, 2015
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  Top human rights body scolds France, saying spanking kids is a no-no

  PARIS (AP) — Scolding France like a wayward child, Europe’s top human rights body says French laws aren’t clear enough that spanking is a big no-no. The 47-member Council of Europe said Wednesday that France is violating...

  • Posted March 4, 2015
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  UN General Assembly formally adopts landmark resolution on NK human rights

  NEW YORK, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) — The U.N. General Assembly on Thursday formally adopted a landmark resolution calling for referring North Korea to the International Criminal Court for human rights violations. The adoption has been widely expected...

  • Posted December 19, 2014
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