Lee, Jung-Hoon and Joe Phillips

The article discusses the report produced by the United Nations (UN) Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in 2014 which concluded that atrocities in North Korea do not have any parallel in the contemporary world. Topics covered include some of the atrocities reported in the country such as forced labor, forced abortion and infanticides, and the report’s recommendation of embracing human rights as an effective tool in reducing North Korea’s security threat.
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