North Korea Calls on UN to Focus on US Rights Abuses

North Korea has requested the U.N. Security Council not probe alleged human rights violations by Pyongyang, but instead investigate what it called "brutal" and "medieval" abuses by the U.S. In a letter late Monday, North Korean U.N. Ambassador Ja Song Nam said rights accusations against the North are "fabricated" and "not at all relevant" to regional or international peace and security. On the contrary, he said "CIA torture crimes" need...

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