South Korea: Stand With North Korean Victims

Expand South Korean President Moon Jae In delivers a speech in Seoul on March 1, 2020, in a ceremony to mark the 101st anniversary of the founding of a Korean independence movement against Japanese colonial rule. © 2020 Kyodo via AP Images (Seoul) – The South Korean government should re-engage on promoting accountability for human rights abuses in North Korea, said a coalition of rights-oriented groups said today. The International Coalition to Stop Crimes Against Humanity in North Korea (ICNK), representing over 300 human rights and civil society groups and individuals, joined by over 70…

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