UN Meeting Connects North Korea’s Abuses and Military Programs

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image North Korea's UN Ambassador Song Kim addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, September 26, 2023. © 2023 Richard Drew/AP Photo This week, the United Nations General Assembly met for its first-ever public high-level session devoted to North Korea's human rights situation. The meeting highlighted Pyongyang’s brutal repression of its citizens as a driver of global insecurity.North Korean escapees Kim Eun Ju and Kang Gyu Li described the dehumanizing abuse and hunger they suffered inside North Korea. Eun Ju talked about watching her father die…

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