North Korean human rights abuses

In February 2018, the world was exposed to cheerful images of Kim Jong-un's sister, Kim Yo-jong, smiling and shaking hands with the South Korean president Moon Jae-in, and of North and South Koreans marching together under the same flag, while an all-female squad of cheerleaders dressed in red occasionally upstaged the athletes at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. Against this charm offensive, a few dozen kilometres north, far from the spotlight, up to 120,000 political prisoners continued experiencing atrocities in inhumane political prison camps, known as kwanliso.

Author: Enrico D'Ambrogio

• Primary Source

EU: EEAS: North Korea https://eeas.europa.eu/diplomatic-network/north-korea_en

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