North Korea slammed a recent United Nations meeting about its human rights record, asserting the United States used the international organisation for a 'scheme' against Pyongyang, state media KCNA reported on Saturday.
A North Korean flag flutters at the propaganda village of Gijungdong in North Korea, in this picture taken near the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, South Korea, February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/ File Photo
SEOUL, Aug 19 - North Korea slammed a recent United Nations meeting about its human rights record, asserting the United States used the international organisation for a "scheme" against Pyongyang, state media KCNA reported on Saturday.human rights abuses in North Korea on Thursday, with the U.S. ambassador criticising leader Kim Jong Un for using "repression and cruelty" to develop nuclear weapons and missiles.
China, North Korea's major ally, opposed the meeting of the 15-member council on abuses in North Korea but it did not attempt to block it. "We will never tolerate the U.S. and its followers' anti- 'human rights' slander scheme, and will defend the sovereignty of the state, the socialist system and security interests," North Korea's KCNA quoted as an unnamed spokesperson from the country's human rights think tank as saying.in the United States as what it calls an example of Washington's hypocrisy.
North Korea said on Wednesday an American soldier, Travis King who crossed into North Korea last month, had fled racism and abuse in America.
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