Kim Joo Il claims he is the first North Korean defector to have raised human rights issues directly to a member of the country’s leadership.
In 2011, Kim met Korean Workers Party politburo member and chairman of the Supreme People’s Assembly Choe Thae Bok by arrangement of the British government.
Kim Joo Il claims he is the first North Korean defector to have raised human rights issues directly to a member of the country’s leadership.
In 2011, Kim met Korean Workers Party politburo member and chairman of the Supreme People’s Assembly Choe Thae Bok by arrangement of the British government.
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