Civic vs. Social: How politics holds back Seoul’s North Korean human rights law



Analysis Civic vs. Social: How politics holds back Seoul’s North Korean human rights law Efforts to craft law drags on for a decade, with debate over which rights to prioritize Subin Kim March 18, 2015 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON Korea_Presidential_Inauguration_43 by KOREA.NET - Official page of the Republic of Korea on 2013-02-25 11:20:50 South Korea has a ministry solely devoted to the North Korea issue. It has an elite committee chaired by the president on how to bridge its divide with North Korea. It even appoints governors for the five provinces of North Korea since the North is, according to its constitution, legitimately part of one Korean nation. South Korea has a ministry solely devoted to the North Korea issue. It has an elite committee chaired by the president on how to bridge its divide with North Korea. It even appoints governors for the five provinces of North Korea since the North is, according to its constitution, legitimately part of one Korean nation. Become a member for less than $5.75 per week. Unlimited access to all of NK News: reporting, investigations, analysis The NK News Daily Update, an email newsletter to keep you in the loop Searchable archive of all content, photo galleries, special columns Contact NK News reporters with tips or requests for reporting Get unlimited access to all NK News content, including original reporting, investigations, and analyses by our team of DPRK experts. Subscribe now All major cards accepted. No commitments – you can cancel any time. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. Get the Daily Update Start your day with the North Korea stories that matter most – as selected by And how should we address you in correspondence? One more step! Please check your inbox, for an email we just sent you, and click on the confirmation message in it to get subscribed to our Daily News Update. Trending

Analysis

Civic vs. Social: How politics holds back Seoul’s North Korean human rights law

Efforts to craft law drags on for a decade, with debate over which rights to prioritize

Subin Kim March 18, 2015

Civic vs. Social: How politics holds back Seoul’s North Korean human rights law

Korea_Presidential_Inauguration_43 by KOREA.NET - Official page of the Republic of Korea on 2013-02-25 11:20:50

South Korea has a ministry solely devoted to the North Korea issue. It has an elite committee chaired by the president on how to bridge its divide with North Korea.

It even appoints governors for the five provinces of North Korea since the North is, according to its constitution, legitimately part of one Korean nation.

Become a member for less
than $5.75 per week.

Unlimited access to all of NK News: reporting, investigations, analysis
The NK News Daily Update, an email newsletter to keep you in the loop
Searchable archive of all content, photo galleries, special columns
Contact NK News reporters with tips or requests for reporting

Get unlimited access to all NK News content, including original reporting, investigations, and analyses by our team of DPRK experts.

Subscribe now

All major cards accepted. No commitments – you can cancel any time.

Civic vs. Social: How politics holds back Seoul’s North Korean human rights law

Become a member for less than $5.75 per week.

Start your day with the North Korea stories that matter most –

as selected by <img width="226" height="50" class="logo" src="https://www.nknews.org/wp-content/themes/nknews/images/header-logo.png" alt="NK News Logo">

One more step!

Trending

Recent Stories

About the Author

Subin Kim

Become a member for less
than $5.75 per week.

Start your day with
the North Korea stories that matter most –

as selected by