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November 06, 2024
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S.Korean presidential candidate embroiled in espionage accusations

New memoir says Moon Jae-in abstained from human rights resolution under pressure from DPRK

Leading presidential candidate Moon Jae-in and the late President Roh Moo-hyun abstained from a vote on a UN resolution under pressure from North Korea, a former vice foreign minister has alleged in new memoirs released October 7th.

Roh cast a blank ballot for a UN resolution condemning North Korea’s human rights situation as prime ministers of South and North Korea met in November 2007 in Seoul, Song Min-soon writes in his book “Glacier is Moving."

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