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UN North Korea human rights envoy to visit Seoul on June 17

Tomás Ojea Quintana will visit ROK for five days ahead of report to UN General Assembly

The UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in North Korea Tomás Ojea Quintana will visit South Korea for five days from June 17, his sixth visit to the country since March 2016.

According to a press release from the UN Human Rights Council, Quintana will attend numerous meetings during the five-day visit in preparation for his annual report to the General Assembly.

Quintana “will meet with senior members of the South Korean Government, North Korean escapees, representatives of civil society as well as members of the diplomatic community and other stakeholders to understand the current human rights situation in North