The following article is an opinion piece by Ambassador Robert R. King, who served as special envoy for North Korean human rights from Nov. 2009 to Jan. 2017. Views expressed in opinion articles are exclusively the author’s own and do not represent those of NK News.
The following article is an opinion piece by Ambassador Robert R. King, who served as special envoy for North Korean human rights from Nov. 2009 to Jan. 2017. Views expressed in opinion articles are exclusively the author’s own and do not represent those of NK News.
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Ambassador Robert R. King served as Special Envoy for North Korea Human Rights Issues at the U.S. Department of State, serving from November 2009 to January 2017. He is currently Senior Advisor to the Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).