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Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer is a Seoul Correspondent at NK News. He has worked on investigations for The Guardian and The Observer and previously wrote features on Korea for Dutch newspaper NRC.
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News Security Council discusses North Korean human rights for first time in 5 yearsExperts welcome meeting but criticize UN official for not calling out China for facilitating DPRK human rights abuses The U.N. Security Council (UNSC) held its first meeting on North Korean human rights in five years on Thursday. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk, U.N. Special Rapporteur on DPRK human rights Elizabeth Salmon and North Korean defector Ilhyeok Kim testified about grave human rights abuses in the country during the session, while the 15 UNSC members and South Korea also delivered statements. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |