South Korea Should Center Rights in North Korea Policy

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Click to expand Image North Korea's Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Kim Son Gyong addresses the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, September 28, 2026.

© 2026 Yuki Iwamura/AP Photo North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Son-gyong, in his September 28 address to the United Nations General Assembly, asserted that the country’s status as a permanent nuclear state is “uncompromisingly and permanently fixed, both physically and legally.” This was an unmistakable reference to a March constitutional amendment that codified…

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Primary source: Human Rights Watch News · October 1, 2026

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