| South Korea is reversing three years of
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| | to halt abuses, and lists torture,
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| looking the other way on North Korean
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| | arbitrary imprisonment and the use of
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| human rights abuses, saying it will back
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| | forced labor along with many other
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| a United Nations resolution that calls on
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| | suspected human rights violations.
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| Pyongyang in strong terms to improve its
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| | The draft resolution describes the
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| human rights record. The change of policy
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| | North's restriction of basic freedoms as
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| comes after North Korea flouted warnings
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| | "severe and all-pervasive."
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| from Seoul and other governments not to
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| | Unlike previous resolutions, this measure
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| conduct nuclear and missile tests - and
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| | would require the U.N. Secretary-General
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| as a South Korean prepares to assume the
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| | to personally submit a report on North
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| U.N.'s top job.
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| | Korea's human rights situation to the
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| Song Min-soon, South Korea's incoming
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| | General Assembly.
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| foreign minister, told lawmakers Thursday
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| | Ban Ki-moon, the former South Korean
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| that North Korea's recent provocations
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| | foreign minister, is due to assume the
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| influenced Seoul's decision to back the
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| | secretary-general's post later this year,
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| upcoming United Nations resolution.
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| | and he would be responsible for
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| Song says South Korean authorities
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| | delivering the report.
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| considered the North's missile tests in
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| | Ban recently urged his home country to
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| July and nuclear weapons test in October
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| | take what he called a more "positive"
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| in making their judgment.
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| | approach toward the North Korea human
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| Seoul has abstained from three previous
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| | rights issue.
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| U.N. resolutions on North Korea's human
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| | Kay Seok is a researcher for the
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| rights record, citing the South's special
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| | U.S.-based rights group Human Rights
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| relationship with Pyongyang. Since 2000,
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| | Watch. She welcomes South Korea's
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| the South has embraced a policy of
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| | decision to support the resolution, and
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| non-confrontational engagement with the
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| | the influence Ban Ki-moon apparently had
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| North, even though the two remain
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| | on that decision.
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| technically at war.
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| | She says once Seoul adds its voice to
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| Like the last two resolutions on the
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| | international concerns about human rights
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| subject, this week's statement is based
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| | in the North, it will not be able to
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| on reporting by a special U.N. rapporteur
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| | return to silence in the future - because
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| on human rights in North Korea. A draft
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| | the international community will expect
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| text of the resolution calls on Pyongyang
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| | more.
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