North Korea rights record 'abysmal'

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Vitit Muntarbhorn, the UN's Special Rapporteur for North Korea, called on the country's leaders to replace their so-called "military first" policy with a "people first" policy. Presenting his latest report to the UN General Assembly committee that deals with human rights issues, Muntarbhorn painted...

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