Time for a consistent approach to North Korean human rights (Jiwon Kim – The Interpreter)

When South Korea goes to the polls next month, voters will not only elect a new president, they will also choose a new direction for how the country engages with one of its most difficult and contested challenges: the human rights issue in North Korea. Political division has mired this issue, which is treated either as a weapon in an ideological contest or as a diplomatic inconvenience, at best. The cost of this inertia has been borne by victims – escapees, families of the missing, and countless others whose voices remain unheard inside the North. The next administration, regardless of its ideology or stance, must commit to doing better.

Time for a consistent approach to North Korean human rights | Lowy Institute