US won’t discuss North Korea’s human rights records at summit: report

Source: The Hill | June 11, 2018 | Jacqueline Thomsen

President Trump and other members of the U.S. delegation on Monday won’t bring up North Korea’s human rights record at a summit with the country’s leader, NBC News reported.

Administration officials told the network that the U.S. has decided against raising North Korea’s human rights issues at the meeting with Kim Jong Un. The summit will instead focus on the country’s nuclear weapons arsenal.

North Korea’s human rights violations have been well-documented: A 2014 United Nations investigation found that the country’s regime has committed “unspeakable atrocities” on a scale similar to Nazi Germany.

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