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Biden appoints special envoy on North Korean human rights

North Korea rejects longstanding allegations of human rights abuses, blaming US 'hostility' [File: Lee Jin-man/AP Photo]

United States President Joe Biden has named a special envoy for human rights in North Korea, a position that was vacant throughout the presidency of his predecessor Donald Trump.

Biden nominated Julie Turner, a Korean-speaking career diplomat who now heads the Asia section of the State Department’s human rights bureau, the White House said in a statement on Monday.

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