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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Edith M. Lederer

North Korean defectors urge the UN to hold the country's leader accountable for rights abuses

North Korea - (KCNA via KNS)

Eunju Kim, who escaped starvation in North Korea in 1999, was sent back from China and fled a second time, told the United Nations on Tuesday that the country’s leader must be held accountable for gross human rights violations.

Gyuri Kang, whose family faced persecution for her grandmother’s religious beliefs, fled the North during the COVID-19 pandemic. She told the General Assembly that three of her friends were executed — two for watching South Korean TV dramas.

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