UNITED NATIONS: North Korea was accused at the UN Security Council on Thursday (Aug 17) of spending heavily on its nuclear arms programme while its people go hungry and lack basic necessities. Volker Turk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, told the council that people in the Democratic People's Re
UNITED NATIONS: North Korea was accused at the UN Security Council on Thursday of spending heavily on its nuclear arms programme while its people go hungry and lack basic necessities.
He cited widespread use of forced labour, including by children, to"support the military apparatus of the state and its ability to build weapons." Elizabeth Salmon, the UN Human Rights Office's special rapporteur on North Korea, said the prolonged shutdown of the country's borders, the result of global sanctions, has led to increased hardship for the people, including food shortages.
"The government turns our blood and sweat into a luxurious life for the leadership and missiles that blast our hard work into the sky," he said.North Korean defector Ilhyeok Kim speaks during a UN Security Council meeting to discuss the situation in North Korea.
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