US special envoy for human rights in North Korea visits South Korea today to discuss preventing forced deportation of North Korean defectors, etc.

Julie Turner, the US State Department's special envoy for human rights in North Korea, who was appointed last week, will visit South Korea on the 16th. Special Envoy Turner, a Korean-American, had been in the post vacated for six years by former Special Envoy Robert King.
He was appointed as special envoy for human rights to North Korea in June. Special Envoy Turner will be in Seoul for three days from today until the 18th. This will be his first overseas business trip since taking office on the 13th (local time).
Special Envoy Turner today paid a courtesy visit to Park Jin, Secretary of the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs (equivalent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs), and then visited Koryo University with Lee Shin-hwa, North Korea's Ambassador for Human Rights and International Cooperation.
He will visit domestic and international youth activists and students related to human rights issues in North Korea. During my visit to South Korea, I also met with civil society organizations, North Korean defectors, and journalists, and I also met with people from civil society organizations, North Korean defectors, and journalists, and I also met with people from civil society organizations, North Korean defectors, and journalists.
It was reported that promotion measures and other matters would be discussed. In connection with the recent large-scale deportation of North Korean defectors by the Chinese authorities, the government is expected to explore ways to cooperate with the international community to prevent a recurrence.
The special envoy for human rights in North Korea is an ambassador-level position that is involved in the establishment and enforcement of the US government's human rights policy in North Korea. The U.S. government established this new law based on the North Korea Human Rights Act, which went into effect in October 2004.
Nono had been vacant for over six years. The United States has not appointed a special envoy for human rights in North Korea since former special envoy Robert King served until January 2017.
Special Envoy Turner worked for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor for 16 years, focusing primarily on human rights issues in North Korea. Office of the Special Envoy for Human Rights in North Korea
He also served as a special assistant. The Biden administration's appointment of a special envoy for human rights in North Korea appears to be an attempt to highlight North Korea's human rights issues to the international community and put pressure on North Korea.