President Yoon: ``North Korea is threatening national security by threatening a nuclear attack...The international community should unite and continue to send out a message.'' - South Korean report

President Yoon Seo-gyul said on the 28th, ``The international community must continue to send a united message that North Korea's illegal nuclear missile development and human rights exploitation are absolutely unacceptable.''
No,” he said. In the afternoon of the same day, President Yoon held a meeting with the ``North Korea Human Rights Experts Group,'' which is made up of experts in the field of human rights in North Korea, and stated, ``North Korea has launched a so-called ``military reconnaissance satellite.''
He also mentioned a pre-emptive nuclear attack, posing a threat to South Korea's security." Furthermore, President Yoon said, ``North Korean defectors living overseas cannot be forcibly repatriated against their will.''
"This is a serious violation of human rights," he said, adding, "The Agreement on the Status of Refugees and the Convention on the Prevention of Torture, which prohibit forced deportation, must be strictly observed."
Furthermore, ``The 2014 United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in North Korea (COI) North Korea Human Rights Report defines the systematic and widespread human rights violations by the North Korean authorities as ``crimes against humanity'' and states that North Korea's
``North Korea's human rights situation has not improved in the slightest even though 10 years have passed since then,'' he said, adding, ``North Korea's human rights issues are simply related to North Korea. to
"This is not an isolated issue, but a problem related to humanitarian values that we must solve together, and the international community must act with vigilance and solidarity."
A participant from the North Korea Human Rights Experts Group said, ``We highly appreciate the Yun Seok-Yeong administration's efforts to resolve North Korea's human rights issues, which were neglected during the previous administration.'' of
I hope that the South Korean government will play a greater role in disseminating the reality of human rights violations and holding perpetrators of human rights violations in North Korea accountable."
In June 2016, the North Korea Human Rights Eminent Group launched an international initiative to strengthen international cooperation and recommend related policies to resolve human rights issues in North Korea.
・This is a consultative body established by former North Korean Ambassador for Human Rights and International Cooperation Jong Hoon.