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SEOUL, Aug 19 (Reuters) – North Korea criticized a recent United Nations meeting over its human rights record, saying the United States used the organization for a “plan” against Pyongyang, the state news agency reported on Saturday. KCNA.
The UN Security Council debated human rights violations in North Korea on Thursday, with the US ambassador criticizing leader Kim Jong Un for using “repression and cruelty” to develop nuclear weapons and missiles.
US President Joe Biden and the leaders of South Korea and Japan agreed at Camp David on Friday to deepen military and economic cooperation, in the face of China’s growing power and North Korea’s nuclear threats.
China, North Korea’s main ally, opposed the meeting of the 15-member council on abuses in North Korea, but did not try to block it.
“We will never tolerate human rights smears by the United States and its supporters, and we will defend the sovereignty of the state, the socialist system and security interests,” KCNA said, citing an anonymous spokesman for the country’s human rights think tank. .
For decades, Pyongyang has singled out racial discrimination in the United States as what it calls an example of Washington’s hypocrisy.
North Korea said Wednesday that US soldier Travis King, who entered its territory last month, had fled racism and abuse in the United States. (Reporting by Ju-min Park. Editing in Spanish by Javier Leira)
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