Politics
Unification minister urges passage of N. Korea human rights bill
Nov. 26, 2014
South Korea's unification minister appealed to lawmakers Wednesday to pass a bill on North Korea's human rights abuse, citing the need for a legal basis for "systemic" efforts to address the problem.The legislation, if adopted, would give a ray of hope to North Korean people, said Ryoo Kihl-jae, Seoul's point man on Pyongyang."If the North Korea human rights bills are enacted through a compromise between the ruling and opposition parties, the government will draw up a basic plan to improve North