NK News. Human Rights: “Lawyers for Korean Peninsula Human Rights and Unification”, a new group that draws its membership entirely from the legal profession, was launched in Seoul. The group’s mission is: to devise ways to bring about the rapid enactment of the NKHR Act; to attempt to bring about resolutions to pressing issues including those of POWs, abductees, defectors, and separated families; and to conduct research into the development of legal and institutional mechanisms for use in the unification process and thereafter. Refugees: The SKorean embassy in Laos has reportedly gained custody of six NKorean children, all aged 6 and 7 years old, who were arrested near the Laos border with their guide. Lee Young Guk spent four and a half years at Camp No. 15. In his book, “I Was Kim Jong Il’s Bodyguard,” he discusses how he used up all his strength just to stay alive; however, after thirteen years in SK, he has realized motivation comes from different places. Economy: After marathon negotiations, NK and SK have agreed to reopen the KIC. The agreement was reached 136 days after SK workers were initially forced to leave the complex. In addition to resuming operations, the sides agreed to set up a secretariat for their committee, allow SKs entry into the complex at all times on a daily basis, exempt taxes due this year for SK firms as a compensation measure for losses caused by the closure, and hold further talks on the matter of unpaid wages for NKorean workers. More news here. libertyinnorthkorea.org/nk-news-brief-september-11-2013/
Posted on: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 15:04:20 +0000
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