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Human rights and nuclear talks
Posted : 2020-12-28 16:50 By Tong Kim
The human rights situation in North Korea has been an important component of U.S. policy toward the DPRK. However, the issue was never raised in conjunction with the North s nuclear and missile programs. The reason is simple. The human rights issue is separate from the enormous challenge of denuclearization, and raising it would complicate nuclear negotiations, creating obstacles to efforts towards progress.
Yet, in separate talks from the nuclear issue, the United States has tried to engage the North on a number of sensitive issues of concern that were deemed as hurdles in the path to a normalized relationship with the DPRK and a durable peace agreement. These issues included abuses of human rights in the North, missile exports, terrorism sponsorship, drug smuggling, counterfeiting and human trafficking. North Korea has never admitted its involvement in any of these categories, except for missile deals.