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300 civil society groups, and 7 concerned individuals, expressed concern about the South Korean government’s increasingly weak stance on human rights violations and accountability in North Korea. “President Moon Jae-in and his government should be maintaining a strong and principled approach toward North Korea’s grave human rights abuses for the sake of all Koreans,” said Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch. “President Moon should be addressing North Korea’s lack of cooperation with the United Nations system and recommitting to raising human rights issues in future negotiations.” In November 2020, South Korea decided for the second consecutive year not to co-sponsor a resolution in the United Nations General Assembly condemning the human rights situation in North Korea. The South Korean government’s reluctance to make North Korea’s human rights record a priority is made worse by North Korea’s increased isolation. The North Korean ....