22 March 2017

News Story: DPRK counters human rights accusation by U.S., EU

PYONGYANG, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has recently countered accusation of alleged human rights violations in the country by disclosing the human rights situation in the United States and other Western countries, said local media Tuesday.

Pyongyang did this at the 34th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on March 15, the DPRK's official media reported.

The Korean Central News Service quoted DPRK delegates at the session as saying that the United States is "the worst-ever tundra of human rights in the world and the ringleader and the mastermind of human rights violations."

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