North Korea Strongly Criticizes Quintana's Visit to South Korea as "Impure Attempt to Slander Fellow Koreans"

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo In-ho] North Korea has recently raised critical voices against Thomas Ojea Quintana, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in North Korea, who recently visited South Korea.

North Korea's external propaganda media 'Meari' criticized the South Korean government on the 1st in an article titled "Human Rights Complaints Echoing from a Human Rights Desert," calling the government's discussion with Quintana, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in North Korea, about North Korean human rights issues “a malicious attempt to slander their own people and cover up a hideous appearance.”

The media introduced Quintana's visit to South Korea last month and condemned it in this way.

Earlier, Quintana visited South Korea from the 15th to the 23rd of last month, meeting with South Korean government officials, domestic North Korean human rights organizations, and residents of border areas to discuss North Korean human rights issues and collect data necessary for drafting the annual report to be submitted to the UN Human Rights Council before returning.

Regarding Quintana's meetings with the Vice Ministers of Unification and Foreign Affairs and with families of abductees during his visit, the media belittled him by saying, “The South (South Korea) poured out ridiculous, childish, and absurd complaints to a person who has not even a tiny bit (very little) of common sense about our Republic (North Korea).”

The media pointed out, “It is well known that the whole world envies the rapidly transforming development of our Republic and the happiness overflowing among our people,” adding, “If you want to discuss human rights issues, you should first look at South Korea itself.”

The media cited examples such as industrial accidents, violence within the military, and abuse of children and the elderly in the South to slander human rights issues. It criticized, “The place notorious for the worst human rights situation in the world is South Korea,” and “Without a single word about the ugly state of their own house, they presumptuously keep babbling about someone else's human rights.”

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