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South Korea Appeases the North at the Expense of Human Rights

01/21/2006
Richard Halloran, Taipei Times

Among the policy differences dividing the US and South Korea, one that stands out is divergence over the issue of North Korea's abuses of the human rights of its citizens.

In the US, President George W. Bush, both houses of Congress and private, bipartisan committees have condemned the North Korean abuses and have urged South Koreans to do likewise. In Seoul, US Ambassador Alexander Vershbow has been particularly outspoken.


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