N Korea at crossroads

South Korea picks hard-liner as new North Korea point man

Selection is latest phase of Seoul's increasing emphasis on human rights

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North Koreans attend a mass rally denouncing the U.S. in Pyongyang on June 25 in this photo released by the regime's Korean Central News Agency. © Reuters

STEVEN BOROWIEC, Nikkei staff writer
June 29, 2023 18:22 JST

SEOUL -- South Korea on Thursday tapped a vocal critic of North Korea as the country's new top official handling affairs with its nuclear-armed neighbor, signaling increasingly open criticism of Pyongyang's human rights abuses.

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