North Korea's Repression and Nuclear Ambitions Condemned by US and UN

The United States criticized North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the United Nations for using repression and cruelty to unlawfully develop nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles. The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations emphasized the importance of human rights in achieving peace and condemned North Korea's denial of fundamental freedoms. China opposed the public meeting on human rights abuses in North Korea but did not block it. The U.N. human rights chief highlighted decades of chronic human rights violations in North Korea, including forced labor to support the military apparatus. North Korea responded by criticizing human rights in the United States.