The UN dismisses talk of North Korean progress: “The whole country is a prison”

Jan 11 2019 by VICE News

Amid talks of a second summit between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump, a UN official warned Friday that the “whole country” of North Korea remains “a prison.”

Speaking in Seoul, Tomas Quintana, the UN’s special rapporteur for North Korea, said that despite Kim’s sit-down with Trump and multiple meetings with South Korea’s Moon Jae In and Chinese President Xi Jinping there has been no change for North Korea’s citizens.

Quintana, who is banned from entering the hermit kingdom,...

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