Biden looks to fill long-vacant North Korean human rights post

SEOUL, Jan. 24 (UPI) --U.S. President Joe Biden nominated a career diplomat as a new special envoy for North Korean human rights, moving to fill a post that has been vacant for six years.The White ... Read More

Biden nominates North Korea human rights envoy, first since 2017

The White House nominated a special envoy for human rights in North Korea, moving to fill a post empty since 2017 amid debate over how rights issues fit with efforts to counter a nuclear weapons ... Read More

Biden appoints special envoy on North Korean human rights

United States President Joe Biden has named a special envoy for human rights in North Korea, a position that was vacant throughout the presidency of his predecessor Donald Trump. Biden nominated ... Read More

Biden appoints first special envoy for human rights to North Korea in 6 years - JURIST - News

US President Joe Biden Tuesday announced the appointment of a new Special Envoy for Human Rights in North Korea. The appointment will mark the first time the position has been filled since 2017. Biden ... Read More

Biden administration praises N. Korean defectors, human rights activists

The Biden administration on Sunday elevated its push to draw attention to human rights abuses by the regime of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, asserting that the regime "continues to exploit its ... Read More

Biden Nominates New Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights Issues - The Diplomat

U.S. President Joe Biden nominated Julie Turner as Special Envoy on North Korean Human Rights Issues, according to a statement released by the White House on Monday. If confirmed, Turner, a career ... Read More

White House taps first North Korean human rights envoy in six years - The Washington Post

The Biden White House nominated Julie Turner as special envoy for North Korean human rights issues. If confirmed, she will be the first in the post since 2017. Read More

North Korea slams new U.S. human rights envoy, calling Julie Turner "political housemaid" and "wicked woman" - CBS News

Seoul, South Korea — North Korea hurled misogynistic insults Wednesday at a newly confirmed United States special envoy to monitor the country's human rights issues and warned of unspecified ... Read More

Rubio says appointment process underway to find 'right person' for North Korean human rights envoy - MSN

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that an appointment process is taking place to find the "right person" to fill the State Department post for special envoy for North Korean human ... Read More

U.S. envoy post for N. Korea human rights left vacant - MSN

US envoy-NK human rights WASHINGTON, April 22 (Yonhap) -- The State Department's special envoy post for North Korean human rights has been left vacant since January, its website showed Tuesday, as ... Read More

Why isn’t Biden denouncing North Korea’s human rights record? - The Hill

So why can’t the Biden administration make a huge issue of North Korea’s record on human rights even though North Korea will go on denying all the charges of execution and torture for the ... Read More

Joe Biden names North Korea human rights envoy, first since 2017

The White House on Tuesday nominated a special envoy for human rights in North Korea, moving to fill a post that has been empty since 2017 amid debate over how rights issues fit with efforts to ... Read More