North Korea accuses US of politicising human rights issues

SEOUL – North Korea accused the US on April 27 of politicising human rights in the East Asian country, denouncing what it called political provocation and conspiracy.

Pyongyang will make stern and decisive choices to protect its sovereignty and safety in response to Washington using human rights as a tool for invasion and hostile, anti-North Korea behaviour, state media Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) quoted a Foreign Ministry spokesperson as saying.

The spokesperson cited a special envoy on human rights in the administration of…