Key facts
- North Korea's Foreign Ministry criticized a US human rights report titled "2026 Trafficking in Persons Report."
- The ministry called the report "vicious and malicious intention to politicize and weaponize human rights."
- North Korea stated the report is part of a US hostile policy toward the country.
- A UN report by Secretary-General António Guterres called for prosecuting perpetrators, dismantling political prison camps, and ending forced labor in North Korea.
North Korea's Foreign Ministry has denounced a US human rights report, labeling it a "vicious and malicious intention to politicize and weaponize human rights." The ministry stated that the report is part of a hostile US policy toward Pyongyang and distorts reality, according to state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
A separate report by UN Secretary-General António Guterres, submitted to the UN General Assembly, called for prosecuting perpetrators of human rights abuses in North Korea, dismantling political prison camps, and ending forced labor. North Korea's ministry condemned this UN report as a collection of "vicious criticism and smear propaganda," with a spokesperson stating that "human rights are just national rights and absolute sovereignty never to be surrendered in any case."