Parliament Street has in the past highlighted North Korea and its criminal violation of the rights of its people. In 2012 we held a screening of Kim Gyoo-min’s film “Winter Butterfly” in a committee room in the Palace of Westminster, and in January 2013 published a paper by North Korean defector Joo-il Kim, on how western powers can have a positive impact on the development of human rights in North Korea .
With the upcoming summit between President Trump and North Korea, which we all hope goes well. We thought it would be timely to reissue the paper, to remind everyone of the horrific human rights abuses that the citizens of North Korea suffer daily.
Read the paper below:
