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Human rights not on North Korea summit agenda – International – WORLD Human rights not on North Korea summit agenda

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Plus, Syrian Christians testify to Turkish-led atrocities NORTH KOREA: With hours to go before President Donald Trump sits down for a historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, senior U. S. and North Korean officials are huddling over last-minute negotiations.
NORTH KOREA: With hours to go before President Donald Trump sits down for a historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, senior U. S. and North Korean officials are huddling over last-minute negotiations. The summit will set a framework for future negotiations over the regime’s nuclear program, but will not raise human rights issues—despite unspeakable atrocities, and three Americans currently imprisoned in North Korea.
What do North Korean defectors want? According to WORLD’s cover story, complete denuclearization, the closing of political prison camps, and an end to “the enslavement of the North Korean people.” For now, rice bottle launches from South Korea continue.
CANADA: China might deserve a trade war, but Canada? The Canadian dollar is down after President Trump picked a fight with the nicest people on earth (to quote The Wall Street Journal). After Trump’s weekend tirade against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the free marketers note Canadian dairy farmers may enjoy unfair protection, but American farmers by far are the biggest winners under NAFTA—with U.

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