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Article: Opposition lawmakers press passage of N. Korean Human Rights Act.
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- YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea
- Article date:
- October 14, 2005
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SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Yonhap) -- A group of opposition legislators and civic organization leaders are to hold a conference this week, calling for the passage of a bill that seeks to improve human rights conditions in North Korea and provide protection as well as financial aid for North Korean refugees. Spearheaded by Rep. Kim Moon-soo of the main opposition Grand National Party, eight GNP legislators, civic leaders and former North Korean defectors will hold a two-hour conference at the National Assembly Friday, an aide to the GNP legislator said.
"We plan to join forces with civic organizations to enact the North Korean Human Rights Act," said the aide, who asked ...