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China, a veto-wielding member of the UN Security Council, has shown its intent to block a latest
UN panel report on human rights violations inside North Korea.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hong Lei said China opposes politicizing human
rights issues, and intervening in a country's internal affairs in the name of protecting
human rights. This comes after a UN commission on Monday
called for international efforts to prosecute the leadership in Pyongyang responsible for
rights abuses in the North. Beijing also came under fire for repatriating
North Koreans trying to defect through China. The spokesperson then said the international
community should rather focus on maintaining the current diffusion of tensions on the Korean
peninsula.