{Condemned at the UN for rights abuses, North Korea hit back Friday, describing the United States as a human rights “tundra” where racial discrimination flourishes.}<\/p>\n
Citing the protests that erupted when a police officer was not charged in the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, a foreign ministry spokesman heaped scorn on the notion of “rule of law” in the US.<\/p>\n
“This is clear proof of the real picture of the US as a tundra of human rights, where extreme racial discrimination acts are openly practised,” the spokesman was quoted as saying by the North’s official KCNA news agency.<\/p>\n
His remarks came a week after the UN adopted a landmark resolution urging the Security Council to refer North Korea’s leaders to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for possible indictment on crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n
The resolution, drafted by Japan and the European Union, drew heavily on the work of a UN inquiry, which concluded in February that the North was committing rights abuses “without parallel in the contemporary world”.<\/p>\n
Pyongyang has rejected the inquiry and condemned the resolution, saying both were initiated and controlled by the US in a politically motivated effort to humiliate the regime of leader Kim Jong-Un.<\/p>\n
“The great irony is that the US tries to measure other countries with its wrong human rights standard, though it is a typical human rights abuser,” the foreign ministry spokesman said.<\/p>\n
His statement specifically criticised President Barack Obama for his efforts to “justify” racial discrimination by talking about the rule of law.<\/p>\n
Although China and Russia would block any Security Council move to refer Pyongyang to the ICC, North Korea has been rattled by the adoption of the strongly-worded UN resolution, and has threatened “catastrophic consequences” for its supporters.<\/p>\n
Earlier this week, Kim Jong-Un toured a museum dedicated to alleged atrocities by US forces during the 1950-53 Korean War, saying they were like “cannibals seeking pleasure in slaughter.”<\/p>\n
AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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