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The US House of Representatives has approved the reauthorisation of the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004, with special emphasis on freedom of information in the country.
The bill was approved with 415 votes in favour and none against on Monday night, reports Efe news.
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“Today, harnessing the power of information and public expectations inside North Korea is more important than ever. Along with enhanced sanctions on the regime’s enablers, they are critical non-military tools for confronting the growing North Korean threat to our safety,” Ed Royce, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said prior to the vote.
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“It enacts important updates to freedom-of-information authorities, to reflect technological advances beyond radio broadcasting, including USB drives, mobile devices, and other promising tools.”
The law also allots funds for North Korean defectors and refugees.
North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho on Monday accused US President Donald Trump of having declared war on North Korea, and said that Pyongyang had every right to take counter-measures, including shooting down US strategic bombers even if they are not within his country’s airspace.
Washington denied having declared war on Pyongyang and warned that the latter did not have the right to shoot down its planes if they are flying over international waters.
“We’ve not declared war on North Korea. Frankly, the suggestion of that is absurd,” White House spokesperson Sarah Sanders said.
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Vice President Kamala Harris will preside over the process on a snowy day that amounted essentially to certifying her own defeat to Trump as the Democratic Party nominee.
As many as 8,000 North Korean troops have been deployed to Russia's western front-line Kursk region and are expected to enter into combat "in the coming days", US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said
The White House has said that at least 3000 North Korean soldiers arrived in eastern Russia in October and are currently undergoing training there, adding there is a "highly concerning probability" they will join the fight against Ukraine.
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