[THE CHOSUN Daily] U.S. Official Urges South Korea to Protect Freedoms

15 Jun 2026

On June 13, The Chosun Daily highlighted the high-level U.S. visit to the Database Center for North Korean Human Rights (NKDB). The article reported that Assistant Secretary Riley Barnes held talks with NKDB officials alongside Julie Turner, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, who previously served as Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights under the Biden administration. The daily also quoted Barnes as saying, "I learned how the North Korean regime controls the daily lives of its people," and noting that "The U.S. will continue to highlight the regime’s pervasive human rights abuses."


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