North Korea Faces Fined‑Printedly “Racist” Report About Sexual Abuse
HRW Goes Cold‑Hard on the “Friendly Border”
Human Rights Watch published a blistering report on Thursday, claiming that the DPRK’s police and border guards treat women like “sex toys.” The group drew on interviews with more than 50 escapes to paint a bleak picture of rampant abductions and molestation with no accountability.
- Interviews with women who fled after enduring routine “coercive” sexual acts.
- Claim that officials run street‑market “chore’s” with no consequences.
- Classified the gender‑based violence as “widely tolerated” & “unaddressed.”
Pyongyang Responds With a Smoke‑and‑Mirrors Routine
North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency slammed HRW’s findings as a “political scheme fabricated by hostile forces.” In a dramatic statement, it dismissed the allegations – calling the women “human scum” – and warned that the report was a “dangerous provocation” aimed to sabotage peace on the peninsula.
Eyewitnesses Tell a Grim Tale
One anonymous former textile trader, a woman in her 40s, recounted how sales‑guard or police officers lured her into an empty room and forced a sexual encounter. She said it happened so often that the victims didn’t even realize they were being wronged.
HRW’s Executive Director, Kenneth Roth, declared, “Sexual violence in North Korea is an open, unaddressed, and widely tolerated secret.”
Pyongyang’s Defiant Stance
Meanwhile, the DPRK maintains that it protects “genuine human rights” and rejects Western attempts to impose their standards. Its message? “No justification for the West to set human rights standards for the rest of the world.”
