Yoon’s approach to North Korea lacks initial strategy on human rights

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol delivers a speech during a news conference to mark his first 100 days in office at the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, Aug. 17, 2022. (Photo: AP)

WASHINGTON: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s “audacious initiative” needs to include the goal of improving human rights in North Korea, not necessarily in the beginning of potential negotiations but as the plan is put in place, according to experts, if Pyongyang is to agree give up its nuclear weapons.