North Korean Defector Protests Seoul’s Apparent Lack of Focus on Human-Rights Abuses

Ji Seong-ho accuses South Korea’s government of sidelining the violations before President Moon jae-in’s summit with Kim Jong Un

SEOUL—In January, North Korean defector Ji Seong-ho stood in the U.S. Capitol and raised a pair of homemade crutches above his head as President Trump, in a State of the Union address, decried Pyongyang’s human-rights abuses and praised the tenacity of those who escaped the Kim regime.

Eight months later, Mr. Ji said a diplomatic process aimed at persuading North Korea to dismantle its nuclear arsenal has neglected human-rights concerns.

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