N. Korea denounces U.N. human rights resolution

SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's Foreign Ministry denounced a resolution passed by the United Nations that calls for improving human rights in the communist country, its state news agency said Monday.

The official statement by a ministry spokesman claimed that the resolution is
"political conspiracy designed to snuff out the country's system of government,"
and that Pyongyang will stringently reject such efforts, the report carried by
the Korean Central News Agency said.
The report picked up in Seoul then said that the resolution is full of lies and
fabrications because its main objective is to attack North Korea.
"Enemies of the North are using human rights to conduct overt anti-government
activities, but Pyongyang plans to maintain its sovereignty, while the people
will defend the system they have accepted," the official said.
He then said that if the resolution wants to discuss human rights, it should
first get tough on atrocities committed by the United States, which has invaded
other countries and killed civilians.
The Foreign Ministry official also said that crimes committed by the Japanese
imperialists and Western powers in the past should be addressed as well.
He said failure to touch on such issues highlights the hypocrisy of calling on
North Korea to improve its human rights.