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The North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 (NKHRA), which seeks to greatly improve the human rights of North Korean citizens and defectors, has been virtually adopted.
The U.S. House of Representatives once again passed on Monday (local time) the NKHRA, which was passed by the U.S. Senate on Sept. 28.
Accordingly, the law had been passed to the desk of U.S. President George Bush, where it awaits only his signature before it goes into law.
Because the U.S. Senate had changed some of the language of the bill before passing it last month, the bill had to be passed once again by the House.
Meanwhile, in regards to the passage of the North Korean Human Rights Act in the U.S., a spokesperson for the North Korean Foreign Ministry said that they have no other option but to stand against the Bush administration and that they will accelerate the development of deterrents against the U.S.
The U.S. financially supports anti-North Korean organizations, while putting pressure on some countries to hurt the international reputation of the People¡¯s Republic, said the spokesperson to the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), and added that the U.S. devotes itself to creating an environment in which the North's regime can be overthrown.
The spokesperson said that North Korea must confront the Bush administration, which denies North Korean ideology and forces North Korea to accept American values, in pursuit of policies of power.
He also said that the North has no reason to contact the U.S. or to participate in the six-party talks on the North Korean nuclear weapons program.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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