US Congress fails to renew funding for humanitarian efforts in North Korea – JURIST
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on December 28, 2024
The US Congress on Thursday failed to pass a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the North Korean Human Rights Act (NKHRA). The NKHRA reauthorization bill seeks to renew funding for humanitarian efforts in North Korea and reaffirms the key purposes of the law.
Apart from renewing the funding, the reauthorization bill also criticizes the executive branch’s slow implementation of the law, particularly in naming a special envoy. Although President-elect . . .
