VOA Korean morning news program ‘Washington News Plaza’ will be broadcast on December 17, 2021. While the UN Security Council held a closed-door meeting on human rights in North Korea again this year, some member states criticized the North Korean regime’s human rights violations. When the US Senate passes the Defense Authorization Act, it takes effect only after it has been signed by President Joe Biden. The novel coronavirus infection is increasing the burden on North Korean defectors in South Korea who have been sending living expenses to their families left behind in North Korea. Broadcast time: 5:00-6:00 am on the Korean Peninsula (20:00-21:00 UTC).
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