Human Rights Meeting Spotlights North Korean Abuses

Barbara Slavin, USA TODAY writes an article titled, "Rights meeting spotlights N. Korea abuses at key diplomacy time" .  The gist of the article is about the abuse of North Korea towards humans.  It is very very sad.

The conference Tuesday in Washington will oppose economic aid aimed solely at persuading the regime to abandon its nuclear program without addressing human rights abuses, according to Allen Hertzke, director of religious studies at the University of Oklahoma.

Financial aid is at the heart of a South Korean proposal to end the North's nuclear ambitions. It was announced this week and praised by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

South Korea would send 2,000 megawatts of electricity and a half-million tons of grain to the North if it gives up its nuclear program.