From the BBC, via Josh at One Free Korea blog:
"A North Korean scientist says he used experimental chemical weapons on prisoners and stood there taking notes while they died in agony.
Dr Kim tells us: "The purpose of this experiment was to determine how long it takes for a human being to die - we wanted to determine how much gas was necessary to annihilate the whole city of Seoul."
Now close your eyes real tight and repeat to yourself: "North Korea's regime isn't evil, they just have their own narrative..." over and over again, lest the political correctness police cite you for insufficient validation of other cultures and lifestyles.
Or, if you're a sane individual, keep the pressure on America's Senate to pass the North Korean Human Rights Act. I'm not an American - but I can pressure my own political representatives to pass a similar law, and I will.
>> "A North Korean scientist says he used experimental chemical weapons on prisoners and stood there taking notes while they died in agony.
I seem to recall a situation post-WWII where Japanese chemical and biological weapons scientists avoided prosecution by turing over all their research on human experimentation to the US Army for use in their programs. So this isn't a particularly new or unusual thing. I'm also unclear how passing more laws is likely to fix this particular atrocity.
NK is what happens when "the needs of the state over the needs of the individual" is taken to it's logical endpoint.
No, the law won't fix the atrocity - obviously, only destruction of the North Korean regime would do that.
But have a look at the law's components, as described in the link above. They may not remove the source of the problem, but they sure will help thousands of North Korean refugees. Both China and South Korea are actively working to ignore their pleas for help and actually worsen their situation. That needs to change, and the law's components would make a useful contribution toward that end.
Yes.