Freedom House Conference in the News

The Chosun Ilbo has a big story on it today, although you pretty much read it all here weeks ago. Otherwise, this was the only amusing part:

The meeting, which will be a highly visible platform publicizing the Pyongyang regime’s rights abuses, comes only a week ahead of a fresh round of six-party talks on North Korea’s nuclear program. Freedom House’s North Korea director, Dr. Ku Jae-hee, said his group’s position was that human rights need to be a part of all negotiations with North Korea. He expressed hope the meeting will influence U.S. public opinion on the issue and put pressure on the U.S. government to reflect the issues in its policies.

They also mentioned the fact that the U.S. government funded it. Oh, and the Republic of Korea’s Minister of Unification was doing other things. Got that? The guy whose job it is to try to unite those two peoples some day is too busy parlaying with the people who are killing them. Fine. But did the man manage to send a representative? Like, say, this guy?