U.N. to hold open session on North Korea rights abuses next week

The U.N. Security Council will hold next week its first formal, open meeting on the human rights situation in North Korea since 2017, the United States said Thursday, as this month's rotating chair of the panel.The meeting is scheduled to be held on Aug. 17, following a request by Albania, Japan, South Korea and the United States, according to a joint statement from the countries delivered by U.S. Ambassador to the world body Linda Thomas-Greenfield.The 15-member council has failed to convene an open session on the topic in recent years due mainly to reluctance from China and Russia, both o…READ FULL ARTICLE