unification ministry-N Korea

SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Yonhap) -- The unification ministry is in talks with relevant government agencies on whether to co-sponsor this year's U.N General Assembly resolution on North Korean human rights, a ministry official said Thursday.

"It is difficult to comment on the specifics at this stage," the official told reporters, adding that the government's position will be finalized "soon."

The resolution is under review at the Third Committee of the U.N. General Assembly in New York, which runs through next month.

Seoul co-sponsored the most recent resolution adopted in March by the U.N. Human Rights Council, which condemned North Korea's "systematic, widespread and gross" violations.

Unification Minister Chung Dong-young has voiced concern that co-sponsoring such a resolution could provoke North Korea, which sees it as one of the most serious expressions of Seoul's hostile policy.

On North Korea's loudspeakers, the official said the ministry had heard of no unusual activity in the border area.

Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, warned last Thursday of "new counter means" along the border, saying propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts against the South would be ready within days.

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