N. Korea slams US human trafficking report as grave provocation

The Korea Times reports that North Korea has strongly condemned a recent U.S. government report on its human trafficking situation, calling it a "grave politically-motivated provocation" and a manifestation of Washington's hostile policy toward Pyongyang. The U.S. State Department's 2026 Trafficking in Persons Report placed North Korea in the lowest Tier 3 group, alongside China, Russia, Iran, and Cuba, for the 24th consecutive year.

North Korea's Foreign Ministry spokesperson accused the U.S. State Department of engaging in "lies, fabrications, prejudice, and hostility" in the report, which it described as a clear example of the U.S.'s attempts to politicize and weaponize human rights for its hostile policy toward the DPRK.

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