ROK’s failed bid to stay on council a blow to human rights accountability as Beijing’s friends take its place
South Korea will no longer have a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC) after losing its bid for a second-straight term this month. And its defeat to Bangladesh, the Maldives, Vietnam and Kyrgyzstan from the Asia-Pacific bloc has quickly become political fodder at the National Assembly.
The Democratic Party blames Yoon Suk-yeol and attributes the loss on Oct. 11 to his numerous “diplomatic disasters'' and foreign policy inexperience. They also blame the administration for failing to invest enough diplomatic capital to secure re-election.
South Korea will no longer have a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC) after losing its bid for a second-straight term this month. And its defeat to Bangladesh, the Maldives, Vietnam and Kyrgyzstan from the Asia-Pacific bloc has quickly become political fodder at the National Assembly.
The Democratic Party blames Yoon Suk-yeol and attributes the loss on Oct. 11 to his numerous “diplomatic disasters'' and foreign policy inexperience. They also blame the administration for failing to invest enough diplomatic capital to secure re-election.
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