Congressional Hearing: Insights on the North Korean Regime

• •Thae Yong-ho, former Deputy Chief of Mission for North Korea in the UK, provided testimony regarding the internal operations of the North Korean regime.
• •The House reauthorized the North Korean Human Rights Act to increase the use of modern technology for broadcasting outside information into North Korea.
• •Congress passed a sanctions package in July 2017 targeting North Korean labor practices.
• •The UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2371 in August 2017 in response to North Korean ballistic missile testing.
• •A subsequent UN Security Council resolution was passed in September 2017 following North Korea's sixth nuclear test.
• •The committee discussed the strategy of using information campaigns to expose regime corruption to the North Korean public.
• •The hearing took place on November 1, 2017, in the Rayburn House Office Building.

This hearing informs U.S. legislative and diplomatic strategy regarding North Korea's nuclear program and human rights situation by utilizing firsthand intelligence from a former high-ranking regime official.

Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.