'The country is a prison': UN on N Korea human rights abuses

Expressing concerns over the human rights abuses in North Korea, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in North Korea, Tomás Ojea Quintana quoted a source as saying that "the whole country is a prison". "In all areas related to the enjoyment of economic and social rights, much of the country's population is being left behind," Quintana added.