South Korea to maintain backing for UN resolution on North Korea human rights

The United Nations logo adorns a window at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 18, 2025. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea will co-sponsor an annual U.N. resolution that raises concerns over North Korea's human rights situation, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday, defying some expectations that Seoul might withhold support to avoid irking Pyongyang.

North Korea has in the past denounced the resolution, and under a previous liberal administration, Seoul did not support it in a bid to improve ties with the North.