America's top diplomat has called for North Korea to shut down prison camps which he said were riddled with barbarity and inhumanity.
Speaking at an event on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, US Secretary of State John Kerry called for the closure of such penal camps.
A UN commission of inquiry into North Korea's human rights record detailed a wide range of systemic abuses including murder, enslavement and torture at these camps.
The commission's report which was published in February said many of the violations constituted crimes against humanity and suggested they could be placed before the International Criminal Court.
The secretive communist state is estimated to have between 80 to 120 thousand political prisoners in its sprawling prison system.
Secretary Kerry said it was time for North Korea to close such camps.
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